January 25, 2019: Day 55 – Isaiah 51

Let’s be clear here that when the author speaks about Rahab in vs.9 it is not the same Rahab that we find in Joshua 2 and then again appears in Jesus’ genealogy.  This Rahab is a sea creature that the people of Israel were terrified of along with Behemoth and Leviathan.  Here we see that this creature has been defeated by the Lord, which is not a usual portrayal.  Normally this creature is seen as invincible, but the Lord is portrayed as having defeated it and cut it up into pieces.  

There is a theme in Isaiah about comforting my people.  You have the classic, comfort, oh comfort my people found in Isaiah 40 which we saw already.  I love this classic piece which is based upon that Scripture in Isaiah 40.