The magnitude of Isaiah’s vision of God, and his sense of the calling of God’s people, is exceptional. In Isaiah’s own day this understanding was quantum leap from any other conception. Even today, many of those who count themselves among the people of God struggle to grasp and/or believe such an all encompassing vision.
In the midst of a tribal-oriented people who were under the intense strain - politically, socially, theologically and spiritually - of the exile, Isaiah offered the most audacious of visions to the people of God.
Not only were this defeated and broken people still belonging to God. They were also to be instrumental in God’s salvation of the whole world!
