Dwell in the Word: Isaiah 44:21-28

This is a really cool passage to take a look at. We've seen all this language of exile and of judgment. Here we have a good reminder of what God is doing. What is amazing is we get to the end and God is doing an interesting thing, and we'll see what that is. But first, we need to remember this story that is told throughout scripture, this idea of God redeeming a people for himself, of him making a people for himself. It's all connected to his saving grace, to his redeeming power. We see here that Israel needs to remember and Jacob needs to remember. In other words, this all-encompassing, Hey, all the people who are my people, you need to remember something very important. I formed you. You're my servant. Hey, you're mine. I have made you my servant. I have bought you. And that's why this redemption language is so important here. This idea that they've been redeemed, that they've been bought. God has taken possession of them. He for lack of a better term, owns them because he has bought them. And so what was done to buy them? He's blotted out their transgressions like a cloud and their sins like a mist.