Chapter 91—God’s Care for His Work It was under circumstances of difficulty and discouragement that Isaiah, while yet a young man, was called to the prophetic mission. Disaster was threatening his country. By their transgression of God’s law the people of Judah had forfeited His protection, and the Assyrian forces were about to come against the kingdom of Judah. But the danger from their enemies was not the greatest trouble. It was the perversity of the people that brought upon the Lord’s servant the deepest depression. By their apostasy and rebellion they were inviting the judgments of God. The youthful prophet had been called to bear to them a message of warning, and he knew that he would meet with obstinate resistance. He trembled as he viewed himself and thought of the stubbornness and unbelief of the people for whom he was to labor. His task seemed to him almost hopeless. Should he in despair relinquish his mission and leave Israel undisturbed to their idolatry? Were the gods of Nineveh to rule the earth in defiance of the God of heaven? {5T 749.2}

Foreningen af den guddommelige natur med den menneskelige natur udgør en af de dyrebareste og mest hemmelighedsfulde sandheder i genløsningens plan. Det er dette, Paulus taler om, når han siger: »Uimodsigeligt er denne gudsfrygtens hemmelighed stor: Han, som blev åbenbaret i kød."