Isaiah 43

It took me a little over 5 minutes to read this chapter. In its original context God is speaking a warning to the people of Judah. We have seen the warning fulfilled in history. But God was also speaking a message of hope to his people. We can clearly see the end of that hope as well.  Verse 2 is one of the places where both of these messages are displayed. Israel will pass through the flood and the fire; that is the warning. The hope is displayed at the end of each phrase: "I will be with you...", "they will nit overwhelm you...", and "the flame will not burn you." God has always exersiced his sovernity in the lives of his people; and he will will not stop now.
Stuart