Isaiah 65

It took just a little over 3 minutes to read this chapter. God reveals his disgust with the practices of the people of the covenant. His eye is on the present. But God withheld his wrath for a time because he also looked to the past; remembering the promises he made to Abraham, Jacob, and David (among others). But in verse 17 he reminds those listening to Isaiah, and us who read his words today, that everything is kept in perspective to the future. God make another promise; to create a new heaven and a new earth. We have not seen that new creation. But God tells us to place our joy in that which he is still creating.
Stuart