Isaiah 54:7

"For a small moment I have forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee." This is the hope of Israel. One day, they are still going to have all these Old Testament promises fulfilled and Christ Himself will be their King. Now, let's go on into verse 8.


Isaiah 54:8

"In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; (for a little while) but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer." Now there's comparativeness. Here 3,000 years compared to eternity is what? A moment. None of us can have a concept of eternity. It's just beyond us. But eternity is eternity is eternity. And 3,000 years of time as we know it is just (snap) nothing. All right, so he makes this comparison, now then, verse 9.