Verse 6
"Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God. And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and that shall come to pass, let them declare. Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have I not declared unto thee of old, and showed it? and ye are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? yea, there is no Rock; I know not any."
Here is an awesome assertion of Almighty God Himself to the effect that he alone is God; he only can declare future events before they happen; and he alone has done it! This emphasis of Deity Himself upon the importance of predictive prophecy should not be lightly considered. Such a declaration accredited to God Himself cannot be set aside by a ridiculous dictum of human seminaries that "there is no such thing," which is a lie, conceived in the mind of Satan himself and advocated only by those in his service.
"These three verses are the very essence of these chapters, with their emphasis upon God as Israel's champion."[10]
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