Isa 45:18-25 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Isa 45:18-25: 45:18-25 Salvation is from the Lord alone. He is the creator, the revealer, and the executor of his will in human history. He promised to establish a new era of salvation and righteousness (see 45:8 ). Every human being will submit to God, either willingly or unwillingly (45:23-24 ). 45:18 Ancient pagan people viewed the world as a place of empty chaos . However, God’s purposes are good, and he made the world from the beginning as a place to be lived in with him in harmony.

Summary for Isa 45:18-25: 45:18-25 ^a Salvation is from the Lord alone. He is the creator, the revealer, and the executor of his will in human history. He promised to establish a new era of salvation and righteousness (see 45:8 ^b). Every human being will submit to God, either willingly or unwillingly (45:23-24 ^c). 45:18 ^d Ancient pagan people viewed the world as a place of empty chaos. However, God’s purposes are good, and he made the world from the beginning as a place to be lived in with him in harmony.
45:22 ^e Let all the world look to me: All humanity needs to seek the Lord, the true God who created all things, while he may be found (55:6 ^f).

• In God there is salvation, the only hope for all of humanity (45:8 ^g).
45:23 ^h God’s words are always true. God’s swearing by his own name reinforces the certainty that he will never go back on his word (see also 14:24 ⁱ; 54:9 ^j; 62:8 ^k; Heb 6:13 ^l).

• Every knee ... every tongue: At the end of time all nations will submit to his authority, whether willingly or unwillingly (see Rom 14:11 ^m; 1 Cor 15:25-27 ⁿ; Phil 2:10-11 ^o).
45:24 ^p In this context, the people are all who turn to the Lord for salvation, even those from foreign nations (45:22 ^q).
45:25 ^r justified: Literally righteous (see also 45:8 ^s, 24 ^t).