Homilist Isaiah 54:5 For your Maker is your husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and your Redeemer the Holy One of Israel… I. THE DOCTRINE THESE WORDS CONTAIN. 1. "Husband" means house-band — the head and band of the family. Hence the word denotes unison, community of interests, and special affection. 2. We learn that the Maker of all things, who fainteth not, condescends to bear to His creatures the closest and most sacred relationship In Hosea 11:19, 20, He says — I will betroth thee unto Me for ever. And the Christian in reply says, My Beloved is mine and I am His. The parallel is carried on in the New Testament (Matthew 9:14, 15). St. Paul refers to it-"Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the Church." 3. Observe that in the original the word is in the plural — "Thy Makers are thy Husband," evidently alluding to the Trinity. We learn, then, that the love of the Father, the atonement of the Son, and the comfort of the Holy Ghost, all pertain to saving, blessing, and comforting those who love God. II. THE APPLICATION OF THE TRUTHS TO OURSELVES. 1. The wonderful sympathy of our God. He feels for our woes. We see a picture of widowhood, orphanage, a woman bereaved, forsaken in spirit. What volumes of suffering are depicted in the words mourning, solitude, and woe I So with orphanage, want of protection, and love. To them our Redeemer speaks, and Christ repeats the promises, for He says to His disciples, "I will not leave you orphans." The Divine Being cannot see His children suffer. He will be their Husband, Friend, and Protector. 2. The wonderful efficacy of our God's assistance. He will be the Husband of His people. This indicates nearness of relationship. It also indicates His right to help. The husband is the natural protector, stay, and support of his wife. It is he who makes all things conduce to the safety and happiness of his household. 3. The wonderful efficiency of our God's protection. "Thy Maker is Thy Husband." It is as if He said, He who is able to create thee is also able to preserve. And, oh, what is implied in that word "Maker!" What power, what skill, what marvellous foresight! And all is concentrated also in human preservation. Here is a word to the bereaved, the sorrowing, the tried, the longing. Here is a fulness for him that craves for sympathy and yearns for love. Here is blessedness for him that desires peace and protection. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. |
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