The Road to Jesus Leads to a Wedding
Isaiah 62:5
Back in Isaiah 54:5, Isaiah had told Israel, “Your husband is your Maker, Whose name is the Lord of Hosts; and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, who is called the God of all the earth.” “Your husband” is your Maker. We have been introduced to the idea of a marriage relationship between God and the nation of Israel. Back in 50:1, God had said, “Where is the certificate of divorce by which I have sent your mother away?” and the implied answer is – “There isn’t one.” In other words, God has not thrown off Israel forever. Even though she has prostituted herself, God’s love is deep and He wants to restore her to her rightful place in His heart.
When a spouse forgives the husband or wife of sexual infidelity, he or she is truly reflecting the forgiving heart of the God of heaven. They are allowed by God to end the marriage relationship, but based on the attitude and repentance of the guilty party, the innocent might very well forgive and maintain that relationship. That’s what God does with the guilty party who is the nation of Israel.
In 61:10, the marriage relationship again is portrayed by Isaiah: “I will rejoice greatly in the Lord, My soul will exult in my God; For He has clothed me with garments of salvation, He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness, As a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.”
Then, in 62:5, we have pictured this wedding once more. In this new relationship with the Holy One of Israel, the Jews would no longer be “called” (or named) “forsaken” (Azubah in Hebrew; cf. 54:1-8) nor “desolate” (Shemamah in Hebrew) but “Hephzibah” (“My delight is in her”) and “Beulah” (“Married”) because – please observe the “for” – “the Lord delights in you, and to Him your land will be married.” It must be absolutely clear here that God is not talking about the physical return to the land of Palestine! That needs to be perfectly understood. He is talking about the spiritual return to God that would be consummated when God comes to earth in the person of Immanuel.
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“I’ve reached the land of corn and wine, And all it riches freely mine, Now shines undimmed the blissful day, But all my sins are cast away Oh, Beulah Land, sweet Beulah Land As on the highest mount I stand I look away across the sea Where mansions are prepared for me And view the shining glory shore, My Heaven, my home forever more!” – Edgar Stites.
The imagery of Jesus as the bridegroom and John the baptizer as the friend of the bridegroom in John 3:29 picks up with this imagery from Isaiah. We see it also in passages like Ephesians 5 and 2 Corinthians 11:2 that depict the church of Christ as the bride of Christ.
The key idea in Isaiah 62:5 is “So your God will rejoice over you.” How strongly do you want to make God happy? How strongly do you want to make God proud of you?
This imagery is fulfilled spiritually in the church of Christ, His bride. It is fulfilled eternally in Heaven (Revelation 19:7).
–Paul Holland
