There is no God else beside Me

“Through Israel this shall be known in all the earth; when Israel herself is saved in the Lord with an everlasting salvation … in the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory” (Isaiah 45:17,25).

Thrice happy are those favoured believers, who today, while Israel rejects Christ, know the “salvation that is in Christ Jesus”; true indeed it is that “in Him all that believe are justified from all things.” In the coming day of which we speak, Israel shall witness to the Lord; “There is no God else beside Me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside Me” (Isaiah 45:21).

Over and over again the Holy Spirit reiterates this all-important fact in chapters 43 to 46. No less than ten times it is intensely stated, There is none else! Israel’s God is the only God! He “created” Jacob! He “formed” the nation! and though, like her father, she “would deal treacherously, and was called a transgressor from the womb” (Isaiah 48:8), yet He “redeemed” her!

Yea, He “called” her by her name; “thou art Mine!” She can therefore witness not only against idols, but to the only God. Now the call is rightly heard, and it will bring rapid response in all the world. “Look unto Me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth, for I am God, and there is none else” (Isaiah 45:22).

He “raised up” Cyrus to overthrow idolatry; He “called” him; He “declared” the end from the beginning; therefore it is finally said (Isaiah 46:9), “Remember the former things of old: for I AM GOD, AND THERE IS NONE ELSE; I AM GOD, AND THERE IS NONE LIKE ME.”

J.T.M.