“And the people will oppress one another, every one his fellow and every one his neighbor; the youth will be insolent to the elder, and the despised to the honorable.” - Isaiah 3:5 ESV
You are viewing a single comment's thread. View all
2
WhatWouldMountainDew on scored.co
1 year ago2 points(+0/-0/+2Score on mirror)1 child
This is God telling the Jews how they will be judged. The things described in these early chapters of Isaiah are how God takes down a nation that has turned their back on Him. It's just in Romans where sexual deviancy isn't the reason God will judge us but rather how He will judge us because He has turned them over to "a depraved mind". Part of common grace is God not letting things get as bad as they can.
Calvin had this to say about Isaiah 3:5
> *The people will oppress every man his neighbor*
He describes the utmost confusion, which was about to overtake the Jews, when order was destroyed or relaxed; and this will happen to all nations, as soon as government is removed or falls to the ground. We know how great is the wantonness of the human mind, when every man is hurried along by ambition and, in short, how furious the lawless passions are when they are laid under no restraint. There is no reason, therefore, to wonder if, when the judgment-seats have been laid low, every man insults his neighbor, cruelty abounds, and licentiousness rages without control. If we considered this wisely, we would set a higher value on the kindness of God, when he preserves us in any tolerable condition, and does not allow us to be lamentably ruined. Hence it is evident that they who direct or apply their minds to sap the foundations of civil
government are the open enemies of mankind, or rather, they are in no respect different from wild beasts. But this confusion described by the Prophet is most disgraceful, that a child shall dare to insult an old man, that the dregs of a low and despised multitude shall rise up against nobles and men of high reputation; for it is the most preposterous of all things that modesty shall be thrown away, so that they who were worthy of veneration shall be treated with contempt. And yet this spectacle, so shameful and revolting, must unavoidably be exhibited when civil government has been overthrown.
I would say that Calvin should distinguish between government and law because right now we have a government but it is very lawless in terms of upholding any kind of moral or ethical standard.
We dont have a government, because every legitimate government is instituted by God and loyal to Him, what we have is a bunch of robbers who took over our country through deceit and fraud.
Calvin had this to say about Isaiah 3:5
> *The people will oppress every man his neighbor*
He describes the utmost confusion, which was about to overtake the Jews, when order was destroyed or relaxed; and this will happen to all nations, as soon as government is removed or falls to the ground. We know how great is the wantonness of the human mind, when every man is hurried along by ambition and, in short, how furious the lawless passions are when they are laid under no restraint. There is no reason, therefore, to wonder if, when the judgment-seats have been laid low, every man insults his neighbor, cruelty abounds, and licentiousness rages without control. If we considered this wisely, we would set a higher value on the kindness of God, when he preserves us in any tolerable condition, and does not allow us to be lamentably ruined. Hence it is evident that they who direct or apply their minds to sap the foundations of civil
government are the open enemies of mankind, or rather, they are in no respect different from wild beasts. But this confusion described by the Prophet is most disgraceful, that a child shall dare to insult an old man, that the dregs of a low and despised multitude shall rise up against nobles and men of high reputation; for it is the most preposterous of all things that modesty shall be thrown away, so that they who were worthy of veneration shall be treated with contempt. And yet this spectacle, so shameful and revolting, must unavoidably be exhibited when civil government has been overthrown.
I would say that Calvin should distinguish between government and law because right now we have a government but it is very lawless in terms of upholding any kind of moral or ethical standard.