Just as God's eyes are eyes of judgment, our eyes were also given to us by God to evaluate, to judge, for we were made in His image and likeness.
For example, when we are picking fruits at a fruit stand, we use our eyes to evaluate each fruit and determine which ones are the best; when a judge is trying a case, he or she tries to "see" all the evidence in order to reach a verdict. This means that "the eyes that see" of Isaiah 32:3 refer to the judgments of believers in the Church.
Why does Isaiah 32:3 say that the eyes "shall not be dim"? To answer this, we have to read what this verse really says in the original Hebrew text. The word "dim" in this verse is translated from the Hebrew word shaah, which literally means, "to gaze about" or "to turn the gaze away". Therefore, Isaiah 32:3 should really say, "the eyes that see shall not look away". Since the eyes refer to making judgments, what God is saying here is that believers have constantly "looked away" when they see sin because they refuse to make judgments.
Hand, Arm and finger of God
Hand, Arm and finger of God
Ezekiel 33:22-27
ReplyDeleteNow the hand of the LORD had been upon me the evening before the man came who had escaped. And He had opened my mouth; so when he came to me in the morning, my mouth was opened, and I was no longer mute.
The Cause of Judah’s Ruin:
23 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying: 24 “Son of man, they who inhabit those ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one, and he inherited the land. But we are many; the land has been given to us as a possession.’
25 “Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “You eat meat with blood, you lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land? 26 You rely on your sword, you commit abominations, and you defile one another’s wives. Should you then possess the land?”’
27 “Say thus to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “As I live, surely those who are in the ruins shall fall by the sword, and the one who is in the open field I will give to the beasts to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and caves shall die of the pestilence.