Quote:
|
I'm doing some research on this. But in part of Isaiah chapter 43, the people were being chastized for worshipping idols. They were being asked to repent and return to the Lord. Part of what was being explained was the Lord reminding the people that HE is the one God...not the idols they were worshipping.
|
Yes, that's part of the context. But the other half is God's statement: There has been no God before Him, and niether will there be after Him.
Let's say I got in a line to buy lunch for myself. If I was the only one in line, and also somehow the only customer the restaurant had all day, that would make me both the first customer and the last customer for that day, right?
Well, rather than using a time segment of a day, God declares He is the first and the last for all eternity (Isaiah 44:6). The first and the last what? The first and the last God. He even adds (in that verse reference I just put) that besides Him there is no other God. He has been the first for the entire infinite duration that He has been in existence, and because He is the only God, He will also be the last for the entire infinite duration that He will continue to exist in.
It may sound a little silly, but if we go back to my analogy, this would be the equivalent of me saying "I am the first and the last customer today, and besides me there is no other customer today."