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[Sung Psalm: 103]
Only a few time in the OT do the prophets address God as “our Father.” In Isaiah 63, Isaiah refers to the Exodus – and the Conquest – and says “you are our Father, our Redeemer from of old is your name.”
But while the holy people held possession of the land “for a little while,” now the adversaries have trampled down your sanctuary, and Israel has become like the other nations – no better than the Gentiles.
That’s why chapter 64 starts with the plea, “Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence… Behold, you were angry, and we sinned; in our sins we have been a long time, and shall we be saved? We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment.”
We are helpless before you – in ourselves we have nothing by which we can stand before you.
“But now, O LORD, you are our Father; we are the clay and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.”
This is one place where God is clearly addressed as “our Father” in the OT....
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