In Isaiah, chapter one, verse two, “Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.” Judah and Israel had received God’s covenant, His law, His temple, and His many promises. Yet they turned to idolatry, disregarded the covenant, lived sinful lives, and failed to acknowledge God as the source of their salvation and blessing. Therefore, God was sending judgment.
The theme verse under Israel’s rebellion section, illustrates how easy a group of people can forget where they are coming from and who came to their rescue.Disobedience can do that. “For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry,” as in the beginning of First Samuel fifteen, verse twenty-three. “An evil man seeketh only rebellion,” as in the start of Proverbs seventeen, verse eleven. “For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God,” as in Job thirty-four, verse thirty-seven.
How could anyone rebel against God? Simple. A lack of patience. People will rebel when something goes wrong or not as planned right at that moment without even thinking. Quickly forgetting where they are now as to where they were back then.
For believers, God is our Father. Parents of children who may have become rebellious, may experience feelings of disappointment, rejection, or grief. After all, loving and taking care of the ones you love from their infancy and they suddenly become rebellious against you must be shocking and devastating. Therefore, the opening of the theme verse from the Lord for all to hear expressing how He raised and fed His people and in return they treat Him this way? The example of this scripture shows it can happen.