Davar Kingdom Of God

Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost (Isa 55:1). We see another important aspect of creation work that God did for us. This way of description belongs to type 2 of creation in Gen 2 and 3: it begins with a condition without water, and creation occurs with the springing up of water. The above oracle begins with the picture of drought and a famine. The verb to buy is shavar, which means to ‘buy grain for food.’ The phrase, “Wine and milk,” symbolizes the productiveness of the land as God’s blessings. It helps if you realize that the way to buy grain without paying money is reminiscent of the story of Jacob’s sons who went to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain (Gen 42-45): each time, their money was returned to them! Obviously, Joseph is a type of Christ. Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy (v. 2a)? Here, God speaks of something beyond physical bread.