The person who is self-reliant – who trusts in their own ability – will face God’s judgment!  We must understand that this is the challenge of every person on the Earth, and why God is so CLEAR on this requirement.  We needed a Messiah (Savior) to be given to rescue us, and these two chapters of Isaiah (49 and 50) offer incredible HOPE to the believer (and even to the non-believer) that there is something better to come.