God is always faithful to His covenant, even when we are not faithful to Him. If the Lord abandoned the people for a while, it was to bring them back to realization and repentance. But God was ever ready to bring them back when they returned to Him. Such is God’s faithful love for His people. God had prepared a lasting covenant beyond even what Isaiah prophesied. It is none other than the Lord Jesus Christ who will establish the everlasting Covenant. The Lord in today’s gospel claims total identification with His Father. In action, Jesus acted like the Father, and on His Father’s behalf. Indeed, the ultimate proof that Jesus is truly the Son of God is His Father’s vindication of His works and words by raising Him from the dead after a most scandalous and humiliating crucifixion on the cross. When we also act in union with Jesus in mind, heart and will, we too, like Jesus, will also be in union with God.