Isaiah 44

• 1-7 God saves His people
• 8-13 Many heathens abound

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Isaiah 42

• 1-4 Is this Servant not the Christ?
• 5-7 God is the Creator
• 8-9 God is glorious
• 10-12 the Gentiles should praise Him

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If the first 39 chapters of Isaiah deal with old relationships, then the last 27 chapters deal with new ones to come.

You’ll forgive me if, in these grand passages, I see a body of saints much larger than the nation of Israel ever was or will be—I see God’s Church following God’s Messiah.

Isaiah 40

• 1-2 Who wouldn’t be comforted to know that the war is over?
• 3-11 Who does not see that the voice crying in the wilderness is John the Baptist and the Lord who comes to shepherd is Christ?
• 12-26 Who is a God like this one? [Read more…]

Casing the Joint

Isaiah 39

• From untrained eyes, it appears that the Babylonian ambassador’s visit to Hezekiah was to recognize his illness and recovery (v 1)
• Hezekiah willingly (and as we shall see later, foolishly) gave them the grand tour of the palace (v 2)

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