ISAIAH PROPHET OF SIN SALVATION ISAIAH THE BOOK
ISAIAH PROPHET OF SIN & SALVATION
ISAIAH: THE BOOK QR 2 K 16 -20 ELATES TO THE PERIOD COVERED IN DURING THE REIGNS OF INGS 4 KINGS OFJUDAH (1: 1) QA TIME OF STRUGGLE & UNCERTAINTY FOR ISRAEL & JUDAH: ASSYRIA DESTROYS N. KINGDOM & THREATENS JUDAH; BABYLON’S POWER IS ON THE RISE QISAIAH’S LIFE & MINISTRY COVER APPROX. 742 -538 B. C. QMOSTLY A COLLECTION ORACLES (SPEECHES), BUT SOME NARRATIVE MATERIAL (CHAPS. 6, 36 -39)
ISAIAH: THE MAN • HIS NAME = “THE LORD IS SALVATION” • “SON OF AMOZ” (NOT “AMOS”) –ALL WE KNOW OF HIS FAMILY • MARRIED (8: 3) & HAD 2 SONS (7: 3, 8: 3) • POSSIBLY A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL COURT OR A PRIEST • JEWISH TRADITION SAYS HE WAS SAWN IN TWO DURING REIGN OF MANASSEH (SEE HEB. 11: 37)
• • ISAIAH: MAJOR CHARACTERS THE LORD (“THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL”) ISAIAH AHAZ &HEZEKIAH – KINGS OF JUDAH ASSYRIA &BABYLON – PLUS OTHER NATIONS WHO HAVE OPPRESSED ISRAEL • “THE REMNANT” – THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN FAITHFUL TO GOD & WHO WILL BE SPAREDHIS WRATH • THE “SERVANT OF THE LORD” (CHAPS. 40 -55)P–ROMISE OF A REDEEMER TO COME
ISAIAH: THE PROBLEM • I &J ’ SRAEL UDAH S SINS HAVE BROUGHTGOD’S WRATH • REBELLION AGAINST GOD • RITUALISTIC WORSHIP W/OUT CORRESPONDING GODLINESS • IDOLATRY • GOD’S JUDGMENT IS CERTAIN, BUT SO IS RESTORATION
ISAIAH: MAJOR EVENTS • ISAIAH’S CALL TO PROPHESY (6) • AHAZ’S FEAR &ISAIAH’S PROPHECY OF “IMMANUEL” WHO IS TO COME (7: 14) • ASSYRIA’S (SENNACHERIB) INVASION OF JUDAH & MIRACULOUS DELIVERANCE (36 -37) • HEZEKIAH’S SICKNESS & RECOVERY (38) • BABYLON’S EVENTUAL DESTRUCTION OFJERUSALEM, FOLLOWED BY RESTORATION
ISAIAH: KEY VERSE “FOR THE LORD OF HOSTS HAS A DAY AGAINST ALL THAT IS PROUD AND LOFTY, AGAINST ALL THAT IS LIFTED UP – AND IT SHALL BE BROUGHT LOW. ” - ISAIAH 2: 12
ISAIAH: LESSONS FOR • TODAY 1. EVEN GOD’S PEOPLE CAN ______ & WILL BE ______ WHEN THEY (WE) DO. • 2. GOD’S PURPOSES MAY BE ______, BUT THEY ARE _________. • 3. _______ IS THE ULTIMATE FULFILLMENT OF THE HOPE EXPRESSED IN
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