Isaiah
Overview
Theme: Salvation Key Verse: 61:1-13
Chapters 1-35: Book of Judgement Chapters 36-40: Book of Deliverance (Hezekiah’s history as king) Chapters 41-66: Book of Comfort (how YHWH will deliver His people)
Purposes:
- Even though Judah had a “form of godliness”, it was corrupt morally, religiously, and politically
- To predict the destiny of the Gentile nations
- To give a panoramic prophetic picture of the life and ministry of the Messiah (Isaiah 53)
- To describe YHWH as a holy God in contrast to Isreal, a sinful people
Messages:
- Through judgement, the Holy One of Israel brings salvation, righteousness, and comfort
- Only through the Messiah will salvation come to all the nations
Isaiah6 Vision of and commissioning from YHWH.
Isaiah11 New exodus from the Branch of Jesse
Isaiah14 King of Babylon and Luciferian origin
Isaiah22 Eliakim son of Hilkiah possessing the key to the house of David.
Isaiah58 True fasting
Isaiah59 God doesn’t heart the prayers of those with iniquity Full armor of God