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WHAT IS ISAIAH ALL ABOUT?
AUG 25
Isaiah 1
Memorise Isaiah 1:18 "thou your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow"
WHAT IS ISAIAH ALL ABOUT?
Various commentators have all extolled on the majestic beauty and the great value of the study of the book of Isaiah. It is a most daunting volume of 66 chapters to look into. Often its prophecies might be confusing, its language difficult, and its applications difficult to find. Nonetheless, much has been written concerning the brilliance of this book, as Merril Unger wrote: "Isaiah is the great messianic prophet and prince of OT prophets. For splendour of diction, brilliance of imagery, versatility and beauty of style, profundity and breadth of prophetic vision, he is without peer."
The name Isaiah literally means "Jehovah is salvation". This is indeed an apt title to a book sometimes also known as the fifth gospel. One of the main topics which Isaiah deals with is that of the coming Messiah and the salvation which he would bring. This would encompass the prophecies relating both to Christ’s first and second comings. However, before the oracles concerning the future salvation of Israel as a nation, Isaiah also deals with the very solemn idea of judgment which was to come. Right from chapter one, Judah is rebuked as a ‘sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity’. They had rebelled against God and forsaken Him, no longer acknowledging Him as master. Their sacrifices had lost all meaning, for they persisted in their evil ways. Yet if they were to repent, God promises that their sins though they be as scarlet can be white as snow, and deliverance would come for those who would be obedient to the Lord.
Perhaps one interesting but simplified way to outline the book of Isaiah would be as such: just as the Bible has 66 books, divided into an OT of 39 books, and an NT of 27 books, the book of Isaiah can be divided in exactly the same way. It has 66 chapters, and can be divided into two parts: the first with the first 39 chapters and the next with the following 27 chapters. The major theme of the first section is on judgment, and that of the second section, redemption. The NT begins with the history of John the Baptist, as the forerunner of Christ, announcing the coming Messiah, and it ends with the book of Revelation, where the Millennial Kingdom and the New Heaven and the New Earth is described. Likewise, chapter 40 of Isaiah begins with a prophecy of the one crying out in the wilderness – John the Baptist, and ends in chapter 66 with prophecies concerning the Last Days, of the New Heaven and Earth.
Thought: Jesus is the Messiah, our Saviour and Redeemer!
Prayer: Lord, grant me the wisdom to understand the difficult prophesies of Isaiah!
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Isaiah 1
Memorise Isaiah 1:18 "thou your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow"
WHAT IS ISAIAH ALL ABOUT?
Various commentators have all extolled on the majestic beauty and the great value of the study of the book of Isaiah. It is a most daunting volume of 66 chapters to look into. Often its prophecies might be confusing, its language difficult, and its applications difficult to find. Nonetheless, much has been written concerning the brilliance of this book, as Merril Unger wrote: "Isaiah is the great messianic prophet and prince of OT prophets. For splendour of diction, brilliance of imagery, versatility and beauty of style, profundity and breadth of prophetic vision, he is without peer."
The name Isaiah literally means "Jehovah is salvation". This is indeed an apt title to a book sometimes also known as the fifth gospel. One of the main topics which Isaiah deals with is that of the coming Messiah and the salvation which he would bring. This would encompass the prophecies relating both to Christ’s first and second comings. However, before the oracles concerning the future salvation of Israel as a nation, Isaiah also deals with the very solemn idea of judgment which was to come. Right from chapter one, Judah is rebuked as a ‘sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity’. They had rebelled against God and forsaken Him, no longer acknowledging Him as master. Their sacrifices had lost all meaning, for they persisted in their evil ways. Yet if they were to repent, God promises that their sins though they be as scarlet can be white as snow, and deliverance would come for those who would be obedient to the Lord.
Perhaps one interesting but simplified way to outline the book of Isaiah would be as such: just as the Bible has 66 books, divided into an OT of 39 books, and an NT of 27 books, the book of Isaiah can be divided in exactly the same way. It has 66 chapters, and can be divided into two parts: the first with the first 39 chapters and the next with the following 27 chapters. The major theme of the first section is on judgment, and that of the second section, redemption. The NT begins with the history of John the Baptist, as the forerunner of Christ, announcing the coming Messiah, and it ends with the book of Revelation, where the Millennial Kingdom and the New Heaven and the New Earth is described. Likewise, chapter 40 of Isaiah begins with a prophecy of the one crying out in the wilderness – John the Baptist, and ends in chapter 66 with prophecies concerning the Last Days, of the New Heaven and Earth.
Thought: Jesus is the Messiah, our Saviour and Redeemer!
Prayer: Lord, grant me the wisdom to understand the difficult prophesies of Isaiah!
Posted in Teens RPG