Session 5 40-66 The prophet Isaiah by Raphael along side the suffering servant passage. www.finearttouch.com 1
Isa storage https://physics.stackexchange.com Isaiah 40-55
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Significant Lines in 40-55 41:10 fear not, for I am with you, be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand. www.pinterest.com/pin/286541595013594714/ 4
Isaiah 49:6 I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth." library.thinkquest.org/.../other/light.jpg 5
http://thecoolsun.blogspot.com 49:15 "Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you. 6
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Setting of Isa 40-55 41: 9 you whom I took from the ends of the earth, and called from its farthest corners.. 49:21-22 Then you will say in your heart, "Who has borne me these? I was bereaved and barren, exiled and put away Thus says the Lord GOD: I will soon lift up my hand to the nations, and raise my signal to the peoples; and they shall bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders. 51:10-11 So the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with singing; 48:20 Go out from Babylon, flee from Chaldea 9
Emotions of Homelessness Afraid and uncomfortable 51:12 who are you that you are afraid of man who dies 54:11--O afflicted one, storm-tossed & not comforted... Dismayed 40:27--Why do you say, O Jacob, & speak O Israel, 'My Way is hid from the LORD, & my right is disregarded by my God?' Doubted God was able 46:12--hearken to me, you stubborn [MT: stubborn; LXX: discouraged] of heart, you who are far from deliverance oneyearbibleimages.com 10
Emotions of Homelessness Questioned God 45:9--Isaiah even pictures people as clay pot arguing with its maker. The people were rebuking God! 49:14--But Zion said, 'The LORD has forsaken me, my Lord has forgotten me.' Lam3:18--so I say,' Gone is my glory, and my expectation form the LORD.' oneyearbibleimages.com 11
Emotions of Homelessness Weak and helpless 41:14--Fear not, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel Felt defeated When the poor & needy seek water, & there is none, & their tongue is parched w/ thirst, I the LORD will answer them.. But this is a people robbed & plundered, they are all of them trapped in holes & hidden in prisons. They have become a prey with none to rescue, a spoil with none to say, 'Restore! oneyearbibleimages.com 12
Emotions of Homelessness oneyearbibleimages.com Exiles Two Questions about God Power Interest Isaiah Gives Two Responses 40:10-11 Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and his arm rules for him; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him. 11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arms, he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young. 13
Emotions of Homelessness 3 Exile Experiences Assimilation Exhaustion Recast faith Isaiah s two fold focus 40-46 Idols out of exiles 47-55 exiles out of Babylon oneyearbibleimages.com 14
Emotions of Homelessness oneyearbibleimages.com Core Problem Babylon s culture & might NO Israel s spiritual condition--yes Core Solution 40:8 The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God will stand for ever. 55:11 so shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and prosper in the thing for which I sent it. 15
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Isaiah 40:28-31 28 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary, his understanding is unsearchable. 29 He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. 30 Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; 31 but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint. 17
Isaiah 41:10 fear not, for I am with you, be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand. 18
44:6-7 7 Who is like me? Let them proclaim it, let them declare and set it forth before me. Who has announced from of old the things to come? Let them tell us what is yet to be. 19
Isaiah 49:6 6 he says: "It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved of Israel; I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth." 20
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Isa storage https://physics.stackexchange.com Isaiah 56-66
Significant Lines in Isa 56-66 56:5 I will give in my house and within my walls a monument and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name which shall not be cut off. 23
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Setting of Isa 56-66 Temple rebuilt, not built 64:11 Our holy and beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, has been burned by fire, and all our pleasant places have become ruins Isaiah 56:7 these I will bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples. 27
Exiles back, not back 56:8 Thus says the Lord GOD, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, I will gather yet others to him besides those already gathered. Jerusalem built, not built 62:6 Upon your walls, O Jerusalem, I have set watchmen; all the day and all the night they shall never be silent. 60:10 Foreigners shall build up your walls, and their kings shall minister to you; for in my wrath I smote you, but in my favor I have had mercy on you. Setting of Isa 56-66 28
I. A. B. II. A. B. Outline of 56-66 God s vision for the new community 56:1-8 Problems in the new community 56:9-59:21 God s vision for the new community 60-62 God explains why the vision of the new community has failed & pushes it to end 63-66 29
God High and Holy Sends a Preacher Isaiah 56-66 https://churchlife.nd.edu/2016/12/19/the-light-in-darkness/ 30
Isaiah 57:15 15 For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite. God High and Holy Sends a Preacher Isaiah 56-66 https://churchlife.nd.edu/2016/12/19/the-light-in-darkness/ 31
Isaiah 56:1 Thus says the LORD: "Keep justice, and do righteousness, for soon my salvation will come, and my deliverance be revealed. God High and Holy Sends a Preacher Isaiah 56-66 https://churchlife.nd.edu/2016/12/19/the-light-in-darkness/ 32
Isaiah 61:1-2 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good tidings to the afflicted; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; 2 to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; God High and Holy Sends a Preacher Isaiah 56-66 https://churchlife.nd.edu/2016/12/19/the-light-in-darkness/ 33
Isaiah 65:1 I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me; I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, "Here am I, here am I," to a nation that did not call on my name. God High and Holy Sends a Preacher Isaiah 56-66 https://churchlife.nd.edu/2016/12/19/the-light-in-darkness/ 34
Isaiah 65:15, 17 15 You shall leave your name to my chosen for a curse, and the Lord GOD will slay you; but his servants he will call by a different name. 17 For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind. God High and Holy Sends a Preacher Isaiah 56-66 https://churchlife.nd.edu/2016/12/19/the-light-in-darkness/ 35
God High and Holy Sends a Preacher Isaiah 56-66 https://churchlife.nd.edu/2016/12/19/the-light-in-darkness/ 36
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