Isaiah 66:15-24 – Two different eternal destinations
The flip-side of the future hope of restoration for the exiles and beyond that the birth and blessing of the Church that we saw yesterday, is the sobering…
Category: Isaiah
Isaiah 66:1-14 – The Church has a high calling!
As we would expect from our experience of Isaiah 40 onwards, this closing chapter of the book is once again using the future hope of the exiles returning…
Isaiah 65:17-25 – The New Creation!
From verse 17 onwards we have a magnificent vision of God’s people restored. From the perspective of Isaiah and the later generation who came to be in exile…
Isaiah 65:1-16 – We have a new name!
In the first part of chapter 65 God distinguishes between those of his people who have consistently shunned him and the faithful minority or remnant who have honoured…
Isaiah 64:1-12 – A desperate appeal to God
In this chapter we see God’s people in exile calling out for God to intervene on their behalf – they are desperate! In the first four verses, the…
Isaiah 63:7-19 – Remember what God has done
In the rest of this chapter we have a recounting of God’s great compassion towards Israel throughout her history as a basis for prayer for God to act…
Isaiah 63:1-6 – The judgment of God
Here we have a striking portrait of God as a warrior who has single-handedly vanquished his enemies in a bloody battle. The figure “coming from Edom” is God….
Isaiah 62:1-12 – God delights in his people
Here we have a vision of the restored exiles back in Jerusalem. This is the baseline context of these latter chapters of Isaiah. We know that these wonderful…
Isaiah 61:1-11 – A breath-taking view!
Although not usually designated as one of the Servant Songs, the opening verses of this chapter merit being called the fifth song due to the similarities with 49:1-7…
Isaiah 60:1-22 – The glory of God with his people
The vision in this chapter of God’s people knowing his presence with them in a very powerful way and people from many nations coming to them works on…