In my studies that motivated this blog series, I focused on Isaiah chapters 6-12 and 40-55. These are central sections for understanding Isaiah’s hope of the future messiah. As readers will know, I have not limited my posts to those sections, and rather than skip to chapter 40, I’ve chosen to do some limited posts… Read More »
Michael Wex is a Jewish author descended from some notable rabbis. His specialty is Yiddish, and his book Born to Kvetch was a bestseller in 2005. This quotation was brought to my attention by Michael Rydelnik, and I checked the book out recently and verified it. The statement is surprising given its source. Contrary to… Read More »
What does this mean? Isaiah 27:6 (ESV) “In days to come Jacob shall take root, Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots and fill the whole world with fruit.” You can read the context (Isaiah 27:1-13), but you ‘ll see that like other places in Isaiah, this is a brief word of hope in the… Read More »
Are you excited about the future “great supper of God”? Is your appetite growing for this glorious future meal? I hope not. Revelation 19:17-18 (ESV) Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and with a loud voice he called to all the birds that fly directly overhead, “Come, gather for the great supper… Read More »
A friend commented today that he was missing Isaiah, so after more than a month without a post, I opened up tonight to where I left off (chapter 24), and found some interesting verses at the end of the chapter. It may be relevant to note that earlier this afternoon I read the entire book… Read More »
I did not originally intend to write another post on chapters 13-23, but a prophecy of hope to foreign nations has forced me to re-consider. After condemning Egypt to the degree that by the end of the judgment, “there will be nothing for Egypt that head or tail, palm branch or reed, may do” (Isa… Read More »
What I am about to say next may shock you. The key to enjoying Isaiah 13-23 is to read fast. My point is not that this section was not important when Isaiah delivered it, nor would I argue that there are not good, helpful truths in it today. I do believe that “all Scripture is… Read More »
One of the most delightful discoveries in my study of Isaiah was seeing how Matthew understood Isaiah. In short, Matthew recognized that Jesus was the very one that Isaiah had spoken of. When we look at the second half of Isaiah, I ‘ll show you how that plays out there, but in this post I… Read More »
You should have your devotions in Isaiah 11. Every day for a month. Besides being filled with hope of the world that is coming, you would be inoculated from much false understanding of the New Testament. You wouldn’t say, as the DTS professor who spoke at my church this morning said, that we the church… Read More »
I was excited to write about Isaiah 11 tonight, but in reading from chapter 9 (the last post) to 11, I decided that I had to mention three verses in chapter 10. I am motivated to do this for four reasons: 1) This brief word of hope captures the essence of what I see throughout… Read More »