Background Isaiah began his “Book of Consolations” (Ch 40-66) by promising that “the glory of the Lord shall be revealed” (40:5). Now he concludes by describing that glory for us. The theme is about the glory of the nations of Israel during the millennium kingdom. Most commentaries agree that this is a prophesy about Israel the … Read more
Background Sins are referred 32 times in this chapter. Many words are used to describe sins: iniquities, sins, defiled with blood, lies, wicked things (v3), give birth to evil (v4), eggs of vipers , spider’s web (v5), etc. Idols worship is no longer mentioned in this chapter, but the Jews continued to live a sinful … Read more
Background This is the 1st chapter of the last section in Isaiah (ch 58-66). This section is focused on the glory of God in the future kingdom, and the emphasis is on the work of the Holy Spirit (59:19,21;61:1;63:10-11,14) The main theme is this chapter is God exposing Israel religious acts. They fasted, they seems … Read more
Background This is the last chapter of the second part of ch40-66. The theme here is a contract between the righteous and wicked; comfort for the righteous; condemnation of the wicked.
Background God has revealed the Messiah in Chapter 53, told us the blessing of the church in chapter 54, invited all who are thirsty to come to Him in chapter 55, and in this chapter, God continue to expand His salvation to the eunuch and foreigners into His house of prayers. Exposition v1: God’s righteousness … Read more
