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
Background Christ works on the cross was been completed (Isaiah 53). This chapter God calls on everyone who are thirsty to come and accept the redemption. Exposition v1: A call to the all who are thirsty, which is everyone. We do not need money to buy this water, in fact, no money call buy this … Read more
Background The Jews was captured by Babylon, and God has promised He will release the Jews to return and rebuild Jerusalem. God will redeem the ruined Jerusalem (Isaiah 52:9). God way of redemption is through His Suffering Servant (Isaiah 53). Isaiah 54 to 57 talks about the future of these redeemed people and the city … Read more
Exaltation of God’s Suffering Servant Background Isaiah ’53 prophesies Jesus crucifixion. The best way to explain the bible is using the bible itself. In Act 8, A Ethiopian eunuch was reading Isaiah 53. He asked Philips, “Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?”. Then Philip began with that very … Read more
Division V1-6: Awake! Awake! Jerusalem is being called to wake up from sleep. v7-10: Tell the good tidings v11-12: Depart from Babylon v13-15: The starts of the last of the fourth Servant Songs. Exposition v1-2: [Awake! Awake!] This is the third Awake! Awake!. The first one is a call to God (Isiah 51:9), who seems … Read more
Division v1-8: God says: Listen, Listen! My salvation will last forever v9-16: God’s people says: Awake, Awake! O arm of the Lord v17-23: Isaiah says: Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem! Exposition v1: God blessed Abraham, and Abraham started with himself and ended with many descendants. v2: Similarly, God will bless Zion, the ruins city … Read more
Division v1-3: Separation but not divorce v4-9: 3rd Servant Song v10-11: Trust and Obey the Servant of the Yehweh Exposition v1: [I gave faithless Israel her certificate of divorce and sent her away because of all her adulteries. Yet I saw that her unfaithful sister Judah had no fear; she also went out and committed adultery.] … Read more
Background This is the first chapter of the 2nd part of Isaiah 40-66. The focus of this part is about the suffering Servant of God who will redeem the nations. 49:1-13 is the 2nd of 4 Servant Songs (42:1-9;50:4-11;52:13-53:12). Division v1-13 The Servant Song by the suffering Servant v14-26 God will save Israel at end … Read more
God the Redeemer promised to Redeem Judah from Babylon Background God rebuked Judah for not being in truth and righteousness and stubborn. He called them rebel from birth. For His own glory, God would foretell the future to Judah. Even Judah was stubborn towards God, God would still redeem them from Babylon, just like He … Read more
The Fall of Babylon This chapter is pretty straight forward. It prophesied the fall of Babylon. The falled of Babylon did not happen slowly, it happend on just one night, recorded by Daniel in Dan 5:30-31. Darius the Mede may be another name for Cyrus the King , or a co-regent or captain of the … Read more
