Isaiah
INTRODUCTION
Isaiah ministered in the critical period from 739 B.C. to about 680 B.C., during which Assyria carried the Northern Kingdom, Israel, into captivity and threatened Judah. The South was temporarily saved due to revival under godly King Hezekiah. Yet the first half of the Book of Isaiah is dark with grim warnings of judgment, and names Babylon as the future oppressor of Judah. The second half of Isaiah throbs with hope, as the great prophet described the ultimate deliverance of God’s people. Three repeated themes are woven throughout this great prophetic book. (1) Isaiah gave us an exalted vision of God, enhanced by names which reflect His attributes or character. (2) Isaiah provided vivid images of history’s end, and the bright future awaiting God’s people at that time. And (3), Isaiah constantly referred to the Messiah, the promised Redeemer, whom he described both as a Servant and as history’s sovereign Lord. Isaiah’s emphasis on the Messiah, and especially his description of the suffering Saviour in chapter 53, has led some to refer to this beautiful book as the “Gospel” of the Old Testament.
| I. | Visions of Judgment | Isa. 1–35 |
| A. Israel’s Holy One | Isa. 1–6 | |
| B. Book of Immanuel | Isa. 7–12 | |
| C. Oracles of judgment | Isa. 13–24 | |
| D. Judgment and deliverance | Isa. 25–35 | |
| II. | Historical Interlude | Isa. 36–39 |
| III. | Visions of Splendor | Isa. 40–66 |
| A. Beyond the Exile | Isa. 40–48 | |
| B. Messiah: God’s Servant | Isa. 49–55 | |
| C. Redemption | Isa. 56–59 | |
| D. Restoration | Isa. 60–66 |
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