Oct. 27, 2024

Isaiah 40-55: Introduction Pt 2

Isaiah 40-55: Introduction Pt 2

I continue the introduction to our series on Isaiah 40-55

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I continue the introduction to our series on Isaiah 40-55

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All right, our number two what should be Romans chapter four,

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verse sixteen, but it will not be our number two.

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We go back to Isaiah forty through fifty five. As

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we introduce and began this lengthy study of Isaiah forty

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through fifty five, I'm not going to go back through

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all the reasons we're doing this. Let's just say preaching

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on Isaiah forty through fifty five leaves much to be desired,

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and a lot of the ways that it is handled

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is absolutely frightening. So we're going to try to handle

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Isaiah forty through fifty five and the most accurate way possible.

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Whether we accomplish that, I don't know, but I know

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we can accomplish this. By the time we're done, everyone

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in this room and anyone listening online should understand Isaiah

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forty through fifty five better than they ever have. That's

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the goal, and that's what we're attempting to do, all right,

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So we started by looking at Isaiah forty through fifty

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five has been given various names throughout church history, and

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those names are number one, Book of Comfort, Book of Consolation,

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number two, second Isaiah Duduro, Isaiah, number three, Look of Redemption,

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number four the Servants Songs plural, I think is the

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best way to do that. Number five, Prophecy of Restoration.

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Number six, the Book of the Suffering Servant. So we

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looked at all of that, but then we had to

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stop and we had to have a discussion about the

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important point about the timing of events and what have

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we discovered That Isaiah forty through fifty five is a

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message of comfort for Israel and exile, but it was

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given before the exile, in fact, over a hundred years before.

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So by the time the exile occurs, Isaiah is dead

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and his original audience is dead.

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Everybody remember that.

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So we started breaking this down, trying to kind of

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create some kind of order. Isaiah's ministry occurs within the

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eighth century BC, between seven forty and seven hundred BC.

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All right, we got that number two, the prophecy of

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Babylonian exile. It's a future event we talked about that.

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We see really the p off see more clearly in

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Isaiah thirty nine, six through seven, and then the comfort

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begins in chapter forty. So when you look at forty

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to fifty five, what is the one event that should

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transcend everything? The Babylonian exile. If you forget that, you're

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in trouble all right. Number three, Isaiah forty through fifty

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five is a message of comfort and restoration written before

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the exile.

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We talked about this.

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Isaiah forty through one through two is comfort, comfort, and

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it speaks directly to these events we talked about all

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of that. Number four, the Babylonian exile is five eighty

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six BC. Now between the first hour and the second hour,

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Sarah ask questions, well, how do we get seventy years?

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Because if you look at the dates, it's not a

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full seventy years. Just remember how you start, When does

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the exile begin? And when does it actually end? There's

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a wide range there where you can fit seventy years

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because some say, well it begins with the first time

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people are deported, but they're not all taken into captivity yet.

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Well it ends, well when does it end? Does it

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end when the first group goes back? Does it end

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when they all go back? So when you when you

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put it together, you find there is a there is

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range for seventy years. Does that make sense? God sees

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it as seventy years? Would I would I like it

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better if it was more like it was seventy two

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point five, right, what I Yes, we would like it,

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but it's just seventy. So that's just the way it works. Okay.

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So the Babylonian exile, according one source that Sarah was

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looking at, had it beginning whens.

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Like between six oh three, six, between six oh five.

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Well, the date that I have here is the sometimes

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the official date five eighty six PC. So you've got

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a wide range of years there where it begins. And

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so we talked about that, and uh so the people

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of Israel were in captivity for approximately seventy years and

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then so we looked at all of that number five

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the return sometimes the return scene is five thirty nine.

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Of course Sarah caught it.

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Its numbers to me, five eighty six to five thirty nine.

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That's seventy to me, right, okay, right, but I guess

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people who can actually count, you know, like, well, that's

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not an actual seventy. So I'm glad she brought that

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up because I would have not until I did the math,

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and then I probably would have done it incorrectly. I

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probably would have said it's one hundred and twenty three. Okay,

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So no, all right, you get the idea so the

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return from exile somewhere around five thirty nine BC, Cyrus

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the Great of Persia. Now, what did I tell you

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when I when I gave you the name Cyrus? Exclamation circles,

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lots of exclamation points. Cyrus the Great of Persia conquered

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the babylon and issued a decree allowing the Jewish exiles

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to return to their home land and rebuild the temple.

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And what section of scripture specifically refers to this Ezra

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chapter one, verses one through four.

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You need to have that as a handy cross reference.

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Because if you miss Cyrus Babylonian exile, and you miss Cyrus,

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you're gonna not understand Isaiah forty through fifty five?

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Is everybody okay with that?

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Right? So that's kind of like giving us a summary

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and overview. So now what we want to do is

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kind of a proper order of events. Now we're going

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to try to even kind of even go a step further. Right,

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that's kind of a good overview. Now we're going to

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try to put this in even in a more more

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specific order. Everybody ready, Isaiah's Ministry seven forty to seven

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hundred BC. Isaiah prophesies to the people of Judah during

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the time of the serious dominance, warning of future judgment

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and exile by Biblon, but he also offered hope of

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future comfort and restoration and Isaiah forty through fifty five,

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So basically, Isaiah tells them, Hey, Judah, judgment's coming for you.

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You're going into exile, but I've got a lot of

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words of comfort to you. However, all of you are

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going to be dead before it happens, Okay, so hopefully

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someone's gonna remember all of this when it gets to time.

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All right, does that kind of make sense? Number two,

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So there's Isaiah's ministry seven forty to seven hundred pc.

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The prophecy of Babylonian exile is Isaiah thirty nine. Isaiah

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foretells that Babylon will one day conquer Judah and take

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the people into captivity. This happens more than one hundred

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years after Isaiah's lifetime. So we have Isaiah's ministry number one.

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Number two, the prophecy of the Babylonian exile, which.

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Happens in Isaiah thirty nine.

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And if you want to go to those verses in

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Isaiah thirty nine that mentions the exile, you can just

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put one hundred plus years before the event. It's about

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one hundred plus years before, right, Isaiah is going to

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be long gone at the time. Right. Number three the

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Babylonian exile five eighty six PC. Babylon conquers Jerusalem, destroys

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the temple, and takes the people of Judah into exile.

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Really starts before that, but five eighty six is the

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number you typically are here given, all right, So that's

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number three. So number one Isaiah's ministry seven forty to

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seven h hundred. Number two the prophecy of Babylonian exile,

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which is Isaiah thirty nine, which is given over one

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hundred years before it occurs, one hundred years you know,

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after it's going to happen more than one hundred years

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after Isaiah is dead. Number three the Babylonian exile, which

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is five eighty six PC. Number four the fulfillment of

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Isaiah's prophecies, which are Isaiah forty through fifty five. The

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message of comfort in Isaiah forty through fifty five expresses

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particularly relevant which was particularly relevant during the Babylonian exile

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is it assures the people of God's plan to deliver

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them from exile. So really God gives the prophecy and

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then really kind of you can kind of say, at

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least the comfort becomes relevant during well, the Babylonian exile,

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which is what Isaiah forty through fifty five is given

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to and during that time, all right, then we have

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the return from exile, which is around five thirty nine BC,

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and after Cyrus of Persia conquers Babylon allows Jews to

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return to their homeland, fulfilling Isaiah's prophecy of Israel's restoration. Right,

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So that's just kind of just repeating what we've already said,

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but trying to make sure you get the timeline.

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We start with Isaiah's ministry.

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We have this prophecy of the Babylonian exile, we have

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the exile, We have really Isaiah forty through fifty five,

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which is the words of comfort now are relevant kind

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of a fulfillment of those words of comfort. And then

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number five we have the return from exile, which is

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five point thirty nine BC. And after.

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Right, does that sound good?

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All right?

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Now?

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So that gives us kind of at least some insight

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to how we're going to try to approach this and

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kind of gives us some timeline and kind of gets

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us started. So now let's move more into kind of

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an introduction proper to Isaiah forty through fifty five. Now

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we're going to kind of get into like a proper

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introduction and see what we can do to take this apart. Now,

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here's what we're going to attempt to do. All right,

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We're going to study Isaiah forty through fifty five. All right, yeah,

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hang on here, Yeah, I'll do it this way. Yeah, Okay,

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I'm going to do it this way. What we're going

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to attempt to do, there's a lot I've got a

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lot of notes here, but I think what we're going

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to attempt to do is this. What we're going to

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do is we're going to attempt to look at this

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section and we're going to try to stay true to

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the text and the context.

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That's what we're going to attempt to do.

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We are going to try to understand the text and

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the context everything we attempt to do. That's the goal.

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We're going to look at Isaiah forty through fifty five, right,

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and we're going to try to stay true to the

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text and the context. That's the goal.

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And if we don't accomplish that, then we have failed.

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If we stay.

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True to the text and stay true to the context,

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that hopefully by the time we're done, you will understand

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Isaiah forty through fifty five from which perspective, the perspective

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of what the text says and the historical, historical context

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in which it is found. Now, you would think everyone

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would want to do that, you would think, but obviously

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people don't. They say they do. Everyone pays lip service

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to that. Right you go to any church will say, well, you,

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when you study the Bible, you need to study it

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in its original context.

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They say that.

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But something happens between saying that and doing what preaching

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a sermon, because the minute you get ready to preach

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the sermon, the original text and the original context can

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prove to be wide academic, tedious, not very applicable.

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It doesn't preach well.

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But if I can take the text and make it

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about us, and we say, oh, what a good sermon, pastor,

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it was so uplifting, it was so encouraging, Well, you

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know what, it's not uplifting and encouraging.

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To take something not meant for you and make.

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It about you, you may find it to be uplifting

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and encouraging. But it's based off completely fraudulent everything is

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that can google everyone to be okay with to say that.

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I think I think we're I'm gonna be just dogmatic

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about that, all right, So that's what we're gonna do.

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I've got a lot of notes here. I'm gonna skip

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a lot of these notes and try to move forward, right,

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So I'm going to now. So, so what we've got

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kind of down, We've looked at the timing. I just

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want to really emphasize what our goal is. Our goal

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is to look at this and really entirely and its

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proper context.

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That's what we're going to attempt to do, and if

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we if we don't do that, we fail.

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I got a lot more notes that we could get into,

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but I don't necessarily want to do that because I

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don't want us to get sidetracked. I want us to

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keep that. I am going to just make sure we

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emphasize a couple of more things here that I think

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is important. All right. This entire section of Isaiah forty

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through fifty five is primarily a message to Israelites and

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Babylonian captivity. If you don't get anything else down, I

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want you to just see Isaiah forty through fifty five.

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It is about It is for the people and Babylonian captivity. Right,

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what is the goal of Isaiah forty through fifty five.

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what is the goal of the section. It was to

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offer hope and comfort to those in exile, assuring them

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of God's intention to restore them physically to their land

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and spiritually as his covenant people. All right, everybody got

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that stress it enough. Our goal is to put it

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in its proper context. And then what is the proper context?

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people and Babylonian exile, and it was meant to give

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them comfort, peace and hope. Who can we not then

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we cannot come in and do what kick them out

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to move in. We can't rush the cockpit, break in,

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remove the pilot, and fly the plane to wherever we

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want to go. It's not our plane. It's not for

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us to hijack it's for us. It's not for us

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to take over. Because when we rush the textual plane

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and the textual cockpit and remove the pilot. We're removing God.

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And that's what preaching does in many cases.

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It removes God so that we can drive them, fly

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the plane to wherever we want to land. And we

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like some you know, beautiful island where we can sit

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back and just you know, have an ice drink, looking

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at the wash it, listening to the waves crash upon

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the shore, watching the sunset. And because it's all about us,

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but it's not about us.

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We don't get to take.

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Over the plane, all right. So here's just some interest,

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some things that we need to at least discuss, all right.

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Was the message spoken or written? Was the message spoken

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or written the written form of the message? Most likely

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the prophecies in Isaiah forty through fifty five were delivered

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in a written form that was later read to the

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exiled community, so most likely it was originally written and

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then it was to be read to those in captivity.

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While Isaiah lived during the time of the Assyrian Empile

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Empire and prophesied about events affecting his own era, Isaiah

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forty through fifty five addresses the Babylonian XI, which wouldccur

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long after Isaiah's time, so most likely it was written

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to be then what read? That's tips that's what we

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at least think it was. So was the message spoken

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or written? It was written and then read most likely

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the way it was done. Some scholars believe that this

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section of Isaiah was either written down by Isaiah's disciples

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or by later followers in the Isaiah prophetic tradition who

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preserved and expanded his teachings. These writings would then have

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been available for the exiled Israelites and Babylon, So either

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he wrote them down or maybe his followers wrote them down. Now,

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if his followers wrote them down, then that would mean

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God gave the words to Isaiah. Isaiah then possibly spoke them,

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and then someone else wrote them down.

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Now, this gets into an issue of transmission. How does

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it get down? But so at some point, though everyone agrees,

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what then it was written down at some point? How

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do we know it was written down at some point?

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What way have it?

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Right? Here? So at some point it was written down?

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Does that?

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Does that at least make sense?

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So it was so? Obviously was the message spoken or written?

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You can really argue both to some level. Right, But

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at some point it is written down all right, Now,

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the transmission to the exile. Since the Babylonian exile lasted

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several decades, it is believed that the that Isaiah's words

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were preserved and passed down and written form likely carried

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to the exiles by religious leaders and scribes. These texts

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would have been read and taught among the exiles, giving

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them hope and reinforcing their faith in God's promise of deliverance. Additionally,

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the writing could have been read publicly or studied in

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small groups to encourage the community during their time of

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suffering and to remind them of God's future plans for

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their restoration. So how was it.

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Transmit transmitted to those in exile?

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It could have been preaching, teaching, reading, studying, and you

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can understand that would have been very relevant to them. Correct.

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This is why we can't remove the original people. They

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would have been like whoa, Okay, so we do have

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some hope here right right? There would have been at

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least hopefully some hope given. Right, So we have the

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written form, all right, It was written and spoken and

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then it was transmitted to the exiles. Now, the possible,

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the possibility of oral tradition and teaching. There may have

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also been some oral transmission alongside the written text, where

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leaders are teachers in exile recited and taught the prophecies

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to the community. However, it seems that the primary method

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of preservation and communication was in written form, right, Does

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that make sense that.

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Giving us a little bit more information.

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when you get into like if you if you study Catholicism,

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there's a lot of argument about oral tradition versus written tradition,

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all right, So, but in this particular case, there was

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a lot of speaking of it, there was a written

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form of it, and obviously it was preserved in writing.

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But what I want you to see is to try

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to understand. I want you to put yourself in the

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in their shoes, right, if you're in captivity and here's

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these words from God to offer some kind of comfort,

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those words would have meant a lot to them. And

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I just think it's very messed up that we want

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to take words that would have been so precious to

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them and we just literally just walk up and slap

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them in the face and say I'm sorry, that's for

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me and it's not for you.

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It's just not for you.

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Can we learn something from it, absolutely, But learning something

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from it doesn't mean we make it about us. See,

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there's that fine line. All right. We gotta make sure

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we do a good enough job there, and we and

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we hopefully we do a goodenough job there. Right now,

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before we work on outlining and summarizing the entire section,

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we need to look some about some structural issues of

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the section itself, all right, So we're gonna look at

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some structural issues now, the division of Isaiah forty through

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fifty five into two sections. Typically, Isaiah forty through fifty

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five is broken into two sections historically, all right, Typically

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it's broken into two sections. Here are the two sections,

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Isaiah forty to forty eight, and then Isaiah forty nine

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through fifty five.

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It's usually broken into those two sections.

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So you have one book forty to fifty five, and

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the book is broken into two parts or two sections.

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What a section one forty to forty eight, section two

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forty nine through fifty five. Why is it broken down

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this way? According to most people's arguments or discussion, they

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believe it's based on a natural progression in the text.

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Some scholars recognize this as a reasonable structure to help

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better understand the flow of the message.

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There seems to.

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Be a shift in emphasis and focus between the two parts,

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though they are closely related. Right, So let's look at

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these two sections, all right. Isaiah forty through forty eight

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is simply seen as God's comfort and deliverance for Israel.

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This section seems to focus on Israel's redemption from Babylonian captivity,

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and Isaiah forty through forty eight deals primarily with Israel's

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immediate situation of being in exile and Babylon and God's

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promise to redeem them and return them to their land.

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So forty eight seems about God's comfort and delivers for Israel.

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That seems to be the focus. This section emphasizes comfort.

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How does this section begin? Comfort? Ye? Comfort ye? Everybody

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see that God's sovereignty over creation and the nations, especially

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in comparison to the idols that Babylon worshiped. We see

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this in Isaiah forty verses twelve through thirty one and

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Isaiah forty four six through twenty. So we have comfort.

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We have sovereignty over creation and the nations, especially in

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comparison to idols. If you go to forty four twenty eight,

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what are you having?

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Forty four twenty eight? What are you having? Forty four twenty.

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Eight, forty four twenty eight. Oh, Cyrus is mentioned? Hi,

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do we see him mentioned?

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How about forty five to one?

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Oh? Yeah, he's called the Anointed, the Lord's annointed. Everybody says,

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he's literally mentioned in this section. I see, I told

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you why you can't forget him? All right? So the

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so in this section that emphasizes comfort and deliverance, what

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we have is God's comfort to his people. We have

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God's sovereignty over the nations, and we have the role

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of Cyrus is God's chosen instrument to defeat Babylon and

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allow Israel to return home. So, in other words, this

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is comfort and deliverance. And the deliverer himself is named Yeah,

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he wouldn't even have been born. Yeah, And just note that, Well,

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we can get into higher critical, higher criticism, and remember

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that's why the Fundamentals were written, because what was one

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of the major issues of the higher critical approach to

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texts that wanted to change the dating of the writing, right,

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Because if you change the dating of the writing, then

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Isaiah is not writing prophecy.

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This is simply history.

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Right, So just understand that's one of the big issues

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that led to the writing of the Fundamentals, right, all right,

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So so Cyrus, though a Persian king, is portrayed as

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part of God's plan to redeem Israel from their captivity.

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All right, then, so you kind of see chapter forty.

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We have God's comfort forty verses twelve through thirty one,

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and forty four. In this section we have God's sovereignty

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over creation and really comparing him to the idols of Babylon.

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Then we have Cyrus mentioned specifically in forty four, twenty

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eight and forty five to one. Then judgment against Babylon

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and other nations who oppress Israel, with God reminding Israel

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that he is the redeemer and will bring them back.

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You see this in forty seven and forty eight. So

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in forty seven and forty eight you have judgment against

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Babylon and the other nations. All of this is a

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section about God's comforting his people. Really all about God's

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comfort and deliverance, which goes forty to forty eight. Right,

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The primary focus in chapters forty to forty eight is

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on the physical redemption of Israel from babylon captivity. God

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is encouraging his exiled people to trust him, reminding them

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of his covenant, faithfulness and the power to save. The

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symphasis here is on historical deliverance and Israel's national restoration.

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I cannot stress it enough.

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What is the primary focus between forty and forty eight

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Israel's physical deliverance, their physical restoration.

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You can't come in and over spiritualize this.

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And so a lot of the sermons that we listen

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to on Isaiah forty three and Isaiah forty gives almost

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inevitably who they are, what commentary they referenced Matthew Henry,

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which member I told everyone read Matthew Henry.

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So you can just see the other.

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Side of this, and it's well, that's where the problems begin.

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We don't take when it comes to studying the Bible,

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where do we take our where? Where in theory we

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take our cues from what the text and theory?

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In reality, nobody.

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Does because we always take our cues from everything else.

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And that's that's the problem. Right, So forty through forty eight,

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what is it about God's comfort and deliverance? But it's

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physical restoration, physical deliverance, physical everything. Okay, everybody got that. Now,

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something changes in forty nine for the new section, and

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forty nine through fifty five becomes about the servant of

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the Lord, and it seems a broader plan of salvation

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is now talked about. So there's a shift that happens

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in forty nine, right, I don't have it in front

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of me. Forty nine to one, How does it begin?

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I'm just curious now, I should have looked it up

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when I was preparing.

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But I okay, read that again.

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Okay, So some individuals being spoken of immediately, and inverse

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Tharyate's identified as the servant, So immediately in forty nine

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the servant began speaking, So immediately we see there's a shift.

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Does everyone see that? Yeah, So we're gonna have to

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do a lot of figuring that out. Yeah, But I

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just want you to see something changes here, all right.

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There's a shift in focus to the servant and spiritual redemption.

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So it seems in forty to forty eight it seems

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more physical, forty nine to fifty five seems to become

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more spiritual. Now we'll have to test and challenge that. Okay,

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we'll test and challenge that, but there is no question

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there's a shift all right, It continues to address israel redemption.

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It also introduces a broader vision of salvation through the

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Servant of the Lord. Even in forty nine to one

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it says people from Afar, does it not? Yeah?

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Forty nine one says from people from Afar.

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So it seems to begin broadening the focus a little

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bit here. These chapters seem to look beyond just the

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immediate return from exile and speak to a future, more

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profound spiritual redemption that has implication for all nations. Seems

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00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:28.440
to now this has a broader implication here in forty

474
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nine two fifty five. The Servant of the Lord becomes

475
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a central figure in this section. It starts in forty

476
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nine and it culminates in fifty three, So the Servant

477
00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:41.680
really becomes a central figure here. The Servant is not

478
00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:43.759
only called to restore Israel, but also to be a

479
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light to the gentiles. Look at forty nine to six

480
00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:54.279
and tell me if that's true. What happened in forty

481
00:27:54.319 --> 00:27:58.680
nine to six, I say, I light it now gentiles

482
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are being mentioned.

483
00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:00.880
There's a major shift here.

484
00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:03.680
Does everybody see that? And then we have the suffering

485
00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:06.599
servant and an atonement for the sins of the people

486
00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:09.839
in Isaiah fifty two thirteen to fifty three twelve. So

487
00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:14.279
something really, I mean, you got a major difference happening here. Okay,

488
00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:18.119
So now we so fifty two through thirteen of fifty

489
00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:21.160
two thirteen to fifty three twelve introduces the concept of

490
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a vicarious suffering for the redemption of others, something that

491
00:28:24.880 --> 00:28:27.680
moves beyond just Israel's return from Babylon and points to

492
00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:32.319
a larger redemptive plan. Right, So the key theme in

493
00:28:32.359 --> 00:28:36.160
this section, right, and forty nine to fifty five, really,

494
00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:39.000
the key theme is God's global plan of redemption through

495
00:28:39.119 --> 00:28:52.480
his servant. Right, everybody kind of see that, everybody, okay

496
00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:54.160
with it? I got a lot more notes there, but

497
00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:55.880
I think you get the basic idea.

498
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Right.

499
00:28:57.200 --> 00:29:00.039
Forty nine through fifty five expands from the immediate his

500
00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:03.920
historical context return from Babylon to God's global plan of

501
00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:07.480
spiritual restoration. The section is seen as both a promise

502
00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:10.240
to Israel and a prophecy of the coming Messiah, who

503
00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:13.880
would bring salvation not only to Israel but to all nations.

504
00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:17.319
Isaiah fifty four speaks of the future.

505
00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:20.119
Glory of Zion and God's everlasting covenant with his people,

506
00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:24.519
emphasizing a future time of peace and restoration, and fifty

507
00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:27.039
five serves as an invitation to all people to come

508
00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:31.279
and receive God's grace and salvation, moving beyond Israel's national

509
00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:34.839
restoration to a universal call.

510
00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:36.960
So we see, everyone can see a difference.

511
00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:40.960
Right. Mainly, forty through forty eight is very would be

512
00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:45.960
Israel centric, Israel focused with a focus on their comfort,

513
00:29:46.079 --> 00:29:50.039
their redemption, and their deliverance and their restoration. Forty nine

514
00:29:50.039 --> 00:29:53.400
to fifty five seems to expand beyond Israel. Israel is

515
00:29:53.400 --> 00:29:56.279
still very a focal point here, but it calls in

516
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other nations and it now goes beyond a more physical

517
00:29:59.400 --> 00:30:04.640
to more spiritual concepts. Okay, so what do you not

518
00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:07.079
want to do? You don't want to confuse the two.

519
00:30:07.359 --> 00:30:09.799
You want to keep that separation so that you understand

520
00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:10.440
the distinction.

521
00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:12.279
Does that sound good?

522
00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:16.559
Everybody? Okay with that? Yes? All right? So we have

523
00:30:16.599 --> 00:30:19.799
a natural division in the text, it seems Isaiah forty

524
00:30:19.839 --> 00:30:22.519
through forty eight, the primary focus is on Israel's deliverance

525
00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:24.839
from Babylon and the physical restoration of the nation. As

526
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I just said, Cyrus is highlighted as the instrument of

527
00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:31.759
God's immediate purpose and strong emphasis on God's sovereignty over

528
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creation and nations, contrasting him with the idols of the world.

529
00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:40.319
God's covenant with Israel as a nation is the central focus.

530
00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:43.839
That's forty through forty eight. However, you want to write

531
00:30:43.839 --> 00:30:48.200
that down. Understand forty through forty eight, right, So if

532
00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:50.920
you're just having lunch with someone and they start talking

533
00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:53.720
about Israel, or they start talking about Isaiah and they

534
00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:57.440
start talking about us, you can go time out. Isaiah

535
00:30:57.519 --> 00:31:01.279
forty through forty eight is about what bringing comfort to

536
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Israel during the time of Babylonian in exile, and it's

537
00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:08.519
about their physical deliverance and their physical restoration, with Cyrus

538
00:31:08.559 --> 00:31:12.359
being seen as a key figure into and making this happen. Agreed,

539
00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:17.680
all right, God's covenant with Israel out of a nation

540
00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:21.319
is the central focus.

541
00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:22.720
Everybody got that.

542
00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:24.880
Now. When you get to forty nine two fifty five,

543
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the focus is on the servant of the Lord, who

544
00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:29.960
introduces a broader scope of salvation for both Israel and

545
00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:34.119
the nations. The concept of spiritual redemption becomes more prominent,

546
00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:37.240
especially with the suffering servant's role and atoning for sin.

547
00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:41.599
The promises shift from immediate physical restoration to a future

548
00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:42.559
spiritual blessing.

549
00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:46.079
Now why does this division matter?

550
00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:49.440
Well, the division helps highlight the two primary aspects of

551
00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:54.839
God's redemptive plan in Isaiah, the physical deliverance from Babylon

552
00:31:55.079 --> 00:32:00.599
and the spiritual redemption through the Servant. Both are connected,

553
00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:05.160
but they have a different emphasis and scope. So this

554
00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:09.079
division matters because it shows the different emphasis. It shows

555
00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:12.920
a progression of God's plan, the progression from Israel's immediate

556
00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:17.119
needs return to exile to the broader future redemption. The

557
00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:19.920
coming of the Servant shows how Isaiah moves from a

558
00:32:19.920 --> 00:32:24.319
specific promise to Israel to God's global plan of salvation.

559
00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:30.200
It's a progressive revealing of the plan from the specific

560
00:32:30.559 --> 00:32:35.079
to the broader. Does that make sense? Also? Why does

561
00:32:35.119 --> 00:32:38.720
the division matter? Because while recognizing the division allows us

562
00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:42.079
to better respect the original context and message for Israel

563
00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:46.079
while understanding how the text broadens its vision to encompass

564
00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:48.720
all nations and future fulfillment.

565
00:32:55.680 --> 00:32:58.839
All right, that sound good? Areybody good with that?

566
00:33:00.119 --> 00:33:00.759
Right? So?

567
00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:04.119
Do we have a good understanding of things so far?

568
00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:07.799
Right? We have a pretty good understanding of the timing. Right,

569
00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:11.319
the timing we've gotten down, We got an understanding of

570
00:33:11.680 --> 00:33:14.440
being written and spoken and how it ultimately makes its

571
00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:17.240
way to the exiles. We've gotten that, right, we now

572
00:33:17.279 --> 00:33:20.799
have we have now seen the structure of Isaiah forty

573
00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:21.640
through fifty five.

574
00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:23.680
The structure breaks down into two parts.

575
00:33:23.799 --> 00:33:27.519
What are the two parts forty to forty eight or

576
00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:30.720
forty nine through fifty five? Right? And how do we

577
00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:33.559
understand the distinction between the two sections? You could say

578
00:33:33.599 --> 00:33:39.720
one is very physical, nationalistic, about physical deliverance from Babylon,

579
00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:42.880
and the other one becomes more spiritual. Israel is still mentioned,

580
00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:46.640
but it becomes about the servant and about redemption.

581
00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:47.839
That goes beyond Israel.

582
00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:52.400
So can everyone now understand that and appreciate that? So

583
00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:54.759
now you already understand Isaiah forty through fifty five better

584
00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:57.279
than you ever have. Could just pretend that you have?

585
00:33:57.319 --> 00:33:58.960
All right, don't pretend that you do. All right, we

586
00:33:59.000 --> 00:34:00.640
still have a long ways to go. All right. Now,

587
00:34:00.839 --> 00:34:03.880
let's try to outline and do a summary of Isaiah

588
00:34:03.920 --> 00:34:06.759
forty through fifty five. Right?

589
00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:08.599
Does that sound like a good idea?

590
00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:11.960
All right? Let's try this, all right. Isaiah forty through

591
00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:15.559
fifty fives called by many names, as we've already discussed them, right.

592
00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:19.000
Most would argue that this is a very powerful section.

593
00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:22.679
It focuses on God's sovereignty, faithfulness, and his promise of redemption.

594
00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:27.079
The section addresses the exiled Israelites with a message of

595
00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:30.400
hope and assurance, pointing both to their immediate release from

596
00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:34.599
Babylonian captivity and their future spiritual salvation through the coming

597
00:34:34.679 --> 00:34:37.639
servant of the Lord. So here is we're going to

598
00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:40.400
try to do an outline that will summarize and try

599
00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:43.159
to focus on some of these main concepts. Right, So

600
00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:45.679
you kind of already have the breakdown. This is just

601
00:34:45.719 --> 00:34:47.800
going to kind of go through the breakdown again. And

602
00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:50.199
I'm just going to be repetitive because this is how

603
00:34:50.239 --> 00:34:52.760
you remember it, right, And the better you remember it

604
00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:55.079
than anytime you read it, you can be you can

605
00:34:55.159 --> 00:34:59.400
avoid any of the things that happen. Right. So forty

606
00:34:59.440 --> 00:35:04.960
through forty eight is God's comfort and assurance of deliverance. Right,

607
00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:07.360
what do we Here are some of the key themes

608
00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:09.440
in this section. Here are the key themes in forty

609
00:35:09.480 --> 00:35:11.360
through forty eight. We've already talked about it being God's

610
00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:13.119
comfort and assurance of deliverance, have we not.

611
00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:14.480
Now we're gonna look at.

612
00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:18.039
The key themes. Right, obviously, we know the first key theme,

613
00:35:19.079 --> 00:35:21.639
comfort and reassurance.

614
00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.679
That's obviously.

615
00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:27.000
And where do we find that chapter forty verses one

616
00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:29.159
through two. What is promised in forty three one through

617
00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:32.920
two comfort promising, restoration and forgiveness.

618
00:35:33.119 --> 00:35:34.960
Do we see that in forty verses went through two.

619
00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:39.760
Yeah? Yeah, So okay, So there's the first key theme,

620
00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:44.280
comfort and reassurance. Second, God's sovereignty and power. Isaiah emphasizes

621
00:35:44.320 --> 00:35:46.400
that God is the creator and ruler over all the

622
00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:51.679
nations and idols, and underscores his power and authority to say,

623
00:35:51.800 --> 00:35:55.480
look at Isaiah forty twelve through thirty one. Yeah, look

624
00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:57.239
at Isaiah forty twelve through thirty one, and see if

625
00:35:57.280 --> 00:36:01.360
you see some of those themes emerge. Do you see

626
00:36:01.360 --> 00:36:08.480
God's sovereignty and power and creator ruler? Does that show

627
00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:16.360
up almost immediately in that section? Yeah, He's creator who

628
00:36:16.440 --> 00:36:20.079
can compare to him? And that goes to verse twelve

629
00:36:20.079 --> 00:36:22.320
all the way to verse thirty one.

630
00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:24.119
I think everyone can agree with that.

631
00:36:24.639 --> 00:36:29.480
All. Right, Then we have Israel's redemption from Babylon is

632
00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:31.760
a key theme, and we see this in chapters forty

633
00:36:32.119 --> 00:36:35.039
through forty eight. It focuses on God's promise to redeem

634
00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:38.280
Israel from babylon captivity. God assures them of his protection

635
00:36:38.400 --> 00:36:41.880
and restoration, promising to lead them back to their homeland.

636
00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:45.719
So we have Israel's redemption from Babylon in this section,

637
00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:50.280
comfort and reassurance, God's sovereignty and power, and his redemption

638
00:36:50.760 --> 00:36:55.079
redeeming Israel from Babylon. Next we see the folly of

639
00:36:55.239 --> 00:36:59.880
idolatry in this section. These chapters contain a strong cre

640
00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:03.920
of idle worship, contrasting the one True God with the

641
00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:08.280
powerless idols, underscoring that Israel's God, that Israel's God alone

642
00:37:08.360 --> 00:37:11.760
can save. Look at Isaiah forty four, look at Isaiah

643
00:37:11.840 --> 00:37:16.000
forty four, or had started skimming starting in verse nine,

644
00:37:16.239 --> 00:37:19.280
Isaiah forty four, starting in verse nine, Just start skimming

645
00:37:19.800 --> 00:37:27.119
and see if you see it. These chapters contain a

646
00:37:27.119 --> 00:37:30.079
strong critique of idle worship, contrasting the one True God

647
00:37:30.079 --> 00:37:34.719
with powerless idols. Right at the beginning, right forty four nine,

648
00:37:34.760 --> 00:37:41.239
what does that say? Yeah? You see so immediately it

649
00:37:41.280 --> 00:37:43.599
does that. It goes from verse nine to twenty. So

650
00:37:43.719 --> 00:37:48.000
another key theme in this section is the folly of idolatry. Right.

651
00:37:48.199 --> 00:37:52.320
Another key theme in this section is God is Redeemer. Repeatedly,

652
00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:56.039
God calls himself Israel's redeemer, emphasizing his covenant love and

653
00:37:56.079 --> 00:37:58.920
commitment to rescue them despite their sins. Everybody ready to

654
00:37:58.960 --> 00:38:01.480
look at a couple of sections. Look at forty three

655
00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:03.679
one through seven. I think you can see him being

656
00:38:03.679 --> 00:38:11.039
seen as redeemer here and deliverer here. I have redeemed thee.

657
00:38:10.920 --> 00:38:12.119
Everybody see that.

658
00:38:12.119 --> 00:38:14.199
That's what forty three to one or forty three two,

659
00:38:15.320 --> 00:38:16.199
forty three one?

660
00:38:16.519 --> 00:38:17.960
Right, all right, everybody see that.

661
00:38:18.119 --> 00:38:28.239
Look at forty four, twenty one, forty four to twenty one,

662
00:38:28.440 --> 00:38:30.239
forty four to twenty one, and look at twenty one,

663
00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:31.840
twenty two, and twenty three.

664
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What do we see?

665
00:38:36.480 --> 00:38:41.199
I have redeemed they everybody see that. Everybody see it? Okay,

666
00:38:41.239 --> 00:38:43.119
everybody got it? All right? So what are some of

667
00:38:43.159 --> 00:38:46.440
the key themes in forty to forty eight Comfort and reassurance,

668
00:38:46.840 --> 00:38:51.079
God's sovereignty and power, Israel's redemption from Babylon, the folly

669
00:38:51.079 --> 00:39:02.320
of idolatry, God is Redeemer, which is repeatedly used. Everybody

670
00:39:02.320 --> 00:39:04.840
got that, all right? Now, We're just gonna do kind

671
00:39:04.840 --> 00:39:07.840
of a very general outline of these of the chapters

672
00:39:07.840 --> 00:39:12.000
in forty to forty eight, You're ready. Chapter forty God's

673
00:39:12.039 --> 00:39:15.199
comfort for Israel and proclamation of his majesty as Creator.

674
00:39:16.360 --> 00:39:20.079
If you want to semmarize forty God's comfort for Israel

675
00:39:20.079 --> 00:39:28.599
and proclamation of his majesty as Creator. Chapter forty one

676
00:39:28.960 --> 00:39:32.039
assurance of God's help and promise of deliverance from enemies.

677
00:39:37.400 --> 00:39:39.559
You see forty to forty one really goes with comfort

678
00:39:39.559 --> 00:39:40.119
and assurance?

679
00:39:40.119 --> 00:39:41.719
Does it not right?

680
00:39:41.920 --> 00:39:44.679
So forty is God's comfort for Israel and proclamation of

681
00:39:44.679 --> 00:39:47.199
his majesty as creator. Forty one is his assurance of

682
00:39:47.199 --> 00:39:50.719
God's help and a promise of deliverance from enemies.

683
00:39:55.480 --> 00:39:56.039
Forty two.

684
00:39:56.559 --> 00:39:58.400
Some way we refer to this as an introduction of

685
00:39:58.440 --> 00:40:00.920
God's servant. It promises of just and a light for

686
00:40:00.960 --> 00:40:07.599
the nations forty two. Some would see this as an

687
00:40:07.599 --> 00:40:12.039
introduction of God's servant and promises of justice and light

688
00:40:12.119 --> 00:40:21.519
for the nations. So forty God's comfort for Israel and

689
00:40:21.599 --> 00:40:24.559
proclamation of Majesty's Creator forty one assurance of God's help

690
00:40:24.599 --> 00:40:27.760
and promise of deliverance. Forty two and introduction of God's servant,

691
00:40:27.800 --> 00:40:33.320
promising justice and light for the nations. Forty three God's

692
00:40:33.360 --> 00:40:38.000
declaration of his unique relationship with Israel and promise of redemption.

693
00:40:46.280 --> 00:40:49.519
Forty three God's declaration of his unique relationship with Israel

694
00:40:49.559 --> 00:40:51.880
and promise of redemption. And what is the key thing

695
00:40:51.920 --> 00:40:54.719
to understand about their unique relationship? What's the word we

696
00:40:54.760 --> 00:40:55.480
need to remember?

697
00:40:57.320 --> 00:41:02.480
Covenant? Covenant? Okay, everyone can't forget that, right.

698
00:41:03.039 --> 00:41:06.119
So forty God's comfort for Israel and proclamation of his

699
00:41:06.199 --> 00:41:09.480
majesty as creator forty one. Assurance of God's help and

700
00:41:09.519 --> 00:41:13.119
promise of deliverance from in the enemies forty two, Introduction

701
00:41:13.199 --> 00:41:15.239
of God's servant and a promise of justice and light

702
00:41:15.280 --> 00:41:20.159
for the nations. Forty three God's declaration of his unique

703
00:41:20.239 --> 00:41:23.400
relationship with Israel and promise of redemption. And that unique

704
00:41:23.440 --> 00:41:25.880
relationship can be summarized in one word, which is coven

705
00:41:25.920 --> 00:41:30.719
It That's so key, is it not? I mean, that's

706
00:41:30.920 --> 00:41:36.199
key to everything. Forty four through forty five. Denunciation of

707
00:41:36.239 --> 00:41:41.119
idols and a prophecy of Cyrus as God's chosen instrument

708
00:41:41.199 --> 00:41:45.039
to release Israel from captivity. Forty four through forty five

709
00:41:45.119 --> 00:41:48.840
is denunciation of idols and a prophecy of Cyrus.

710
00:41:54.119 --> 00:41:54.800
Everybody got that?

711
00:41:57.159 --> 00:42:02.480
I know, it's a lot. Forty is God's comfort for

712
00:42:02.559 --> 00:42:05.599
Israel and a proclamation of his Majesty's creator. Forty one

713
00:42:05.719 --> 00:42:08.800
is assurance of God's help and promise of deliverance from enemies.

714
00:42:09.239 --> 00:42:11.880
Forty two an introduction of God's servant and a promise

715
00:42:11.920 --> 00:42:16.039
of justice and light to the nations. Forty three, God's

716
00:42:16.079 --> 00:42:19.559
declaration of his unique relationship with Israel and promise of redemption.

717
00:42:20.239 --> 00:42:23.000
Forty four through forty five is a denunciation of idols

718
00:42:23.000 --> 00:42:26.639
and a prophecy of Cyrus, God's chosen instrument to release

719
00:42:26.719 --> 00:42:31.960
Israel from captivity. Six through forty seven Judgment against Babylon.

720
00:42:32.400 --> 00:42:36.920
God contrasts his eternal power with the fall of Babylon's gods.

721
00:42:42.159 --> 00:42:48.679
That's forty six through forty seven judgment against Babylon. Right

722
00:42:49.639 --> 00:42:54.039
forty eight exhortation to listen and trust in God's plans

723
00:42:54.119 --> 00:42:57.199
even as he leads Israel out of exile. Now's an

724
00:42:57.239 --> 00:43:02.519
exhortation to listen and to trust leads them out. Now

725
00:43:02.519 --> 00:43:05.480
you can kind of see though, the main focus and

726
00:43:05.519 --> 00:43:10.599
that simple outline, that simple, simple summary, what's the focus. Hey,

727
00:43:10.719 --> 00:43:15.519
comfort Israel, be comforted. I'm gonna deliver you. Listen to me.

728
00:43:16.400 --> 00:43:18.719
I'm greater than the idols because they could have been

729
00:43:18.719 --> 00:43:20.920
tempted to turn two idols in the time of great

730
00:43:21.559 --> 00:43:23.719
suffering because they needed some help, and He's like, no,

731
00:43:23.800 --> 00:43:26.360
trust me, I'm greater than those idols. Those idols cannot

732
00:43:26.400 --> 00:43:29.199
help you. Does that all make perfect sense? Makes us

733
00:43:29.519 --> 00:43:34.360
a perfect progression of thought? All right?

734
00:43:34.559 --> 00:43:34.719
Now?

735
00:43:34.760 --> 00:43:36.880
What are the main lessons in forty through forty eight?

736
00:43:36.880 --> 00:43:39.159
What are the main lessons in forty through forty eight?

737
00:43:40.599 --> 00:43:42.679
The main lessons in forty through forty eight would be

738
00:43:42.679 --> 00:43:47.679
God's faithfulness. Even though Israel has sin, God remains faithful

739
00:43:47.679 --> 00:43:51.119
to his covenant and promises to redeem them. It's God's faithfulness.

740
00:43:51.519 --> 00:43:59.400
It's not Who's faithfulness. It's not Israel's faithfulness. It's God's faithfulness.

741
00:44:00.119 --> 00:44:02.079
So what can we learn if we were to apply

742
00:44:02.159 --> 00:44:04.559
this to us, what can we learn? Well, praise God

743
00:44:04.559 --> 00:44:08.360
that God was faithful to Israel, because God will be

744
00:44:08.360 --> 00:44:08.920
faithful to.

745
00:44:08.920 --> 00:44:09.960
Us even when we are.

746
00:44:11.559 --> 00:44:16.000
Unfaithful. All right, So it's emphasizing God's faithfulness, not Israel's faithfulness.

747
00:44:17.480 --> 00:44:20.800
Number two, God's sovereignty. God is in control over all

748
00:44:20.920 --> 00:44:23.639
nations and events, even using a foreign king like Cyrus

749
00:44:23.760 --> 00:44:27.239
as his instrument. So what does this tell us. God

750
00:44:27.320 --> 00:44:30.760
is sovereign even over the nations. Now, this is a

751
00:44:30.760 --> 00:44:33.079
perfect time to then that we could use this as

752
00:44:33.079 --> 00:44:37.559
a lesson for us. Right, who was in control of

753
00:44:37.639 --> 00:44:40.079
all of those nations and everything that happened in all

754
00:44:40.079 --> 00:44:44.280
of those nations? God, who is then still in control

755
00:44:44.320 --> 00:44:47.159
of all the nations. So then why do we worry,

756
00:44:47.320 --> 00:44:50.719
run around, yell, scream, get mad and think and get

757
00:44:50.719 --> 00:44:52.639
all caught up in everything when God is the one

758
00:44:52.639 --> 00:44:55.079
in control. And that's why when we get to the

759
00:44:55.079 --> 00:45:00.239
Book of Romans, is our what's our responsibility to governmental powers?

760
00:45:01.000 --> 00:45:02.760
Just to submit? Because who put them there?

761
00:45:03.440 --> 00:45:10.679
God? Who put them there? Who put them there? Not us? Okay?

762
00:45:11.480 --> 00:45:13.280
And so when you when the government gets put there

763
00:45:13.280 --> 00:45:16.599
that you don't like, tough, God put them there. Take

764
00:45:16.639 --> 00:45:20.159
it up with God. Right, you can run and your go.

765
00:45:20.440 --> 00:45:23.519
It's the election was stolen. No, God put who he

766
00:45:23.639 --> 00:45:27.239
wanted there, Okay. So you know if it we got stolen,

767
00:45:27.320 --> 00:45:29.039
go blame God for letting getting stolen.

768
00:45:29.119 --> 00:45:31.679
And you just destroy the sovereignty of God and everything.

769
00:45:32.360 --> 00:45:34.719
Now, we love to believe God is sovereign when things

770
00:45:34.760 --> 00:45:37.920
work out our way. We're not so prone to believe

771
00:45:37.920 --> 00:45:40.800
in God sovereignty when it does it go our way?

772
00:45:41.360 --> 00:45:41.840
Does it.

773
00:45:43.400 --> 00:45:47.440
Right? Another major lesson is the futility of idolatry. God

774
00:45:47.480 --> 00:45:51.280
exposes the uselessness of idols, reminding Israel that he is

775
00:45:51.320 --> 00:45:53.320
the only He's the only one worthy of worship.

776
00:45:58.000 --> 00:45:59.280
So what's some of the main lessons.

777
00:45:59.280 --> 00:46:02.480
God is faithful, God a sovereign, and idolatry is feudal,

778
00:46:04.119 --> 00:46:06.719
the futility foolishue, however you would like to describe it.

779
00:46:06.840 --> 00:46:09.920
And in hope and renewal, God reassures Israel that their

780
00:46:10.039 --> 00:46:13.599
captivity is not the end and he promises of future restoration.

781
00:46:16.760 --> 00:46:17.960
That's forty through forty eight.

782
00:46:18.800 --> 00:46:19.559
We got that down.

783
00:46:19.639 --> 00:46:20.760
Forty through forty eight. We got it.

784
00:46:20.760 --> 00:46:26.800
We feel pretty good with that. Everybody feel confident, all right, Now,

785
00:46:26.840 --> 00:46:31.360
where do we have to go? Forty nine through fifty five? Right,

786
00:46:31.360 --> 00:46:34.280
that's the next major section. Right now, the next major

787
00:46:34.320 --> 00:46:36.719
section we'll call the Servant of the Lord and Salvation

788
00:46:36.840 --> 00:46:39.440
for all nations. What was forty through forty eight? What

789
00:46:39.480 --> 00:46:46.559
did we call it? Comfort and assurance of deliverance? Right?

790
00:46:46.760 --> 00:46:47.400
Everybody got that?

791
00:46:47.440 --> 00:46:47.559
Now?

792
00:46:48.159 --> 00:46:49.519
Forty nine through fifty five.

793
00:46:49.360 --> 00:46:55.679
Is what the Servant of the Lord and a Salvation

794
00:46:55.920 --> 00:47:01.800
for all nations? Forty nine forty nine through fifty five,

795
00:47:01.800 --> 00:47:04.119
The Servant of the Lord and Salvation for all nations.

796
00:47:04.320 --> 00:47:09.360
Now I am curious, can someone look at forty two

797
00:47:10.519 --> 00:47:14.440
Chapter forty two. I didn't write down the reference. Some

798
00:47:14.519 --> 00:47:17.159
sources say this is the introduction to God's Servant? Does

799
00:47:17.199 --> 00:47:21.320
he show up in forty two? I don't have a

800
00:47:21.440 --> 00:47:26.920
verse down? Okay, my servant? Okay, I just wanted to

801
00:47:26.920 --> 00:47:28.800
make sure. I wanted to make sure that because I

802
00:47:28.840 --> 00:47:30.800
didn't write down the reference, and so now I was

803
00:47:30.840 --> 00:47:33.000
worried that I messed up. I was worried that I was.

804
00:47:33.159 --> 00:47:35.440
I had got my notes mixed up. So I was

805
00:47:35.480 --> 00:47:37.719
getting nervous. So that's why when I read that originally

806
00:47:37.760 --> 00:47:39.920
about Isaiah forty two, I was kind of hesitant, right

807
00:47:40.320 --> 00:47:42.519
because I'm like, did I just copy this down?

808
00:47:42.559 --> 00:47:44.000
Did I just mess this up?

809
00:47:44.039 --> 00:47:46.239
Because I typically would write a reference down, but I

810
00:47:46.239 --> 00:47:47.960
didn't write. I just wrote forty two. I didn't write

811
00:47:48.000 --> 00:47:52.360
down the verse. So forty two what verse first? Forty

812
00:47:52.400 --> 00:47:54.360
two to one? The servant is introduced. I just wanted

813
00:47:54.360 --> 00:47:59.920
to make sure, okay, okay, good, all right, there's a

814
00:48:00.159 --> 00:48:02.519
multiple ones. Okay, good, and we'll get well, we'll break

815
00:48:02.559 --> 00:48:05.000
that down more. But forty nine through fifty five is

816
00:48:05.000 --> 00:48:07.280
typically referred to as the section about the Servant of

817
00:48:07.320 --> 00:48:08.880
the Lord. So it's just so that you know that,

818
00:48:08.880 --> 00:48:11.599
all right, But he's introduced. Uh, the servant concept is

819
00:48:11.599 --> 00:48:14.199
introduced prior to So what are some of the key

820
00:48:14.239 --> 00:48:16.360
themes in forty nine through fifty five? You're ready for

821
00:48:16.400 --> 00:48:19.880
key themes? Number one, The servant of the Lord is

822
00:48:19.880 --> 00:48:23.000
a key theme. These chapters introduced the concept of the

823
00:48:23.000 --> 00:48:26.000
servant actually has been introduced earlier, but okay, a figure

824
00:48:26.000 --> 00:48:28.800
who will bring justice, light and salvation to Israel. This

825
00:48:28.960 --> 00:48:33.119
is really emphasized in forty nine to fifty three. So

826
00:48:33.159 --> 00:48:34.960
the key theme is the servant of the Lord forty

827
00:48:35.039 --> 00:48:38.599
nine through fifty three.

828
00:48:38.679 --> 00:48:39.400
Everybody got that.

829
00:48:40.360 --> 00:48:43.480
The servant is often interpreted in Christian theology as a

830
00:48:43.519 --> 00:48:49.079
Messianic prophecy fulfilled in Jesus Christ. That's how it's typically understood. Now,

831
00:48:49.280 --> 00:48:55.360
what are we gonna do with it? We're gonna have

832
00:48:55.400 --> 00:48:57.559
first of all, before we start jumping to Jesus, we're

833
00:48:57.559 --> 00:49:00.960
gonna say how in the world would make any sense

834
00:49:01.000 --> 00:49:03.039
to the people at the time, Because remember, you're not

835
00:49:03.039 --> 00:49:05.239
offering a lot of comfort to people at the time.

836
00:49:05.599 --> 00:49:09.039
If you're pointing to Jesus.

837
00:49:08.360 --> 00:49:13.039
Right, because these people are going to be long dead.

838
00:49:14.039 --> 00:49:16.920
So when we refer to the servant, here's what we're

839
00:49:16.920 --> 00:49:20.000
gonna Does a servant always refer to the same individual,

840
00:49:21.920 --> 00:49:26.559
does it refer to more than one thing? And how

841
00:49:26.599 --> 00:49:29.239
does it fit into its historical context before we jump

842
00:49:29.320 --> 00:49:32.199
to Jesus. Now, do we believe that there's a Messianic

843
00:49:32.239 --> 00:49:38.079
aspect to it, Absolutely, but that is not the original

844
00:49:38.159 --> 00:49:41.920
focus at the time, right, I mean, like, okay, Jesus

845
00:49:41.960 --> 00:49:45.079
is coming. That would have been like, so, what the

846
00:49:45.119 --> 00:49:48.440
Messiah is coming five hundred years or six hundred years

847
00:49:48.480 --> 00:49:51.760
after you're dead? Okay, well that's wonderful, that's great. Right now,

848
00:49:51.880 --> 00:49:54.480
I'm in captivity. I don't really care that the Messiah

849
00:49:54.559 --> 00:49:58.360
is coming six hundred years from now. Doesn't help me out,

850
00:49:58.440 --> 00:50:03.840
right now, does it. That's not comfort. That's like, hey, guys,

851
00:50:04.079 --> 00:50:07.840
there's comfort coming about, you know, six hundred years from now.

852
00:50:09.639 --> 00:50:11.880
And even then it didn't come right, really, it didn't

853
00:50:11.880 --> 00:50:14.800
come even at that time from a physical standpoint, all right,

854
00:50:14.840 --> 00:50:17.800
So we got that a suffering and redemption. The servant

855
00:50:17.840 --> 00:50:20.599
is betrayed as one who will suffer on behalf of others,

856
00:50:20.800 --> 00:50:22.519
taking on their sins and bringing healing.

857
00:50:22.760 --> 00:50:23.880
This is all about the servant.

858
00:50:23.880 --> 00:50:25.840
This, this is one of the key themes, the servant,

859
00:50:25.920 --> 00:50:29.239
the servant. The servant. The servant is often interpreted Jesus.

860
00:50:29.440 --> 00:50:32.719
The suffering servant is talked about in Isaiah fifty three.

861
00:50:33.159 --> 00:50:35.760
Then we have the theme of salvation for all nations.

862
00:50:36.280 --> 00:50:39.119
The scope of God's salvation expands beyond Israel to include

863
00:50:39.159 --> 00:50:45.760
all people, showing God's universal plan of redemption. And then

864
00:50:45.760 --> 00:50:48.199
guess what is a may look? Well, I'll see if

865
00:50:48.239 --> 00:50:50.400
we can figure this out. Everyone go to Isaiah fifty

866
00:50:50.400 --> 00:50:53.559
four and fifty five. Everybody go to Isaiah fifty four

867
00:50:53.519 --> 00:50:56.519
to fifty five. Skim it and tell me if you

868
00:50:56.559 --> 00:50:59.519
see a key theme emerge. I don't know how help,

869
00:51:00.280 --> 00:51:03.079
I don't know how clear it's seen. I know I'm

870
00:51:03.079 --> 00:51:05.519
taking up too much time to do this, but fifty

871
00:51:05.519 --> 00:51:07.000
four and fifty five, just start skimming.

872
00:51:10.880 --> 00:51:12.840
Just what a key theme could jump out here?

873
00:51:20.320 --> 00:51:22.920
I'll help you. Is there anything in fifty four and

874
00:51:22.960 --> 00:51:25.920
fifty five that screams new Covenant?

875
00:51:27.960 --> 00:51:28.679
How does that work?

876
00:51:28.800 --> 00:51:32.000
Does that help you? Because a lot of people believe

877
00:51:32.039 --> 00:51:33.679
the key one of the key things here in fifty

878
00:51:33.679 --> 00:51:42.880
four and fifty five is the new Covenant? Okay, that

879
00:51:42.920 --> 00:51:50.320
seems about a covenant. That's some covenant. Any new covenant language.

880
00:51:51.519 --> 00:51:53.559
New Covenant language is all this kind of language of

881
00:51:53.559 --> 00:51:59.639
what God's going to do for them.

882
00:52:00.079 --> 00:52:00.760
We may not see it.

883
00:52:00.800 --> 00:52:11.360
We may say this could be something that could be argued. Okay, well,

884
00:52:11.360 --> 00:52:13.960
now that's seeming to get to some possible new covenant language,

885
00:52:14.039 --> 00:52:14.320
is it not?

886
00:52:14.719 --> 00:52:17.920
What verse was that? That's fifty four thirteen?

887
00:52:18.280 --> 00:52:20.800
Fifty four to thirteen, Maybe getting into a little bit

888
00:52:20.840 --> 00:52:24.119
of new Covenant language going on. There any other new

889
00:52:24.119 --> 00:52:28.559
covenant language that may jump out. This is how one

890
00:52:28.599 --> 00:52:32.360
source puts it. You ready, God speaks of a new

891
00:52:34.119 --> 00:52:38.360
God speaks of a new, everlasting covenant of peace and restoration,

892
00:52:38.480 --> 00:52:42.280
promising a renewal relation, a renewed relationship with his people,

893
00:52:42.480 --> 00:52:47.199
Isaiah fifty four and fifty five. So we just want

894
00:52:47.239 --> 00:52:49.840
to we'll put that down as a possible key theme. Obviously,

895
00:52:49.880 --> 00:52:52.679
when we go through it, what will we do? We'll

896
00:52:52.679 --> 00:52:54.880
do a lot. We may come up with completely different

897
00:52:54.880 --> 00:52:58.280
conclusions and different ideas. All right, we may change our

898
00:52:58.320 --> 00:53:01.599
mind on some of these things. But just with the

899
00:53:01.639 --> 00:53:04.440
fifty four and fifty five, just put new covenant and

900
00:53:04.440 --> 00:53:07.599
put a question mark. And it's very important for us

901
00:53:07.599 --> 00:53:10.440
to discover it, right because if we find new Covenant

902
00:53:10.519 --> 00:53:13.719
language it deals with Israel. That's important because typically what

903
00:53:13.760 --> 00:53:18.119
do Christians do with new Covenant language? Make it about us,

904
00:53:18.239 --> 00:53:22.119
and that's a major problematic. All right, everybody got those

905
00:53:22.159 --> 00:53:26.039
key themes. The Servant of the Lord. Basically, the servant

906
00:53:26.079 --> 00:53:29.079
is interprets Christ, suffering and redemption, the Salvation of all nations,

907
00:53:29.079 --> 00:53:29.679
and New Covenant.

908
00:53:29.840 --> 00:53:34.039
Now, let's outline the key chapters. You ready? Are you

909
00:53:34.119 --> 00:53:35.320
ready for a quick outline?

910
00:53:35.639 --> 00:53:39.280
All right? Forty nine The servants mission to restore Israel

911
00:53:39.280 --> 00:53:43.679
and bring Salvation to the nations. Forty nine The servants

912
00:53:43.760 --> 00:53:46.559
mission to restore Israel and bring Salvation to the nations.

913
00:53:48.639 --> 00:53:51.920
When you got it to say amen? The Servants mission,

914
00:53:52.360 --> 00:53:54.639
the service mission to restore Israel and bring salvation to

915
00:53:54.679 --> 00:53:59.159
the nations. When you have it, say amen, so I

916
00:53:59.159 --> 00:54:02.840
can move on the Servant's mission to restore Israel and

917
00:54:02.840 --> 00:54:07.320
bring salvation to the nations. Got an amen? Anybody else

918
00:54:07.400 --> 00:54:07.639
named me?

919
00:54:07.719 --> 00:54:11.679
Repeat it? That was listening online? Sorry, rewind Okay, all right,

920
00:54:11.679 --> 00:54:12.039
here we go.

921
00:54:12.280 --> 00:54:21.920
Chapter fifty, The Obedience and Suffering of the Servant. The

922
00:54:22.000 --> 00:54:23.679
obedience and suffering of the Servant.

923
00:54:26.559 --> 00:54:27.239
That was simple.

924
00:54:27.320 --> 00:54:30.599
Everybody got that one. Fifty one through fifty two, promise

925
00:54:30.639 --> 00:54:33.199
of redemption for Jerusalem and a call for faith in

926
00:54:33.239 --> 00:54:34.079
God's salvation.

927
00:54:35.239 --> 00:54:36.679
Fifty one through fifty two.

928
00:54:36.519 --> 00:54:39.519
Promises of redemption for Jerusalem and a call for faith

929
00:54:39.519 --> 00:54:47.039
in God's salvation. Promise of redemption for Jerusalem and a

930
00:54:47.079 --> 00:54:49.920
call for faith in God's salvation. Everybody got that one.

931
00:54:51.039 --> 00:54:52.440
Fifty three, Well.

932
00:54:52.320 --> 00:54:53.800
You know what fifty three is.

933
00:54:53.840 --> 00:54:58.679
The suffering Servant, a detailed prophecy of a figure who

934
00:54:58.679 --> 00:55:10.800
will bear the sins of many. Fifty four is typically

935
00:55:10.840 --> 00:55:12.920
described as a promise of a new covenant and a

936
00:55:12.960 --> 00:55:19.760
blessing for Israel's future restoration. Promise of a new covenant

937
00:55:19.960 --> 00:55:26.840
and blessings for Israel's future restoration. That's fifty four, promise

938
00:55:26.840 --> 00:55:29.719
of a new covenant and blessings for Israel's future restoration.

939
00:55:30.599 --> 00:55:33.320
And then that would bring us to Isaiah fifty five,

940
00:55:33.559 --> 00:55:36.480
which is the invitation to all to receive God's salvation

941
00:55:36.639 --> 00:55:38.760
and partake and his everlasting Covenant.

942
00:55:39.400 --> 00:55:41.400
Fifty five is seen as an invitation.

943
00:55:41.079 --> 00:55:45.559
To all to receive God's salvation and partake in his

944
00:55:45.639 --> 00:55:55.599
everlasting covenant.

945
00:56:06.800 --> 00:56:08.599
All right, everybody good.

946
00:56:09.159 --> 00:56:11.199
Now we just probably need I guess the only thing

947
00:56:11.239 --> 00:56:13.480
is the main lessons. Right, we did main lessons for

948
00:56:13.480 --> 00:56:15.280
forty through forty eight. How about the main lessons for

949
00:56:15.280 --> 00:56:18.639
forty nine through fifty five? Right? I guess the main

950
00:56:18.760 --> 00:56:22.840
lessons here would be God's plan for redemption. God's plan

951
00:56:22.880 --> 00:56:25.239
includes a servant who will suffer and die on behalf

952
00:56:25.280 --> 00:56:28.320
of his people, bringing forgiveness and healing. So God's plan

953
00:56:28.480 --> 00:56:31.559
for redemption, how does that redemption fit them? How does

954
00:56:31.559 --> 00:56:35.559
that redemption fit us? Do we even consider us? While

955
00:56:35.599 --> 00:56:37.000
we know at least some of this is going to

956
00:56:37.039 --> 00:56:39.119
have something to do with us, be since Isaiah fifty

957
00:56:39.159 --> 00:56:43.360
three is referenced in the New Testament. All right, God's

958
00:56:43.400 --> 00:56:47.559
plan for redemption? Next, a universal salvation. Oh, we gotta

959
00:56:47.559 --> 00:56:50.280
be careful when I say that. When I say universal salvation,

960
00:56:50.320 --> 00:56:53.440
I'm not saying universalism. What do I mean by universal salvation?

961
00:56:54.360 --> 00:56:57.719
The promise to Israel extends to other nations, showing God's

962
00:56:57.760 --> 00:57:02.159
desire for a universal relationship with humanity. So, in other words,

963
00:57:02.199 --> 00:57:05.159
the promise of salvation extends beyond just the Jews to

964
00:57:05.360 --> 00:57:09.159
the Gentiles. I like it state it that way better.

965
00:57:10.679 --> 00:57:11.400
New Covenant.

966
00:57:11.480 --> 00:57:14.360
God's promise of an everlasting covenant points to a restored

967
00:57:14.400 --> 00:57:15.920
relationship with people.

968
00:57:15.639 --> 00:57:16.480
Based on grace.

969
00:57:16.920 --> 00:57:19.079
So we have new covenant that will show up here.

970
00:57:24.760 --> 00:57:27.239
And then an invitation. The last main lesson is an

971
00:57:27.239 --> 00:57:31.079
invitation to respond. Isaiah fifty five invites people to seek

972
00:57:31.119 --> 00:57:33.800
the Lord while he may be found, urging them to

973
00:57:33.840 --> 00:57:37.920
embrace God's grace and salvation. We have an invitation to

974
00:57:38.000 --> 00:57:55.880
respond in Isaiah fifty five. Okay, now everybody feel like

975
00:57:55.880 --> 00:58:01.280
they got that down pretty well, pretty good, right, So

976
00:58:01.320 --> 00:58:04.920
we got what do we have? We have Isaiah forty

977
00:58:04.960 --> 00:58:09.840
through fifty five. Clearly comfort is a major focus. Forty

978
00:58:09.880 --> 00:58:13.480
to fifty five is broken into two sections forty through

979
00:58:13.880 --> 00:58:17.440
forty eight, which is really about Israel and Babylonian captivity

980
00:58:17.719 --> 00:58:22.199
and their deliverance, their restoration, giving them comfort, physical restoration,

981
00:58:22.280 --> 00:58:25.800
physical deliverance from their situation. Starting in forty nine to

982
00:58:25.840 --> 00:58:28.320
fifty five becomes about the servant of the Lord, and

983
00:58:28.320 --> 00:58:31.840
it becomes about a spiritual restoration and goes beyond that.

984
00:58:32.079 --> 00:58:34.599
We've now looked at the all we've done at least

985
00:58:34.639 --> 00:58:38.559
a basic summary of each chapter, have we not? Right?

986
00:58:38.840 --> 00:58:41.519
We've got to given the key themes and we've looked

987
00:58:41.559 --> 00:58:44.360
at the major lessons. That's a lot in two hours

988
00:58:44.360 --> 00:58:46.679
that we've done in Isaiah forty to fifty five. We

989
00:58:46.679 --> 00:58:50.440
were flying through that, okay, but what was one thing

990
00:58:50.599 --> 00:58:54.960
missing and Isaiah forty through fifty five, what was something

991
00:58:55.039 --> 00:59:05.599
just absolutely missing us? And it was missing because it's

992
00:59:05.639 --> 00:59:10.639
not there, because the section is not about us. Are

993
00:59:10.679 --> 00:59:13.000
there lessons that can be drawn from it? Yeah, we

994
00:59:13.039 --> 00:59:14.840
looked at some of the lessons that we can apply, right.

995
00:59:14.880 --> 00:59:17.400
We looked at some of those lessons God's sovereignty. We've

996
00:59:17.440 --> 00:59:20.320
looked at some God greater than idols. Right, There's some

997
00:59:20.360 --> 00:59:23.119
things that we can take from it, but to take

998
00:59:23.280 --> 00:59:28.400
from it is far different than inserting ourselves into it, right,

999
00:59:28.440 --> 00:59:31.679
And so many sermons at all they opened their Hey,

1000
00:59:31.679 --> 00:59:34.280
we're gonna be in Isaiah forty there are forty three

1001
00:59:34.519 --> 00:59:37.199
this morning. All right, let's read Isaiah forty three and

1002
00:59:37.239 --> 00:59:41.039
then literally and the one sermon we timed it it

1003
00:59:41.079 --> 00:59:44.559
was less than forty seconds. It's all of a sudden. Now,

1004
00:59:44.679 --> 00:59:48.079
even though it's saying them, they, he starts using phrases

1005
00:59:48.199 --> 00:59:53.800
like you, me, us, we, And I'm like, how who

1006
00:59:53.840 --> 00:59:55.719
can just go to Isaiah forty three and just put

1007
00:59:55.800 --> 00:59:58.519
us me, we when it's not there. It's not you, I,

1008
00:59:58.719 --> 01:00:02.039
it's none of that. It's it's them, it's they. We've

1009
01:00:02.039 --> 01:00:05.360
got to understand it there. But we so think the

1010
01:00:05.400 --> 01:00:08.679
Bible is just we can do whatever we want with it,

1011
01:00:09.239 --> 01:00:10.079
and that can't.

1012
01:00:10.320 --> 01:00:12.360
And I hate to do this.

1013
01:00:13.079 --> 01:00:16.440
The people who are at fault are the people who

1014
01:00:16.480 --> 01:00:22.639
sit in the pew and let it happen. Don't blame

1015
01:00:22.679 --> 01:00:25.880
the pastors. You know why pastors do that. It's called

1016
01:00:25.920 --> 01:00:30.679
supply and demand. If a pastor wants a job, what

1017
01:00:30.719 --> 01:00:34.119
does he got to do? Give the people what they want?

1018
01:00:34.639 --> 01:00:37.559
You have to And I know when I say that,

1019
01:00:37.599 --> 01:00:40.119
people like, no, I want a pastor who's a man

1020
01:00:40.159 --> 01:00:43.119
of God, who will preach the word of God. You

1021
01:00:43.360 --> 01:00:45.760
don't want that, Just shut up. You don't want that

1022
01:00:45.800 --> 01:00:47.679
in any way, shape or form, because if you wanted that,

1023
01:00:48.199 --> 01:00:50.440
you would You would get ticked off in five point

1024
01:00:50.519 --> 01:00:53.320
two seconds. As soon as you hear what you don't like,

1025
01:00:53.559 --> 01:00:56.719
you leave. So the pastor just has to run around

1026
01:00:56.960 --> 01:01:01.000
appeasing everyone, kissing baby, shaking hands like a car salesman

1027
01:01:01.280 --> 01:01:03.920
to make everyone happy so that he can have a job.

1028
01:01:04.679 --> 01:01:08.360
Because he doesn't, everything falls apart. Nobody wants to actually

1029
01:01:08.440 --> 01:01:10.639
deal with the text. Because you actually deal with the text,

1030
01:01:10.719 --> 01:01:13.440
you're gonna take everyone off because as soon as you

1031
01:01:13.519 --> 01:01:17.320
deal with the text, what do you inevitably hear? Well,

1032
01:01:17.360 --> 01:01:20.039
I don't think that, I don't see that. I disagree

1033
01:01:20.079 --> 01:01:22.440
with that. I disagree with that. Well then okay, well

1034
01:01:22.440 --> 01:01:24.400
then you know what, Then why aren't you the one preaching?

1035
01:01:29.400 --> 01:01:33.119
That's that's it's so frustrating the way it is. No, No,

1036
01:01:33.280 --> 01:01:38.920
everyone pretends it's at church's church. Forget Christians condemn Halloween.

1037
01:01:39.239 --> 01:01:42.639
We should love Halloween. We play dress up all year.

1038
01:01:44.400 --> 01:01:48.079
We pretend the Bible's the authority. No, it's not worthy authority.

1039
01:01:48.480 --> 01:01:50.320
We pretend we want to hear the word of God.

1040
01:01:50.440 --> 01:01:52.199
No we don't. We want to hear what the word

1041
01:01:52.199 --> 01:01:54.320
of God says to us, and we tell the Word

1042
01:01:54.320 --> 01:01:58.519
of God what it means. That's what we're all guilty

1043
01:01:58.559 --> 01:02:02.559
of doing this. We're all guilty of it, including me.

1044
01:02:02.639 --> 01:02:05.039
We're all guilty of it. It is hard to take

1045
01:02:05.079 --> 01:02:07.440
the text and just say take my hands off of it.

1046
01:02:09.519 --> 01:02:12.079
What does it say? What does it say? As soon

1047
01:02:12.119 --> 01:02:14.679
as you listen to preaching, the more preaching you listen to,

1048
01:02:16.320 --> 01:02:18.559
I have determined this, the more preaching you listen to,

1049
01:02:18.920 --> 01:02:23.159
the more discouraging it becomes because you're just like what

1050
01:02:23.159 --> 01:02:27.039
what what is happening? And if even more discouraging when

1051
01:02:27.039 --> 01:02:28.559
you listen to the preaching and then you go look

1052
01:02:28.599 --> 01:02:32.400
up the church and you're like, yeah, four hundred people,

1053
01:02:36.159 --> 01:02:38.079
it's like so if I want a church of four

1054
01:02:38.159 --> 01:02:42.360
hundred people, then I just I just you know, there's

1055
01:02:42.400 --> 01:02:46.840
no people get mad when pastors do this. But if

1056
01:02:46.840 --> 01:02:49.559
a pastor's smart, you know what he'll do. He'll just

1057
01:02:50.000 --> 01:02:52.559
subscribe to the services that will write the sermon for you.

1058
01:02:53.280 --> 01:02:55.079
Because the services that write sermons, you know.

1059
01:02:55.039 --> 01:02:57.199
What they do. They're not going to take anybody off.

1060
01:03:00.119 --> 01:03:03.960
Will they sound spiritual? Will they give you the impression

1061
01:03:03.960 --> 01:03:07.320
that you studied the Bible? Well, everyone show up on

1062
01:03:07.440 --> 01:03:10.760
Sunday afternoon for the Oh church was so good, it

1063
01:03:10.800 --> 01:03:12.679
was so Yeah, they're going to talk because it sounds

1064
01:03:12.679 --> 01:03:16.719
so spiritual. Just because something sounds spiritual, just because you

1065
01:03:16.960 --> 01:03:20.119
like it, just because it's comforting, just because it's encouraging,

1066
01:03:20.360 --> 01:03:22.400
doesn't mean it in any way, shape or forman had

1067
01:03:22.400 --> 01:03:25.360
anything to do with the actual meaning of the text.

1068
01:03:26.440 --> 01:03:28.679
And it's always preached as if the text has how

1069
01:03:28.679 --> 01:03:35.440
many meanings and you pick a text in church history,

1070
01:03:35.480 --> 01:03:37.239
has it ever only had one meaning?

1071
01:03:37.760 --> 01:03:37.840
No?

1072
01:03:38.000 --> 01:03:44.840
Because nobody can ever agree on the meeting. At that point,

1073
01:03:45.000 --> 01:03:47.840
it's just like, hey, we should just pull down like

1074
01:03:48.039 --> 01:03:51.239
a little chart, like okay, here's all the possible meanings

1075
01:03:51.239 --> 01:03:53.880
for this text. Okay, and I hand out darts and

1076
01:03:53.920 --> 01:03:56.920
I'm like, okay, Sarah, take your shut all right, that's

1077
01:03:56.960 --> 01:03:59.679
where I landed. That's the version we go with this.

1078
01:04:00.840 --> 01:04:03.840
Next year, we'll have someone else. So oh someone else,

1079
01:04:04.199 --> 01:04:06.679
Oh Steven he hit this. Oh well, of course he

1080
01:04:06.719 --> 01:04:08.960
disagrees with his wife. Okay, well we got a major

1081
01:04:09.000 --> 01:04:12.639
problem now, who really cares? Right, just pick what we

1082
01:04:12.679 --> 01:04:14.559
wanted to mean Now, as soon as they say to

1083
01:04:14.599 --> 01:04:17.079
people like no, that's not the way we do church,

1084
01:04:17.199 --> 01:04:17.920
yes it is.

1085
01:04:19.199 --> 01:04:20.559
And the pastors know that.

1086
01:04:22.360 --> 01:04:25.559
Because a pastor call into question a text that goes

1087
01:04:25.599 --> 01:04:28.440
against the church's team, oh we can't.

1088
01:04:28.760 --> 01:04:30.119
He's got to preach the text.

1089
01:04:30.480 --> 01:04:33.199
And like one of the sermons we were listening to

1090
01:04:33.559 --> 01:04:36.480
was a church teaching the Heidelberg Catechism. Well, they're teaching

1091
01:04:36.480 --> 01:04:39.679
the Heidelberg Catechism and they used Isaiah forty three and

1092
01:04:39.800 --> 01:04:42.239
forty four to talk about the Holy Spirit's work in

1093
01:04:42.280 --> 01:04:44.760
our life. What in the name of bubblegumm are you

1094
01:04:44.800 --> 01:04:48.159
talking about. I don't care if it ticks off people

1095
01:04:48.199 --> 01:04:50.880
who hold to the Heidelberg Catechism. I don't care if

1096
01:04:50.920 --> 01:04:53.159
it ticks off people who think John Bunyan should be

1097
01:04:53.159 --> 01:04:58.639
in the Trinity. The team doesn't matter. Right when we

1098
01:04:58.679 --> 01:05:01.760
talk about the Reformation, because it's almost I mean, most

1099
01:05:01.840 --> 01:05:04.880
churches who are reformed today will be Reformation Sunday for them,

1100
01:05:05.079 --> 01:05:08.599
since the Reformation will happen before and they'll talk about

1101
01:05:08.599 --> 01:05:11.119
the Reformation. Are they gonna talk about all the possible

1102
01:05:11.199 --> 01:05:14.480
unintended consequences and the negativity that arise. Of course not.

1103
01:05:15.079 --> 01:05:18.880
It's gonna be like Luther was the hero. Oh yeah, man,

1104
01:05:18.920 --> 01:05:20.760
if Luther there was in your church today, you'd kick

1105
01:05:20.840 --> 01:05:24.840
him out because you yeah, yeah, so so Luther's not

1106
01:05:24.920 --> 01:05:28.079
your hero, so why stop claiming him? You kick him out.

1107
01:05:29.400 --> 01:05:31.639
So Luther started talking, people would be like, whoa you

1108
01:05:31.639 --> 01:05:34.519
want to do? What to the Jews? Okay, what's going

1109
01:05:34.559 --> 01:05:39.280
on here right now? What are you talking about? Right?

1110
01:05:39.920 --> 01:05:42.960
Especially with his major distinction between law and gospel, he'd

1111
01:05:43.000 --> 01:05:44.599
be kicked out every lordship church.

1112
01:05:46.880 --> 01:05:48.440
Lordship churches would kick him out.

1113
01:05:48.440 --> 01:05:51.400
But they'll be the one saying we're gonna celebrate the Reformation.

1114
01:05:51.719 --> 01:05:54.719
Why you don't believe in the Reformation, you believe in

1115
01:05:54.719 --> 01:05:57.000
the counter Reformation. Well you should be celebrating as the

1116
01:05:57.000 --> 01:06:02.760
Council of Trent. So it's all such a game. All

1117
01:06:02.800 --> 01:06:04.679
I can say is when we go through Isaiah forty

1118
01:06:04.719 --> 01:06:07.480
through fifty five, and hopefully the outline has given you

1119
01:06:07.519 --> 01:06:10.519
some structure as we go through this, and you can

1120
01:06:10.760 --> 01:06:13.119
refer back to your notes, going, Okay, we're in this chapter.

1121
01:06:13.239 --> 01:06:15.199
This is what we're going to be focusing on as

1122
01:06:15.239 --> 01:06:19.559
we go through it. What's our hope is that we

1123
01:06:19.960 --> 01:06:21.639
will do what we'll just try to figure out what

1124
01:06:21.679 --> 01:06:23.679
the text says. Is it always going to be interesting

1125
01:06:23.760 --> 01:06:28.159
or exciting? Come on, let's say it. No, probably not.

1126
01:06:28.840 --> 01:06:30.000
Is it going to be about us?

1127
01:06:30.559 --> 01:06:31.760
We're pretty assured it's not.

1128
01:06:33.679 --> 01:06:33.960
Right.

1129
01:06:34.199 --> 01:06:35.760
Can we find lessons in it?

1130
01:06:36.199 --> 01:06:41.440
Hopefully? But what should the lessons always be inconsistent with

1131
01:06:41.440 --> 01:06:44.920
with what the text says? Just remember a lesson can

1132
01:06:44.960 --> 01:06:50.519
be pulled from the text without inserting yourself in the text.

1133
01:06:51.320 --> 01:06:52.880
Do does everybody draw that distinction?

1134
01:06:54.119 --> 01:06:59.599
Lessons can be pulled from without inserting yourself in Most

1135
01:06:59.639 --> 01:07:04.360
preach inserts us in which then inevitably hijacks the text

1136
01:07:04.440 --> 01:07:09.719
to make it about us. Which that's the problem. And

1137
01:07:10.400 --> 01:07:11.920
a lot of people have a hard time with that.

1138
01:07:12.199 --> 01:07:15.400
And and and they also want to just insert Jesus

1139
01:07:16.039 --> 01:07:17.960
whenever they want to insert him into the text. And

1140
01:07:18.320 --> 01:07:21.840
you can't just insert Jesus into the text because I

1141
01:07:21.880 --> 01:07:22.800
know everyone will say, well.

1142
01:07:22.840 --> 01:07:23.920
Jesus is in every verse.

1143
01:07:23.960 --> 01:07:24.960
That's just trash.

1144
01:07:25.039 --> 01:07:27.679
It's not true. It's not true.

1145
01:07:28.719 --> 01:07:31.599
Is the Bible a major part of the Bible points

1146
01:07:31.599 --> 01:07:36.480
to Jesus, Yes, but not every single verse, right, it

1147
01:07:36.760 --> 01:07:40.199
just makes no sense. So that's what we're going to

1148
01:07:40.239 --> 01:07:42.000
hope to do. I know, we need to get to

1149
01:07:42.159 --> 01:07:46.119
the therefore and and we'll get well, hopefully we can

1150
01:07:46.199 --> 01:07:47.920
get to that. I think what we're going to try

1151
01:07:47.920 --> 01:07:50.760
to do is maybe first hour will be Isaiah.

1152
01:07:51.000 --> 01:07:54.079
Maybe maybe some days the second hour be Isaiah, the

1153
01:07:54.079 --> 01:07:55.280
first hour will be Romans.

1154
01:07:55.360 --> 01:07:57.400
We'll mix it up, you know, because we only got

1155
01:07:57.400 --> 01:08:00.000
the two hours and then, but also on the podcast,

1156
01:08:00.039 --> 01:08:02.119
I'll continue to work a lot of the work on

1157
01:08:02.199 --> 01:08:04.480
Isaiah forty will happen there as well, because I'm going

1158
01:08:04.559 --> 01:08:07.679
to be reviewing sermons obviously through each section, sermons on

1159
01:08:07.679 --> 01:08:10.639
Isaiah forty sermons on Isaiah forty one on forty two,

1160
01:08:10.760 --> 01:08:13.119
forty three, forty four, because then people get to hear

1161
01:08:13.199 --> 01:08:19.600
what different perspectives, right, and then they can pick and choose,

1162
01:08:19.880 --> 01:08:21.800
because almost every sermon is going to go after these

1163
01:08:21.880 --> 01:08:23.880
passages far different than I'm going to go after them.

1164
01:08:24.079 --> 01:08:26.399
So you get to hear those perspectives and then hear

1165
01:08:26.479 --> 01:08:28.920
my perspective, and then we'll see we'll just break them

1166
01:08:28.960 --> 01:08:34.479
down into sections, you know, and we'll see, I mean,

1167
01:08:34.600 --> 01:08:37.279
most of your Bibles kind of break things down into sections.

1168
01:08:37.279 --> 01:08:40.640
Like my Bible has forty one one through two, and

1169
01:08:40.680 --> 01:08:42.920
then they have a heading on verse above, verse three,

1170
01:08:43.239 --> 01:08:45.800
and then they have a heading upon verse six. So

1171
01:08:45.840 --> 01:08:48.399
we may break it down into a little smaller sections

1172
01:08:50.039 --> 01:08:53.760
instead of trying to necessarily just fly through, right, So

1173
01:08:54.199 --> 01:08:59.439
smaller section we'll see in some cases maybe it'll be shorter,

1174
01:08:59.760 --> 01:09:02.039
but some cases that may go longer. Who knows, but

1175
01:09:02.279 --> 01:09:08.119
we'll try. All right, any questions, all right, Isaiah forty

1176
01:09:08.119 --> 01:09:10.880
through fifty five, make it your new friend, because that's

1177
01:09:10.880 --> 01:09:12.880
what we're going to be working on as we also

1178
01:09:12.920 --> 01:09:15.359
try to figure out that therefore is in Romans. I know,

1179
01:09:15.399 --> 01:09:17.039
that's what I should have done the second hour, but

1180
01:09:18.039 --> 01:09:21.760
leaving the introduction all the way to next week, that

1181
01:09:21.800 --> 01:09:23.560
would have broken it up pretty bad. You know what

1182
01:09:23.600 --> 01:09:26.840
I'm saying? That flowed together much better, I hope. I

1183
01:09:26.880 --> 01:09:29.000
think it flowed much better together. So now we can

1184
01:09:29.039 --> 01:09:32.880
just take each section as one complete sermon, right, so

1185
01:09:33.039 --> 01:09:35.479
then that you don't have to necessarily go to the

1186
01:09:35.520 --> 01:09:38.840
next hour other than those times where we are halfway through,

1187
01:09:40.039 --> 01:09:42.319
then that's when it goes to the next hour. All right,

1188
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let's Lord, got we come before you this afternoon. Lord,

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Everyone in this room, we've all been guilty of handling

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your scripture and incorrect ways making it about us.

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Lord, forgive us for that.

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Forgive us for the way sometimes we just play games

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that we say it's about your word, when really it's

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not just about the concept of church. It's the concept

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of spirituality. It's not about trying to figure out this

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very complicated revelation you have given us, where there's been

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no agreement on in almost two thousand years. Lord, if

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it's really about that, I think our approach would be different.

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Forgive us when it's been wrong, And as we study

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Isaiah forty through fifty five, over ever, how long we

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have I pray that when it's said and done, we

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understand this section better than we did before we started.

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And we asked this in Jesus, name it Gost. People

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said