Redeemed How I love to Proclaim it!

Retribution from God 1-39

Restoration by God 40-66

Section 1- Restoration by Cyrus Chapters 40-48

Isaiah 48:22 HCSB

“There is no peace for the wicked,” says the Lord.

Section 2- Restoration by Jesus Chapters 49-57

Isaiah 57:21 HCSB

There is no peace for the wicked,” says my God.

Section 3- Restoration by the Hand of God Chapters 58-66

Tonight we begin the study of the Restoration brought about by Jesus, even though He was rejected by His people.

There are some deeply theological passages in these chapters, rich with verses that help us understand who Jesus was (would be) and what He has done (would do)

A Redeemer for All People

Isaiah 49:1–6 HCSB

Coastlands, listen to me; distant peoples, pay attention. The Lord called me before I was born. He named me while I was in my mother’s womb. He made my words like a sharp sword; He hid me in the shadow of His hand. He made me like a sharpened arrow; He hid me in His quiver. He said to me, “You are My Servant, Israel; I will be glorified in him.” But I myself said: I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and futility; yet my vindication is with the Lord, and my reward is with my God. And now, says the Lord, who formed me from the womb to be His Servant, to bring Jacob back to Him so that Israel might be gathered to Him; for I am honored in the sight of the Lord, and my God is my strength— He says, “It is not enough for you to be My Servant raising up the tribes of Jacob and restoring the protected ones of Israel. I will also make you a light for the nations, to be My salvation to the ends of the earth.”

This is seen verse 1 “Coastlines” verse 6 “ I will make you a light for the nations, salvation to the ends of the earth.”

Purposed before birth

Piercing Words

Protected

God says He will be glorified in the Servant and calls Him “Israel” I believe this is Jesus who was the IDEAL ISRAEL. Remember Israel was the name given to Jacob ( the conniver) after God changed His life. Israel was to be one through whom all peoples of the earth were to be blessed. What Jacob started Jesus does perfectly.

Little is much, because God was in it. Verse 4

He would gather Israel, 5

He would gather from everywhere 6

A Redeemer Kept by the Hand of God

Isaiah 49:7 HCSB

This is what the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, says to one who is despised, to one abhorred by people, to a servant of rulers: “Kings will see and stand up, and princes will bow down, because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel —and He has chosen you.”

Despised and rejected… It is a theme of this section of Isaiah.

God has his hand on Jesus, Phil. says because Jesus condescended to die on the cross, God has given him a highly exalted name.

Philippians 2:7–9 HCSB

Instead He emptied Himself by assuming the form of a slave, taking on the likeness of men. And when He had come as a man in His external form, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death— even to death on a cross. For this reason God highly exalted Him and gave Him the name that is above every name,

A Redeemer Who Restores

Isaiah 49:8–12 HCSB

This is what the Lord says: I will answer you in a time of favor, and I will help you in the day of salvation. I will keep you, and I will appoint you to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to make them possess the desolate inheritances, saying to the prisoners: Come out, and to those who are in darkness: Show yourselves. They will feed along the pathways, and their pastures will be on all the barren heights. They will not hunger or thirst, the scorching heat or sun will not strike them; for their compassionate One will guide them, and lead them to springs of water. I will make all My mountains into a road, and My highways will be raised up. See, these will come from far away, from the north and from the west, and from the land of Sinim.

There is a end-of-time implication in these verses.

Restoration of land

Possession of inheritances

Release of captives

Return to the land.

There are those who picture this as something that has happened in history.

There are those who believe these promises should simply be seen as spiritual. (I read this week where a Christian man who said “The Church is Israel. Not this fake nation” in reference to the move of the embassy to Jerusalem.) I think he is wrong. There are too many prophecies in relationship to the LAND of Israel for me to not believe that God still has a plan for them.

On the other hand:

There are those who go to great lengths to find a Zionist prophetic fullfillment in everything that happens. Blood moons… the assasination of Yitzak Rebin… The modern day state of Israel… the recognition of Jerusalem by America.

We can get so hung up on the future details that we miss the point, Jesus is a Redeemer. He restores the broken. He puts lives back together. He puts marriages back together. He bring prodigals home… He makes wrong things right.

A Redeemer Worthy of Worship

Isaiah 49:13 HCSB

Shout for joy, you heavens! Earth, rejoice! Mountains break into joyful shouts! For the Lord has comforted His people, and will have compassion on His afflicted ones.