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Along with his contemporary, the prophet Micah, Isaiah served the southern kingdom of Judah under the reigns of four kings. At the time of Isaiah’s ministry, Judah was a sinful and unjust nation. Nevertheless, Isaiah believed that Judah was God’s chosen nation and they would be vindicated by God. With support from Micah and the godly King Hezekiah, their enemies were held at bay and a revival swept through the nation of Judah (; ). Many commentators describe Isaiah as Judah’s evangelist because he worked tirelessly to turn the people back to God.
The bulk of the book of Isaiah consists of the prophet Isaiah giving voice to God’s assessment of Israel’s failure to live up to the covenant between God and Israel. Isaiah is the first of the major Old Testament “writing prophets
Isaiah was a prophet in the southern kingdom of Judah
The book of Isaiah reveals God’s judgment and salvation. God is “holy, holy, holy” (), and therefore He cannot allow sin to go unpunished (; ; ; ; ). Isaiah portrays God’s oncoming judgment as a “consuming fire” (; )
At the same time, Isaiah understands that God is a God of mercy, grace, and compassion (; ; ; ; ; ). The nation of Israel (both Judah and Israel) is blind and deaf to God’s commands (; ). Judah is compared to a vineyard that should be, and will be, trampled on (). Only because of His mercy and His promises to Israel, will God not allow Israel or Judah to be completely destroyed. He will bring restoration, forgiveness, and healing (43:2; 43:16-19; 52:10-12).
Wow
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth;
for the Lord has spoken:
“Children have I reared and brought up,
but they have rebelled against me.
The ox knows its owner,
and the donkey its master’s crib,
but Israel does not know,
my people do not understand.”
Ah, sinful nation,
a people laden with iniquity,
offspring of evildoers,
children who deal corruptly!
They have forsaken the Lord,
they have despised the Holy One of Israel,
they are utterly estranged.
Why will you still be struck down?
Why will you continue to rebel?
The whole head is sick,
and the whole heart faint.
From the sole of the foot even to the head,
there is no soundness in it,
but bruises and sores
and raw wounds;
they are not pressed out or bound up
or softened with oil.
I know God is a loving God!
A God of forgiveness
A God of patience
But we never like to talk about the God that is Jealous and through out the Old Testament proven to show that he can become upset…
Along with his contemporary, the prophet Micah, Isaiah served the southern kingdom of Judah under the reigns of four kings. At the time of Isaiah’s ministry, Judah was a sinful and unjust nation. Nevertheless, Isaiah believed that Judah was God’s chosen nation and they would be vindicated by God. With support from Micah and the godly King Hezekiah, their enemies were held at bay and a revival swept through the nation of Judah (; ). Many commentators describe Isaiah as Judah’s evangelist because he worked tirelessly to turn the people back to God.
He can become displeased
What If?
God’s anger kindled...
A disappointed parent
But God’s anger was kindled because he went, and the angel of the Lord took his stand in the way as his adversary. Now he was riding on the donkey, and his two servants were with him.
What If?
Isaiah
“What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices?
says the Lord;
I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
and the fat of well-fed beasts;
I do not delight in the blood of bulls,
or of lambs, or of goats.
“When you come to appear before me,
who has required of you
this trampling of my courts?
Bring no more vain offerings;
incense is an abomination to me.
New moon and Sabbath and the calling of convocations—
I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly.
Your new moons and your appointed feasts
my soul hates;
they have become a burden to me;
I am weary of bearing them.
What if God told us…
I’m tired of your offerings
I’m tired of your service
I’m tired of your church conferences
Strong words of displeasure
God doesn’t have to listen
When you spread out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
even though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
your hands are full of blood.
This verse messed me up!
Israel was in a terrible condition!
Could you imagine God speaking these words to us…
When you spread out your hands… - I will hide my eyes from you
Even though you make many prayers - I will not listen
We must remember this is under the law… They needed Prophets to hear from God and priest to atone for their sins…
Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
cease to do evil,
learn to do good;
seek justice,
correct oppression;
bring justice to the fatherless,
plead the widow’s cause.
Isaiah 1:16
God new what they had to do but knew they didn’t have the ability to do it!
God’s Plan
“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord:
though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
they shall become like wool.
Reason: argue, make legal dialogue, i.e., reason together in a legal case or dispute
argue, make legal dialogue, i.e., reason together in a legal case or dispute
What is the dispute
Though your sins are like scarlet - “They shall” be as white as snow
Though they are red like crimson - “They shall” become like wool
This is why I’m so thankful for God sending his son Jesus
I could never make myself clean - I could never change on my own…
God new that I would have the same problems as Isreal but He had a plan…
You can not have a true relationship with a holy God with a sinful life - God’s Plan
He talking to Isaiah but had me in mind…
Though your sins are like scarlet…
Behold, when we come into the land, you shall tie this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and you shall gather into your house your father and mother, your brothers, and all your father’s household.
Josh
And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him,
the priest shall command them to take for him who is to be cleansed two live clean birds and cedarwood and scarlet yarn and hyssop.
My sins represented the scarlet robe…
White as snow - That is, the deep, fixed stain, which no human power could remove, shall be taken away. In other words, sin shall be pardoned, and the soul be made pure.
scarlet—the color of Jesus Christ’s robe when bearing our “sins” (Mt 27:28). So Rahab’s thread (Jos 2:18; compare Le 14:4). The rabbins say that when the lot used to be taken, a scarlet fillet was bound on the scapegoat’s head, and after the high priest had confessed his and the people’s sins over it, the fillet became white: the miracle ceased, according to them, forty years before the destruction of Jerusalem, that is, exactly when Jesus Christ was crucified; a remarkable admission of adversaries. Hebrew for “scarlet” radically means double-dyed; so the deep-fixed permanency of sin in the heart, which no mere tears can wash away.
Though they are red like crimson - “They shall” become like wool
Though your sins appear as deep-stained, and as permanent as the fast color of crimson in wool, yet they shall be removed - as if that stain should be taken away from the wool, and it should be restored to its original whiteness.
in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him.
remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.