God?s plan to redeem extends as far as the brokenness of the world. In the new heavens and the new earth, there will be gladness and no sorrow; life and no death; fruitfulness and no futility; peace and no hostility.

Because of the Servant?s work, God offers the only thing that can truly satisfy us?himself. And he offers himself to all who see their need for him?everyone from everywhere.

This chapter unpacks the beautiful reality that?s possible because the Servant has suffered for our sins. God?s grace can reframe your past, and God?s grace can perfectly secure your future.

The resurrection proves Jesus?s death fully accounted for sin and opened up a new world of hope.

God?s promised redeemer, both king and servant, triumphs through suffering. That?s the unexpected message of this famous passage, which explains for us both why he had to suffer and why his suffering is such good news for us. His suffering is substitutionary, voluntary, and obedient.

To his emphasis on the coming King, Isaiah adds an unexpected description of the one who will come to save God?s people and bring justice to the nations. The conquering King is also the Servant; he is humble, gentle, and longsuffering.

Isaiah offers some of the Bible?s most beautiful descriptions of God?s plan to save sinners and heal the brokenness of the world. According to Isaiah 9, those plans center on the coming of a perfect and permanent King.

This passage is a clear and merciless indictment of what happens to the cultures we create when we refuse to trust God to make us secure. Like Israel in Isaiah?s day, we turn each other into threats to be attacked, competitors to be deceived, and resources to be exploited. But this passage also points the way to healing. Honest confession of our own brokenness helps us empathize with the weakness of others, and confidence in God?s saving power frees us to give ourselves to others.

Using an image of unmistakeable power, Isaiah shows that idols may draw you in with the promise of control, but in the end you?re left to carry their crushing weight. By contrast, the Holy One of Israel demands submissive trust in a God you can?t control, but he is powerful, wise, and loving enough to carry you.

Isaiah presents idolatry?worshipping and trusting what isn?t God?as one of Israel?s most consistent and most significant problems. And though the symptoms have changed from culture to culture, idolatry is a heart disease we all carry. This chapter helps us understand what idolatry is, why it?s useless, how we?re guilty of it, and how we can be saved from it.