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June 22, 2024Ep. 174. Isaiah 64, 66 | Rend the Heavens
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"From of old no one has heard or perceived by the ear, no eye has seen a God besides you, who acts for those who wait for him." There is none like the God of heaven. Reading these opening verses of Isaiah 64 stirs up all sorts of emotions in me. It gives me pause and causes me to wonder how other people think of God. He has no form that we should imagine him, yet we all try to attribute some sort of shape to him. Do you imagine him as timid, benevolent, fatherly, more like a judge, bright, bearded, full of grace and mercy, full of indignation and wrath, or any combination thereof? I like the verses that show him in power. I like the idea of the sky being split apart at the appearance of his presence. I like the idea that the mountains would quake and tremble before him. I can picture the earth heaving back and forth like water boiling in a pot, and I love it.
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June 21, 2024Ep. 173. Isaiah 62-63 | A City Not Forsaken
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There will be a day when God will cause Jerusalem, the city of Zion, to go forth in brightness and glory. All the nations will see the righteous city and all the kings of the earth will see God's glory. The city will descend from heaven in beauty, like a bride on her wedding day, and will be given a new name. It will be clear to the people of the earth that Zion is no longer forsaken but instead is bathed in God's goodness. On that day, the people there shall be called "The Holy People" and "The Redeemed of the Lord."

I think we forget that heaven is not a concept of something "out there" that we will one day go to, but it will be right here when God makes everything new. New heavens, new earth, new Jerusalem, filled up with people who have received new names and new bodies. God is not done with Jerusalem; he has not forsaken his covenant. He will restore the city to glory by filling it with his glory, his presence, and his power.
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June 20, 2024Ep. 172. Isaiah 60-61 | The Spirit of the Lord
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We can't know for sure what the first message Jesus taught to his followers was, but Luke 4 seems to contain the first recorded message of Christ for us. In Luke, Jesus was handed the scroll of Isaiah while in the Synagogue. He finds the place that contains what we call Isaiah 61:1-3 and, after reading them, sits down and says, "This has been fulfilled in your hearing." As far as sermons go, it was incredibly short. I think our church announcements take that much time, but Jesus had just revealed himself to the Jews as the promised Messiah sent by God to redeem his people. These few verses say a lot.

The Spirit of the Lord God was on him.

He was anointed to bring good news.

He came to bind up the brokenhearted.

He came to set free the prisoners.

He came to proclaim the year of God's favor.

He came to proclaim the day of God's vengeance.

He came to replace mourning with gladness and praise instead of fainting.

He came to take weak people and turn them into oaks of righteousness for the glory of the Father.
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June 19, 2024Ep. 171. Isaiah 58-59 | Is This Not The Fast
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If you grew up around church like I did, you were probably taught that, at least to some degree, every text was written to us. I can't tell you how many times I heard a preacher say, and probably said myself, "Let's see what Isaiah is saying to us." That is such a careless approach. The key to a correct application always flows from understanding the correct context. If we are misunderstanding context, there's a very high chance we are missing a correct application as well. These two chapters, Isaiah 58-59, serve as a powerful reminder of the importance of context in our biblical interpretation, enlightening us and empowering us in our understanding.

Consider Isaiah's discourse on fasting and observing the Sabbath. As we have already seen in Isaiah chapter one, the Hebrews were observing all the traditions and customs by rote, but those observations did not please or glorify God. Their hearts were disconnected from their actions. As Isaiah said in another place, "These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me." Amos has a similar rebuke for the people. The Jews are fasting and observing the Sabbath, but not according to the heart of God for them. We have to be careful not to take this chapter as Isaiah's words to us. He was a prophet to Israel. He was rebuking an idolatrous people.
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June 18, 2024Ep. 170. Isaiah 56-57 | Contrite and Lowly Spirit
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"My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples." This was the first half of Jesus' statement when he flipped over the tables of traders. (or traitors) The second half, "but you've made it a robber's den," comes from Jeremiah when the prophet addresses the idolatry and wickedness happening in the temple court. But don't skip over the context of Isaiah 56. All people, in this case, the foreigners and eunuchs, the outcasts, are invited to the presence of God. There is enough grace and enough room for everyone who believes. The foreigner need not say, "I have not known the God of heaven, I have not read his Scriptures, I have not heard his prophets, therefore I do not belong." The eunuch need not weep and say, "I am mangled, I cannot enter the temple of the Lord, I cannot leave a legacy or a family, I am too lowly to be brought in." (Interestingly enough, the Old Testament Law already made it clear that anyone with mangled testicles could not enter the presence of the Lord, and yet here God is making room for them)
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June 17, 2024Ep. 169. Isaiah 54-55 | Come to Me
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Isaiah knocks it out of the park again with the very quotable chapter 55. There is satisfaction and provision in Christ. Come and get your fill without money and without price. The riches of grace are free. I really don't think we contemplate that often enough. We know it to be true, and I am sure we'd share the gospel by talking about how the individual need not do anything but believe. We know it is the work of Christ on the cross and not our work that imparts to us righteousness. Still, I wonder if we don't, deep down inside some secret place we don't like to discuss, feel like there is something we owe for this grace we have received from the overflow of God's good mercy. Everything we could procure, everything we could work for, everything we might consume in the name of satisfaction will leave us destitute. However, in Christ, we finally receive what is good and rich.
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June 16, 2024Episodes 162-168 summary
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June 16, 2024Ep. 168. Isaiah 52-53 | The Whole Gospel
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The last three verses of Isaiah 52 and the twelve verses that comprise chapter 53 are, together, the entire Gospel message. Fifteen verses of Scripture proclaim all the work that God would do through Christ.

Right away we see "My Servant," which Isaiah has already used in reference to the coming Messiah. That same servant will be "lifted up" on the cross. His appearance was so marred you could scarce tell who he was there on the tree. But in his shed blood was the sprinkling of many nations. The Gentiles, who did not have the advantage of the prophets, and the writings, would be the first to believe in him. Sadly, the Jews would neither believe the reports of the Prophets nor Christ himself. His very own people despised and rejected him.

But he bore their griefs and carried their sorrows. (Though the work of the cross benefits all people who believe, it is important to note that the pronouns in Isaiah 53 refer to the Hebrew people, as made clear in the letters of Paul)
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June 15, 2024Ep. 167. Isaiah 50-51 | The Lord Opened My Ear
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I love what Isaiah says here in chapter 50, and the "opened ear" calls to mind the voluntary servant of Exodus 21 and the willing servant in the Fortieth Psalm. Christ was delighted to do the will of the Father. He became a servant, obedient to the point of death. He did not turn back from the Father's command. He gave himself over to those who strike the back and pull out the beard. He was mocked and spit upon, but he was not put to shame. God has sent a redeemer to the world. His name is Jesus.

He sustains the weary with a word. And we already know that those who trust him will run and never faint.
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June 14, 2024Ep. 166. Isaiah 48-49 | Like A Sharp Sword
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"Before birth, you were called a rebel." These are harsh words for the Hebrew people, but they are unsurprising to us. This nation had been rebelling against God since he took them out of Egypt. But God will continue to work in and through them for his name's sake. For his glory, God will still bring about everything he has promised. God would (and now has) raise a servant (Jesus the Messiah) to bring the people of Jacob back to himself. Gloriously, it was not the Jews alone who would be brought near to God through the work of the Redeemer, but the nations as a whole, the Gentiles, would also be brought to salvation.

Christ has, through his work on the cross and the empty tomb, set free those who were in prison, brought those who had lived in darkness out into the light, fed the hungry, healed the lame, opened the eyes of the blind, and led them by springs of water. He is the good shepherd. He is the perfect sacrifice. He is the perfect high priest. He is the everlasting King. He is our Lord. Those who wait upon the Lord will never be put to shame.
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