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God is sovereign over all His creation. He will one day use a Persian king to perform His perfect will. He names that king though he will not be born for 150 years!

What kind of god can a human build? Not a very capable one. Israel is challenged to put their trust in the Lord God Almighty, not things made with human hands.

Why does fear bind us from moving forward. God has someone to say to encourage the Israelite people.

The focus here is on themes of redemption, divine protection, and hope for the people of Israel during their Babylonian exile.

God introduces a "Chosen One" endowed with His Spirit to bring justice to the nations. This Servant is described as remarkably gentle—he will not "break a bruised reed" or "snuff out a smoldering wick".A Light to the nations. The Servant's mission extends beyond Israel to be a "light for the Gentiles," intended to open the eyes of the blind and set prisoners free from spiritual darkness.

Here is a powerful chapter of assurance where God challenges the nations and their idols while promising unwavering support to His chosen people, Israel. Often referred to as "The Helper of Israel," it transitions between a cosmic courtroom scene and tender words of comfort for those in exile.

Though the years ahead will bring turmoil, God continues to promise His people that He will send a ruler that will not be thwarted by any nation. None can stand before Christ. No army. No natural barriers. Nothing! Another beautiful description of the Messiah and the heart He would bring to His people. These description, written 700 years before Christ, point to Him and Him alone. No other could fulfill such prophecies. None could ever hope to do so. Our faith is in the surety of Christ!

God comforts His people with a promise of one to come and who will be harolded by a forerunner (John the Baptizer). A beautiful image of the coming Messiah, Jesus Christ. This is He who has been the centre of God's redemptive story from the beginning of creation! Though the years ahead will bring turmoil, God continues to promise His people that He will send a ruler that will not be thwarted by any nation. None can stand befor Christ. No army. No natural barriers. Nothing!

God comforts His people with a promise of one to come and who will be harolded by a forerunner (John the Baptizer). A beautiful image of the coming Messiah, Jesus Christ. This is He who has been the centre of God's redemptive story from the beginning of creation!

The southern tribes are attacked by the Assyrians as they lay siege to Jerusalem under King Sennacherib. Would God prove faithful to His promise? Would Hezekiah remain faithful to God?

A mix of God's promised judgment upon a world that is devoid of righteousness and a promise of hope and restoration where the desert will bloom again! God ALWAYS will make a way in the desert.

Do not trust in Egypt. Trust in the Lord. Put away your complacency and believe that the day is coming when God will truly pour out His Spirit. A challenge to all of us who try to place our hope and confidence in something other than the Lord!

What life is like when we reject His voice. The Lord calls us to come and examine HIS wisdom.

The passion for the Lord can grow weak as we desire "nice words" and we choose to make our own plans. Hear the warning of the Lord when we choose to do things our own way, without His wisdom.

Does the Word of God cause our hearts to quicken? Cause concern to arise? Demand self-examination and repentance? Cause us to hope? For Israel of old, numbness had set it. And the Lord was ready to awaken them!

The themes here include judgment against the pride of the northern kingdom of Israel (Ephraim), the consequences of rejecting God's word and seeking human solutions, and God's promise of a sure foundation in Zion.

The themes here include judgment against the pride of the northern kingdom of Israel (Ephraim), the consequences of rejecting God's word and seeking human solutions, and God's promise of a sure foundation in Zion.

Leviathan makes an appearance in the propehcy. What does this beast represent? God treats Israel like a vineyard! A new day will come!

Praise to the Lord who sees His people through the crises of this world ... and into a Kingdom that cannot be shaken.

An incredible prophecy that will have some fulfillment during the Babylonian reign but a final fulfillment generations later through the Greeks. God extends the prophecy to encompass the entire earth.

What will befall Jerusalem in the days after Isaiah? God describes the fall. During crises, will we look to leaders who may not be able to deliver what they promise?

Isaiah is called to be a living parable to the Egptians and those of northern Africa. The nations of Babylon and Edom and Arabia are given prophecies ... some with near fulfillment and some with fulfillment years away. But God's promises are ALWAYS sure.

God calls out to Egypt to remind them that though they are powerful, a day of calamity is coming. But His grace still reaches out to them and the promise of restoration is given.

God calls out to Egypt to remind them that though they are powerful, a day of calamity is coming. But His grace still reaches out to them and the promise of restoration is given.

A prophecy about Damascus, and by extension, Syria.

Prophecies against Philistia and Moab, two surrounding nations that warred with Israel.

And again God promises that although destruction is coming, it will not signal the end of this nation, the apple of God's eye!

What has God promised He would do in the kingdom to come? Isaiah 11 gives us some ideas. The response to that is pure praised (chapter 12). But Israel was still to face their fiercest enemy ... Babylon.

The promise of the coming Messiah is told again to Israel. They are reminded that God will return as the Root of Jesse. A kingdom is coming of everlasting righteousness that ALL will be blessed by!

The Lord may choose to use any nation He desires to accomplish His will but woe to that nation when they forget the Lord. The Lord warns the Assyrians of this very fact! He promises that no matter what comes upon Israel, He will redeem them!

God promises joy ... BUT ... He is displeased with His people. These are not mutually exclusive. His displeasure results when we willingly disobey because God knows we have been created to function in a specific way ... HIS way and chaos and pain and suffering ALWAYS results when we walk away from Him!

What would the signs of the coming Messiah? Could Isaiah be trusted? How would He show Himself to be faithful with the Assyrian army ready to attack Jerusalem? Would there be ANY future? God would use local "current events" to show Himself faithful so that people would understand and trust prophecies that were centuries away from being fulfilled!.

The calling of Isaiah and his vision of the temple of God!

Conditions that are heart wrenching in times to come will be replaced by God's gracious intervention! But in the mean time, He likens His people to a garden that He creates and tends ... but will that garden bear fruit?

The Lord's judgment was to fall upon the southern tribes of Israel. Leaders fail. Prosperity falters. The Lord is seen as a judge, examining His people.

The Lord's judgment was to fall upon the southern tribes of Israel. Leaders fail. Prosperity falters. The Lord is seen as a judge, examining His people.

In the last days, many will come to the Lord but many will attempt to flee away. Oh Lord, let YOUR kingdom come!! Soon!

God calls His people to come clean ... to confess and allow God's cleansing power to wash our sin away and make us white as snow. An incredible promise!

We are beginning a lengthy study through the book of Isaiah next. Join us as we consider the messages that the Lord gives to the nations around Israel, to Israel herself and ultimately to all of us.

We come to the end of this set of prophecies that look forward perhaps 2400 or more years into the future ... prophecies unparalleled anywhere else in Scripture.

Continue to explore this incredible, detailed set of prophecies that are so specific, some say that it had to be written after the fact. Yet, there is NOTHING that God cannot reveal.

Perhaps some of the most incredible prophecy in the Bible is found in this chapter. Daniel has an angelic visitation!

Empires that are and empires yet to come ... Daniel has a profound vision!

We continue the journey through the seemingly strange images that Daniel is given. How do they describe the future of Daniel's people?

Daniel has a set of seemingly strange visions. What do they mean?

Daniel reminds us what it means to stand for the Lord even when the culture makes it impossibly hard. And it brings him face to face with the lions.

When pride rules a heart, destruction is not far behind. One last lesson for Nebuchadnezzar. Then ... the fall of Babylon. Daniel reads the "writing on the wall".

When we are young, we need those around us who will show us the path that is wise. When those leaders have gone, will we stand or fall? Three young men chose to stand no matter what the cost!

What does a young boy, taken into a foreign culture, and who has lost everything he has ever known cling to? The one thing that is eternal and reliable ... the Lord.

The final things recorded in the Bible regarding our future with Him.