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Ofttimes
when an individual is newly saved they ask someone: “What is the best
book to read first?” The normal answer is “the gospel of John”. Others
would say any of the gospels, some would perhaps say Romans, but few
would say Isaiah. Yet, when as a new convert, Augustine asked Ambrose
which of the best of the sacred books was best to be studied. The
answer was “Isaiah”. There is no other Old Testament books that focus
so much on the grace of God, redemption, and righteous judgment. Isaiah
has been called by several names: “The gospel according to Isaiah”, “The
fifth Evangelist”, and “The prophet of redemption”.
Key Words
1)
Salvation:
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Scripture |
Reference |
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“Day of
salvation” |
ch.
12:3 |
Only found
here and in 2 Cor. 6:2 |
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“God of thy
salvation” |
ch.
17:10 |
Only found
here |
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“Wells of
salvation” |
ch.
12:3 |
Only found
here |
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“We will
rejoice in His salvation” |
ch.
25:9 |
Only here but
in Psa. 20:5 is the expression “in thy salvation”. |
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“Strength of
salvation” |
ch. 33:6 |
Only found
here |
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“Everlasting
salvation” |
ch. 45:17 |
Only found
here |
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“Salvation of
our God” |
ch. 52:10 |
Here and Psa.
98:3 |
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“Published
peace . . . bringeth salvation” |
ch. 52:7 |
Only here and
similar wording in Nah. 1:15 |
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“His arm
brought salvation” |
ch. 59:16 |
Only found
here |
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“Helmet of
salvation” |
ch. 59:17 |
Only found
here and Eph. 6:17 |
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“Garments of
salvation” |
ch. 61:10 |
Only found
here |
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“Comfort”
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ch. 22:4 |
Eight
occurrences in Isaiah, and 54 references elsewhere. |
Key Phrases
1)
Phrases with the word “burden”:
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Scripture |
Reference |
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“Thou hast
broken the yoke of his burden” |
ch. 9:4
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Only here but
in Psa. 3:7 “broken the teeth”;
Jer. 28:13, “broken the yokes of wood” |
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“His burden
shall be taken away” |
ch. 10:27 |
Only found
here |
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“The burden of
Babylon” |
ch. 13:1 |
Only found
here |
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“The burden of
Moab” |
ch. 15:1 |
Only found
here |
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“The burden of
Damascus” |
ch. 17:1 |
Only found
here |
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“The burden of
Egypt” |
ch. 19:1 |
Only found
here |
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“The burden of
the desert of the sea” |
ch. 21:1 |
Only found
here |
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“The burden of
Dumah” |
ch. 21:11 |
Only found
here |
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“The burden
upon Arabia” |
ch. 21:13 |
Only found
here |
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“The burden of
the valley of vision” |
ch. 22:1 |
Only found
here |
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“The burden of
Tyre” |
ch. 23:1 |
Only found
here |
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“The burden of
the beasts of the south” |
ch. 30:6 |
Only found
here |
2)
The Holy Spirit: (ch. 11:2; 32:15)
3)
The clause “I will”
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This expression is found in 114
verses, but not all of then are declarations of divine
sovereignty (ch. 1:15; 13:11). Some are the words of men (ch.
7:12; 8:17), others of Satan typified (ch. 14:14). Some of the
delightful ones are: |
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Scripture |
Reference |
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“I will
restore thy judges as at the first” |
ch. 1:26 |
Only found
here |
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“I will fasten
him as a a nail in a sure place” |
ch. 22:23 |
Only found
here |
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“Fear not, I
will help thee” |
ch. 41:13-14 |
Here and in
Ruth 3:11 but there it is as “fear not, I will” |
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“I will pour
water on him that is thirsty” |
ch. 44:3 |
Only found
here. The clause “I will pour” occurs 12 other times, most
often as “I will pour out” in reference to the Holy Spirit. |
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“I will make
the place of my feet glorious” |
ch. 60:13 |
Only found
here |
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“I will extend
peace like a river” |
ch. 66:12 |
Only found
here |
4)
The clause “the day”
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Scripture |
Reference |
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“The day of
the Lord” |
ch.
2:12; 13:6, 9
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Only these
references in Isaiah. This expression and “the day of the
Lord’s” is found in 23 other references.
In ch. 34:8 it
reads: “The day of the Lord’s vengeance” |
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“The day of
His fierce anger” |
ch. 13:13 |
Only found
here, and in Lam. 1:12 |
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“The day that
the Lord will give thee rest” |
ch. 14:3 |
While the
wording “the day that the Lord” it occurs in 9 verses, this
is the only reference with the words: “I will give thee
rest”. |
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“That
day” |
These are the
references in Isaiah but not all of these refer to the
future day of judgment and the reader will need to discern
where they belong either in the historical, prophetical or
both) (ch. 17:4, 7, 9; 19:16, 18, 19, 21, 23, 24; 20:6;
22:12, 20, 25; 23:15) (The expression “the day” occurs in
368 verses |
5)
Other key phrases:
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Scripture |
Reference |
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“The whole
earth is full of His glory” |
ch. 6:3 |
Only found
here but in ch. 14:7 “the whole earth is at rest”; and “The
joy of the whole earth” (Psa. 48:2) |
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“Provoked the
Holy One of Israel” |
ch. 1:4 |
Only found
here but the clause “The holy One” occurs in 40 verses. |
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“Highway” |
ch. 7:3 |
The word
occurs 7 times in Isaiah, and 8 times in other places |
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“Zion” |
ch. 1:8 |
Found in 47
verses in Isaiah and 107 times elsewhere: as a “Sion” it
occurs in 9 verses |
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“Pangs of a
woman” |
ch. 21:3 |
Only found
here |
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“The mouth of
the Lord hath spoken” |
ch. 1:20;
40:5; 58:14 |
Also Jer. 9:12 |
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“The mighty
One of Israel” |
ch. 1:24;
ch. 30:29 |
Only found in
these 2 verses |
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“The mighty
One of Jacob” |
ch. 49:26
ch. 60:16 |
Only found in
these 2 verses |
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“Jacob” |
ch. 2:3 |
Occurs 40
times in Isaiah and 306 times elsewhere |
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“Redeemer” |
ch.
41:14 |
Occurs 13
times in Isaiah and 6 times elsewhere |
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“Redeemed” |
ch.
1:27 |
Occurs 13
times in Isaiah and 48 times elsewhere |
Key Verses:
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a) |
“I have nourished and brought up children, and they have
rebelled against me . . . Israel doth not know, my people doth
not consider . . . they have forsaken the Lord, they have
provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away
backward” (ch. 1:2-4) |
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b) |
“Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass, and as I
have purposed, so it shall stand . . . For the Lord of hosts
hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and His hand is
stretched out, and who shall turn it back?” (ch. 14:24, 27) |
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c) |
“Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, He shall be exalted
and extolled, and be very high” (ch. 52:13) |
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d) |
“I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and
see my glory” (ch. 66:18) |
Key Truths:
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The millennium and
the coming King are closely related themes. |
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a) |
The background. |
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i) |
Ever since the Lord told Satan that the seed of the woman would
crush his head (Gen. 3), it has been his desire to rule this
world without God. He had tried to ascend to the heights of the
heaven and rule by displacing God, but it failed. Now seeing
men totally devoted to God, he has to come in and break the
fellowship. |
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May God grant us good understanding as He, by His
Holy Spirit, deigns to guide us into all truth.
John 16:13
Copyright © 2012 by Rowan Jennings, Abbotsford,
British Columbia
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