What do we do with seemingly impossible, extremely stressful circumstances? Maybe a bill we can’t pay, or illness that is dire. Even though Hezekiah was a good king, reestablishing the temple worship, he was put in a very desperate situation when he received a letter from Sennacherib, the king of Assyria. He was next on the list for destruction and torture (Isaiah 36:1-22). His response is opposite of his father Ahab (who did not go to the Lord, but depended…
In a world often marked by disappointing leaders, Isaiah’s vision (Isaiah 32:1-8) of the righteous King and the kind of leadership that brings protection, truth, and flourishing points us to Jesus — the perfect King who leads with righteousness. he offers refuge to the weary, and invites us to joyfully submit every area of our lives to His loving leadership.
God is involved in all history and He is sovereign, He has a purpose for all that happens (Isaiah 14:26-27). And in the midst of judgement shines hope. Isaiah shares a powerful vision of God’s coming kingdom. God will prevail. The proud will be humbled and death itself defeated (Isaiah 25:1-12). “Oh death, where is your sting” (1 Corinthians 15:50-58). All things will be new, death shall be no more (Revelation 21:1-6). Worship His work (Isaiah 26:1-9).
It is hard to imagine the prophesies in Isaiah being written 700 years before Jesus, but when a young Bedouin shepherd found a scroll of Isaiah in a cave near the Dead Sea, predating Jesus by 150 years, this was pretty sound proof that these prophecies were not added after the fact. By the time of Isaiah, the kingship of the nation was a wreck. How could God fulfill His promise to David; that Israel will have great rest forever…
