Class 6 from this series was used in GCT Episode 318.<\/p>\n
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\nOur third period teacher is
\nbrother Colin Badger. <\/p>\n
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\nHis subject is a thematic study
\nof Isaiah and his subtopic for <\/p>\n
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\ntoday is the Suffering Servant
\nand Jubilee. <\/p>\n
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\nMy dear brothers and sisters, as
\nwe come to this last session <\/p>\n
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\ntogether, it should be apparent
\nthat we’ve only really just <\/p>\n
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\nscratched the surface in some of
\nthese areas we’ve been <\/p>\n
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\nexploring.
\nOur intention over this past <\/p>\n
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\nweek was to look at a number of
\nimportant themes that run <\/p>\n
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\nthrough Isaiah.
\nConsider their background in the<\/p>\n
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\nprophecy itself.
\nTry to explore whether those <\/p>\n
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\nthemes had any roots in the Life
\nand Times of the prophet <\/p>\n
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\nhimself, and especially in the
\nlife and work of Hezekiah. <\/p>\n
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\nWe have drawn fairly heavily
\nupon Kings and Chronicles to <\/p>\n
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\ngain a keener insight into the
\nlife of Hezekiah and the <\/p>\n
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\ncircumstances that form the
\nbackground for these important <\/p>\n
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\nthemes in Isaiah’s prophecy.
\nWe’ve carried through a number <\/p>\n
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\nof keywords or terms, as well as
\nsome important ideas and <\/p>\n
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\nconcepts, seeing how they go
\nright through the prophecy and <\/p>\n
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\nwith some careful understanding
\nof the meaning and the <\/p>\n
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\nassociations we have elsewhere
\nin Scripture. <\/p>\n
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\nThey’re like master keys which
\nopen up the prophecy. <\/p>\n
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\nYesterday we were considering
\nthat beautiful theme of the <\/p>\n
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\nwater symbology in Isaiah’s
\nprophecy and how it relates so <\/p>\n
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\nvery much to the circumstances
\nin and around Jerusalem at the <\/p>\n
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\ntime of Hezekiah and the
\nAssyrian crisis. <\/p>\n
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\nWe ended yesterday by
\nconcentrating on the symbol of <\/p>\n
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\nthe highway, the cleansing, the
\nwater that was there within <\/p>\n
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\neyesight of all who would
\ndiscern the words of the <\/p>\n
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\nprophets and search for a deeper
\nmeaning. <\/p>\n
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\nI’d like, brothers and sisters,
\njust to pick up that thread and <\/p>\n
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\nround it off a little bit more
\nbefore we consider in some <\/p>\n
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\ndetail the importance of the
\nServant theme in Isaiah. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Servant himself as Messiah
\nbrings certain blessings in the <\/p>\n
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\nprophecy of Isaiah, obviously
\nthe blessing of salvation. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’ve seen that he also brings
\nthe wells of salvation. <\/p>\n
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\nWe see also in Isaiah 53 that
\nthe suffering servant is a sin <\/p>\n
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\nbearer.
\nWe see throughout the pages of <\/p>\n
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\nIsaiah that the great Servant,
\nGod’s Son, usher’s in the <\/p>\n
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\nKingdom.
\nHe is the righteous king, <\/p>\n
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\nmentioned many times in the
\nprophecy, or at least described <\/p>\n
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\nas being one who ruled, a
\nleader, a commander of the <\/p>\n
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\npeople.
\nHe is first and foremost a <\/p>\n
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\nLiberator, one who brings
\nfreedom, and in the language of <\/p>\n
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\nthe prophecy of Isaiah, he is
\none who proclaims a kind of <\/p>\n
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\njubilee.
\nAnd the work we’ve been doing in<\/p>\n
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\nJoshua this week will provide a
\nuseful background for that. <\/p>\n
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\nAs the Servant, he also, through
\nhis messianic work of saving and<\/p>\n
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\nthe ushering in of a future
\nKingdom, provides a place where <\/p>\n
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\nthat highway leads, a place of
\nrefuge. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that language is what we’d
\nlike to start with in this <\/p>\n
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\nclass.
\nIsaiah chapter 40, the section <\/p>\n
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\nwe were looking at fairly
\nclosely yesterday. <\/p>\n
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\nIt is the springboard for
\nanother important image that <\/p>\n
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\nruns through the prophecy, and
\nit’s rich in its exhortation. <\/p>\n
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\nThinking as we did yesterday
\nabout the symbology of a <\/p>\n
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\nhighway, a way of holiness, the
\nway of salvation that leads to <\/p>\n
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\nZion, brings us to the place of
\nthe well of salvation, provides <\/p>\n
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\na way by which the Zion, the
\ndaughters of Zion, might truly <\/p>\n
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\nbe cleansed.
\nVerse 3A Key phrase The voice of<\/p>\n
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\nhim that crieth in the
\nwilderness. <\/p>\n
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\nPrepare, prepare ye the way of
\nthe Lord, make straight in the <\/p>\n
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\ndesert a highway for our God.
\nWe think of the words of our <\/p>\n
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\nMaster in the Gospel where he
\ndescribed the way of salvation <\/p>\n
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\nas being narrow.
\nHe also used the word straight, <\/p>\n
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\ndidn’t he?
\nThe way of salvation is narrow <\/p>\n
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\nin contrast to the Broadway that
\nleads to destruction. <\/p>\n
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\nSo the Master himself used terms
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\nas though it was a straight
\nhighway, narrow rather than <\/p>\n
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\nbroad.
\nSo his words in the Gospels are <\/p>\n
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\nin some way an echo of verse 3.
\nBut more than that, this phrase <\/p>\n
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\nprepare.
\nYe. <\/p>\n
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\nThe way in the Old Testament, in
\nthe book of Deuteronomy chapter <\/p>\n
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\n19, we believe there’s an
\nimportant link which fills out <\/p>\n
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\nthe Old Testament thought here,
\nand I think it helps to have <\/p>\n
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\nthat in order to fill out the
\npicture that is given to us in <\/p>\n
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\nthis cry of Isaiah 40.
\nWould you turn then with me to <\/p>\n
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\nDeuteronomy 19?
\nIt’s dealing with the cities of <\/p>\n
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\nrefuge.
\nIt provides another Old <\/p>\n
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\nTestament background that helps
\nus to understand what these <\/p>\n
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\nwords would have meant to one
\nwho has seized in the Old <\/p>\n
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\nTestament.
\nDeuteronomy 19 verse one, When <\/p>\n
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\nthe Lord thy God hath cut off
\nthe nations, whose land the Lord<\/p>\n
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\nthy God giveth thee, and thou
\nsucceedest them, and dwellest in<\/p>\n
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\ntheir cities, and in their
\nhouses, thou shalt separate 3 <\/p>\n
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\ncities for thee.
\nIn the midst. <\/p>\n
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\nOf thy land, which the Lord thy
\nGod giveth thee to possess it <\/p>\n
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\nthou shalt prepare thee away and
\ndivide the coast. <\/p>\n
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\nOf thy land, which the Lord thy
\nGod giveth thee to inherit into <\/p>\n
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\nthree parts, that every Slayer
\nmay flee there. <\/p>\n
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\nNow, if you look at the context,
\nit’s talking about about one who<\/p>\n
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\nHe has the opportunity of <\/p>\n
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\nfinding asylum within three
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\nThey were called the cities of
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\nIn these cities of refuge, in
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\nBut there was a certain onus
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\nor territories within their
\ntribal law, Their responsibility<\/p>\n
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\nin verse 3 is spelled out.
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\nNow, brothers and sisters, the
\nforce of the original is that <\/p>\n
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\nthey were to make or to maintain
\nsome form of route to those <\/p>\n
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\ncities of refuge.
\nEvery tribal area that took in <\/p>\n
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\nareas around them were to ensure<\/p>\n
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\nthat there is these roads were
\nmaintained, that they were clear<\/p>\n
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\nand that they were kept up so
\nthat one who was fleeing for his<\/p>\n
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\nalways be guaranteed of a proper<\/p>\n
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\nAve. to the city of refuge.
\nNow what’s important to notice <\/p>\n
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\nhere, brothers and sisters, is
\nthis phrase which is echoed, we <\/p>\n
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\nbelieve in Isaiah 40 For the one
\nwho is guilty, or the one who <\/p>\n
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\nhas inadvertently brought guilt
\nupon himself in slaying another <\/p>\n
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\nwho flees for refuge and
\nprotection, a way was to be <\/p>\n
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\nprepared for that person.
\nThou shalt prepare thee away. <\/p>\n
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\nPrepare away.
\nAnd in verse 3 of Isaiah 40, the<\/p>\n
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\nvoice of him that crieth in the
\nwilderness to those who have <\/p>\n
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\nbeen guilty or to those who are
\nin need of pardoning, those in <\/p>\n
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\nneed of asylum, the voice of him
\ncrieth in the wilderness. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd for them he says, prepare ye
\nthe way. <\/p>\n
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\nThe way of the Lord makes
\nstraight in the desert a highway<\/p>\n
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\nfor our God.
\nIt was a call to prepare an Ave.<\/p>\n
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\nby which those who were fleeing
\nfor asylum and protection, those<\/p>\n
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\nwho were in need of pardoning
\nand forgiveness, would find <\/p>\n
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\nrefuge.
\nVerse 2. <\/p>\n
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\nSpeak he comfortably to
\nJerusalem, and cry unto her that<\/p>\n
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\nher warfare is accomplished,
\nthat her iniquity is pardoned, <\/p>\n
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\nfor she hath received of the
\nLord’s hand double for all her <\/p>\n
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\nsins.
\nNow the apostle Paul in Hebrews <\/p>\n
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\npicks up this picture in part
\nand in reference to the cities <\/p>\n
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\nof refuge.
\nHe tells us that we have a city <\/p>\n
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\nof refuge, we have an anchor to
\nour soul, and we must flee unto <\/p>\n
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\nit.
\nSo clearly, the cities of refuge<\/p>\n
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\nobviously symbolic of something <\/p>\n
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\ngreater.
\nPaul, picking that up in <\/p>\n
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\nHebrews, shows that in a certain
\nsense the Lord Jesus Christ is <\/p>\n
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\nour city of refuge, and we must
\nflee unto that city for <\/p>\n
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\nprotection.
\nBut who has provided the way? <\/p>\n
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\nThe Master has provided the way.
\nFor here in Isaiah 40, the way <\/p>\n
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\nwas prepared to those areas of
\nrefuge in the Old Testament, and<\/p>\n
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\nnow more fully to the city of
\nrefuge that we have in Christ <\/p>\n
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\nJesus.
\nThe way has been prepared. <\/p>\n
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\nIt has been made straight, a
\nhighway for our God and for the <\/p>\n
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\nremnant that shall go therein.
\nYou see, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n
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\nonce again the language of
\nIsaiah is drawing upon Old <\/p>\n
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\nTestament imagery.
\nNow consider how this is built <\/p>\n
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\nup a little further in the
\nprophecy elsewhere. <\/p>\n
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\nLet’s go to Isaiah chapter 4,
\nthe language of the future age, <\/p>\n
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\ndescribing the place of asylum
\nthat we have in Christ and that <\/p>\n
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\nthe nation shall have when
\nChrist establishes His Kingdom. <\/p>\n
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\nNow think carefully of the
\nlanguage of the highway and the <\/p>\n
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\nrelationship to washing that we
\npicked up yesterday. <\/p>\n
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\nHere also in Isaiah 4, verse 4,
\nwhen the Lord shall have washed <\/p>\n
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\naway the filth of the daughters
\nof Zion. <\/p>\n
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\nRemember, the fuller’s field,
\nwhen the Lord has washed away <\/p>\n
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\nthe filth of the daughters of
\nZion, shall have purged the <\/p>\n
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\nblood of Jerusalem from the
\nmidst thereof by the spirit of <\/p>\n
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\njudgment and by the spirit of
\nburning. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the Lord will create upon
\nevery dwelling place of Mount <\/p>\n
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\nZion, and upon her assemblies, a
\ncloud and a smoke by day, and <\/p>\n
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\nthe shining of a flaming fire by
\nnight. <\/p>\n
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\nFor upon all the glory shall be
\na defense or a covering, the <\/p>\n
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\nmargin suggests, and there shall
\nbe a Tabernacle for a shadow in <\/p>\n
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\nthe daytime from the heat, and
\nfor a place of refuge, and for a<\/p>\n
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\ncovert from storm and from rain.
\nTo see that in the future age, <\/p>\n
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\nZion with the presence of the
\nking, will be pictured truly as <\/p>\n
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\nthough it was a place of refuge,
\na city of refuge. <\/p>\n
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\nA highway has been prepared
\nthere, the way of holiness, and <\/p>\n
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\nwhen God has cleansed the filth
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\nwill be welcomed to tread that
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\nsame imagery is carried through.
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\nsisters, when we come across
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\nlead in For Thou hast Made of a
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\ncity, a ruin, a palace of
\nstrangers, to be no city. <\/p>\n
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\noften the city of confusion.
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\nthee now in contrast, for thou
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\npoor, a strength to the needy in
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\nheat, when the blast of the
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\nculvert for all the world, a
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\nnations to come from, which will
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\nChronicles spake comfortably to
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\nWell, let’s go back to Isaiah,
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\ntherefore I will put my hook in
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\nlips.
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\ngiving a parallel record to
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\nBut hold your hand here and slip
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\nagainst thee, O Gog, the chief
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\ndescribes an army.
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\nthee shall he come forth unto
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\nWhose going forth or spring from
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\nTherefore will he give them up
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\ngreat unto the ends of the
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\nAnd this man like Hezekiah,
\nshall be the peace when the <\/p>\n
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\nAssyrian shall come into our
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\nThus shall he deliver us from
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\nour land, when he treadeth
\nwithin our borders. <\/p>\n
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\nWho is this, Brothers and
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\nIt’s the one born in Bethlehem.
\nIt’s the one who shall be our <\/p>\n
339
\n00:24:32,960 –> 00:24:37,280
\npeace when the latter day
\nAssyrian comes into the land of <\/p>\n
340
\n00:24:37,280 –> 00:24:42,520
\nold, the land of Israel.
\nTaking Ezekiel 38 and the <\/p>\n
341
\n00:24:42,520 –> 00:24:46,680
\nlanguage of the hooks in the
\njaws, the language of Micah <\/p>\n
342
\n00:24:46,680 –> 00:24:50,640
\nchapter 5, describing this
\nnorthern invader Gog as a latter<\/p>\n
343
\n00:24:50,640 –> 00:24:56,440
\nday Assyrian, and bringing with
\nit the language of Isaiah 37 and<\/p>\n
344
\n00:24:56,440 –> 00:25:01,040
\na passage in Second Kings.
\nA picture form showing us <\/p>\n
345
\n00:25:01,040 –> 00:25:05,320
\nclearly that once again, the
\nevents in Hezekiah’s day, the <\/p>\n
346
\n00:25:05,320 –> 00:25:10,880
\nbackdrop for much of Isaiah’s
\nprophecy only is a microcosm of <\/p>\n
347
\n00:25:10,880 –> 00:25:13,160
\nsomething on a much grander
\nscale. <\/p>\n
348
\n00:25:13,680 –> 00:25:17,840
\nAnd we suggest that a careful
\nexamination of this Assyrian <\/p>\n
349
\n00:25:17,840 –> 00:25:22,880
\ncrisis and the movement of the
\nAssyrian himself is perhaps a <\/p>\n
350
\n00:25:22,880 –> 00:25:26,720
\nkind of blueprint that should
\nguide us into an understanding <\/p>\n
351
\n00:25:26,920 –> 00:25:31,240
\nof how these events shall stack
\nup in the latter days when we <\/p>\n
352
\n00:25:31,240 –> 00:25:34,000
\nhave once again an Assyrian in
\nthe land. <\/p>\n
353
\n00:25:35,000 –> 00:25:36,600
\nWell, we could explore that much
\nfurther. <\/p>\n
354
\n00:25:37,160 –> 00:25:41,520
\nIt’s to show us how valuable it
\nis to watch for these <\/p>\n
355
\n00:25:41,520 –> 00:25:45,680
\nconnections and to use them as
\nkeys for an understanding of <\/p>\n
356
\n00:25:45,680 –> 00:25:51,960
\nfuture events.
\nBack to Isaiah 37, for there’s <\/p>\n
357
\n00:25:51,960 –> 00:25:55,680
\nmore here that opens doors
\nthrough the prophecy. <\/p>\n
358
\n00:25:57,760 –> 00:26:07,880
\nIsaiah 37, we ended verse 29.
\nI will turn the back exactly <\/p>\n
359
\n00:26:07,880 –> 00:26:12,040
\nwhat is said in Ezekiel 38.
\nI will turn thee back by the <\/p>\n
360
\n00:26:12,040 –> 00:26:15,800
\nway, by which thou camest.
\nSo perhaps in your margin at <\/p>\n
361
\n00:26:15,800 –> 00:26:19,760
\nverse 29 you want to write in
\nEzekiel 38, verses 1-2 and <\/p>\n
362
\n00:26:19,760 –> 00:26:23,640
\nthree.
\nThen verse 30 we move on to a <\/p>\n
363
\n00:26:23,640 –> 00:26:28,840
\nsign.
\nThis is one of four signs given <\/p>\n
364
\n00:26:28,840 –> 00:26:35,520
\nto Hezekiah, verse 30.
\nThis shall be a sign unto thee. <\/p>\n
365
\n00:26:36,360 –> 00:26:41,720
\nYe shall eat this year such as
\ngroweth of itself, and the <\/p>\n
366
\n00:26:41,720 –> 00:26:44,720
\nsecond year that which springeth
\nof the same. <\/p>\n
367
\n00:26:45,240 –> 00:26:50,840
\nAnd in the third year sow ye and
\nreap and plant vineyards, and <\/p>\n
368
\n00:26:50,840 –> 00:26:55,480
\neat the fruit thereof.
\nAnd the remnant that is escaped <\/p>\n
369
\n00:26:55,480 –> 00:26:59,480
\nto the House of Judah shall
\nagain take root downward and <\/p>\n
370
\n00:26:59,480 –> 00:27:04,120
\nbear fruit upward.
\nOnce again we ask ourselves, <\/p>\n
371
\n00:27:04,960 –> 00:27:07,360
\nwhat is the source of this
\nlanguage? <\/p>\n
372
\n00:27:08,040 –> 00:27:11,440
\nWhere have we heard this kind of
\nlanguage before in the Old <\/p>\n
373
\n00:27:11,440 –> 00:27:14,200
\nTestament?
\nThis reference to fruitfulness, <\/p>\n
374
\n00:27:14,680 –> 00:27:19,880
\nthe promise of a blessing of
\nharvest, the mention of the 1st <\/p>\n
375
\n00:27:19,880 –> 00:27:24,000
\nand 2nd and 3rd year, Well, some
\nmargins will tip you off that <\/p>\n
376
\n00:27:24,000 –> 00:27:28,720
\nthe background for this is
\nLeviticus 25, Speaking of the <\/p>\n
377
\n00:27:28,720 –> 00:27:32,160
\nyear of Jubilee and the Sabbath
\nyears. <\/p>\n
378
\n00:27:32,840 –> 00:27:37,280
\nSo we pause, put a marker there
\nand go back to Leviticus 25. <\/p>\n
379
\n00:27:37,640 –> 00:27:41,080
\nI’d like just to survey that
\nchapter for a moment and pick <\/p>\n
380
\n00:27:41,080 –> 00:27:45,960
\nout some of the key thoughts and
\nterms Leviticus 25. <\/p>\n
381
\n00:27:46,360 –> 00:27:49,200
\nAnd I think we’ll prove, we’ll
\nfind that it’s very useful for <\/p>\n
382
\n00:27:49,200 –> 00:27:53,600
\nIsaiah’s prophecy.
\nBack we go to Leviticus 25. <\/p>\n
383
\n00:27:57,760 –> 00:28:01,800
\nI suggest you read the chapter
\nwhen you’ve time in detail to <\/p>\n
384
\n00:28:01,800 –> 00:28:05,640
\nget the full context.
\nLet’s just pick out these key <\/p>\n
385
\n00:28:05,640 –> 00:28:12,840
\nideas as they have a relation to
\nIsaiah 37 verse 2. <\/p>\n
386
\n00:28:13,840 –> 00:28:18,160
\nMoses is told, Speak unto the
\nchildren of Israel, and say unto<\/p>\n
387
\n00:28:18,160 –> 00:28:23,120
\nthem, When ye come into the land
\nwhich I give you, then shall the<\/p>\n
388
\n00:28:23,120 –> 00:28:27,920
\nland keep a Sabbath unto the
\nLord six years. <\/p>\n
389
\n00:28:28,160 –> 00:28:32,200
\nThou shalt sow thy feel.
\nNow listen carefully to those <\/p>\n
390
\n00:28:32,200 –> 00:28:37,080
\nwords that run parallel to
\nIsaiah. 6 years thou shalt sow <\/p>\n
391
\n00:28:37,160 –> 00:28:40,800
\nthy field, and six years thou
\nshalt prune thy vineyard. <\/p>\n
392
\n00:28:42,000 –> 00:28:45,760
\nBut in the seventh year shall be
\na Sabbath of rest unto the land,<\/p>\n
393
\n00:28:46,480 –> 00:28:50,160
\na Sabbath for the Lord.
\nThou shalt neither sow thy field<\/p>\n
394
\n00:28:50,160 –> 00:28:54,520
\nnor prune thy vineyards.
\nThat which groweth of its own <\/p>\n
395
\n00:28:54,520 –> 00:29:00,120
\naccord of thy harvest thou shalt
\nnot reap, neither gather the <\/p>\n
396
\n00:29:00,120 –> 00:29:06,960
\ngrapes of thy vine undressed.
\nFor it is a year of rest when we<\/p>\n
397
\n00:29:06,960 –> 00:29:10,520
\ncome down and expand that a
\nlittle more. <\/p>\n
398
\n00:29:11,080 –> 00:29:16,920
\nRead over here now to verse 18.
\nWherefore ye shall do my <\/p>\n
399
\n00:29:16,920 –> 00:29:21,200
\nstatutes, and keep my judgments,
\nand do them, and ye shall dwell <\/p>\n
400
\n00:29:21,200 –> 00:29:26,400
\nin the land in safety, and the
\nland shall yield her fruit, and <\/p>\n
401
\n00:29:26,400 –> 00:29:30,080
\nye shall eat your fill, and
\ndwell therein in safety. <\/p>\n
402
\n00:29:30,840 –> 00:29:37,160
\nNow God anticipates a question,
\nverse 20 And if ye shall say, <\/p>\n
403
\n00:29:38,040 –> 00:29:43,080
\nWhat shall we eat the 7th year?
\nBehold, we shall not sow nor <\/p>\n
404
\n00:29:43,080 –> 00:29:46,400
\ngather in our increase.
\nGood question God says. <\/p>\n
405
\n00:29:46,800 –> 00:29:52,240
\nAnd the answer verse 21 then
\nsays God, I will command my <\/p>\n
406
\n00:29:52,240 –> 00:29:57,320
\nblessing upon you in the sixth
\nyear, and it shall bring forth <\/p>\n
407
\n00:29:57,400 –> 00:30:03,520
\nfruit for three years.
\nNow that means the harvest in <\/p>\n
408
\n00:30:03,520 –> 00:30:08,400
\nthat year would be bountiful
\nenough to carry them over for <\/p>\n
409
\n00:30:08,400 –> 00:30:14,160
\nthree years, not 3 full years.
\nIn fact, why does it say that? <\/p>\n
410
\n00:30:14,640 –> 00:30:19,800
\nBecause the land is to rest in
\nthe seventh year, so that when <\/p>\n
411
\n00:30:19,800 –> 00:30:23,240
\nthe 7th year is over, what must
\nthey do? <\/p>\n
412
\n00:30:23,520 –> 00:30:29,040
\nThey must sow and then after
\nsowing they must wait through <\/p>\n
413
\n00:30:29,040 –> 00:30:31,360
\nthat year before the harvest
\ncomes. <\/p>\n
414
\n00:30:32,560 –> 00:30:35,080
\nAnd it must be a good enough
\nharvest, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n
415
\n00:30:35,080 –> 00:30:38,440
\nto provide them food and ample
\nseed for the next sowing. <\/p>\n
416
\n00:30:39,240 –> 00:30:45,680
\nSo there’s about a three-year
\nperiod here related to the time <\/p>\n
417
\n00:30:45,680 –> 00:30:48,800
\nof rest in the land in the
\noperation of these Sabbath <\/p>\n
418
\n00:30:48,800 –> 00:30:52,640
\nyears.
\nAnd God is saying, I promise in <\/p>\n
419
\n00:30:52,640 –> 00:30:57,760
\nthat 6th year to give you
\nsufficient to carry you over <\/p>\n
420
\n00:30:57,760 –> 00:31:03,080
\nalmost a three-year period,
\nenough seed and enough fruit to <\/p>\n
421
\n00:31:03,080 –> 00:31:05,720
\nlook after you.
\nIt’s my promise if you’ll <\/p>\n
422
\n00:31:05,720 –> 00:31:10,440
\nrespond in faith.
\nNow that’s the background beyond<\/p>\n
423
\n00:31:10,440 –> 00:31:14,120
\nany shadow of a doubt in those
\nwords in Isaiah, of those words <\/p>\n
424
\n00:31:14,120 –> 00:31:18,040
\nin Isaiah 37.
\nWhat’s it saying to Hezekiah and<\/p>\n
425
\n00:31:18,040 –> 00:31:22,280
\nthe people?
\nIt’s a promise that at the end <\/p>\n
426
\n00:31:22,280 –> 00:31:27,880
\nof the Assyrian crisis, this
\nwill be a sign I will bless you <\/p>\n
427
\n00:31:28,520 –> 00:31:32,520
\nwith the terms of blessing from
\nthe Sabbath year. <\/p>\n
428
\n00:31:33,400 –> 00:31:37,240
\nIt’s a promise that the remnant
\nthat had stayed with Hezekiah <\/p>\n
429
\n00:31:37,560 –> 00:31:40,760
\nand would come out into that
\ncity would be blessed with <\/p>\n
430
\n00:31:40,760 –> 00:31:43,800
\nfruitfulness.
\nBut first they would be carried <\/p>\n
431
\n00:31:43,800 –> 00:31:47,760
\nthrough sufficiently.
\nAnd the promise is in terms of <\/p>\n
432
\n00:31:47,760 –> 00:31:50,920
\nthe jubilee or the Sabbath
\nlanguage, brothers and sisters. <\/p>\n
433
\n00:31:51,800 –> 00:31:56,000
\nNow taking another look here at
\nLeviticus 25, pick up some of <\/p>\n
434
\n00:31:56,000 –> 00:32:00,880
\nthe keywords in this whole
\ncontext, verse one mention of a <\/p>\n
435
\n00:32:00,880 –> 00:32:06,680
\nSabbath.
\nVerse 5, a rest year, a year of <\/p>\n
436
\n00:32:06,680 –> 00:32:11,360
\nrest, key idea, rest course,
\nit’s married with the idea of <\/p>\n
437
\n00:32:11,360 –> 00:32:14,760
\nSabbath.
\nThen in this context of the <\/p>\n
438
\n00:32:14,760 –> 00:32:18,520
\nSabbath year’s reckoning, the
\njubilee is introduced in verse <\/p>\n
439
\n00:32:18,520 –> 00:32:26,360
\n9. 7 * 749 years marked out, and
\nat the end a jubilee marked in <\/p>\n
440
\n00:32:26,360 –> 00:32:30,720
\nverse 9 by a trumpet.
\nAnd when the jubilee is to be <\/p>\n
441
\n00:32:30,720 –> 00:32:34,960
\nmarked at the end of seven
\nsevens, it shall be in <\/p>\n
442
\n00:32:34,960 –> 00:32:38,280
\nconjunction with the Day of
\nAtonement, verse 9. <\/p>\n
443
\n00:32:38,920 –> 00:32:42,840
\nThou shalt pause the trumpet of
\nthe jubilee to sound on the 10th<\/p>\n
444
\n00:32:42,840 –> 00:32:48,280
\nday of the 7th month in the Day
\nof Atonement, and he shall make <\/p>\n
445
\n00:32:48,280 –> 00:32:50,840
\nthe trumpet sound throughout all
\nyour land. <\/p>\n
446
\n00:32:51,640 –> 00:32:56,040
\nSo a trumpet the Day of
\nAtonement, Sabbath rest. <\/p>\n
447
\n00:32:56,560 –> 00:33:01,440
\nVerse 10, proclaim liberty
\nthroughout all the land. <\/p>\n
448
\n00:33:02,240 –> 00:33:05,640
\nAt the end of verse 10,
\nassurance that they shall return<\/p>\n
449
\n00:33:05,640 –> 00:33:09,920
\nto their possessions.
\nThen other key terms. <\/p>\n
450
\n00:33:10,320 –> 00:33:13,880
\nVerse 25.
\nThe word redeem is introduced in<\/p>\n
451
\n00:33:13,880 –> 00:33:16,720
\nthis context.
\nMiddle of verse 25. <\/p>\n
452
\n00:33:16,800 –> 00:33:19,320
\nRedeem.
\nAnd verse 26. <\/p>\n
453
\n00:33:19,560 –> 00:33:23,360
\nIf a man shall have none to
\nredeem it, and himself be able <\/p>\n
454
\n00:33:23,360 –> 00:33:28,480
\nto redeem it, and so on, then
\nelsewhere in the chapter concern<\/p>\n
455
\n00:33:28,480 –> 00:33:30,680
\nabout the poor.
\nVerse 35. <\/p>\n
456
\n00:33:31,440 –> 00:33:36,320
\nAnd if thy brother be waxing
\npoor, and fallen in decay, such <\/p>\n
457
\n00:33:36,320 –> 00:33:38,040
\nand such shall be provided for
\nhim. <\/p>\n
458
\n00:33:38,840 –> 00:33:42,840
\nVerse 39.
\nThe idea of being a prisoner or <\/p>\n
459
\n00:33:42,840 –> 00:33:48,080
\nbeing sold in bondage is brought
\nto our attention For verse 39. <\/p>\n
460
\n00:33:48,280 –> 00:33:52,320
\nIf thy brother that dwelleth by
\nthee be waxed and poor, and be <\/p>\n
461
\n00:33:52,320 –> 00:33:56,840
\nsold unto thee, thou shalt not
\ncompel him to serve as a <\/p>\n
462
\n00:33:56,840 –> 00:34:01,920
\nbondservant.
\nNow the terms in this context of<\/p>\n
463
\n00:34:01,920 –> 00:34:06,040
\nthat of a jubilee and that of
\nthe promise of promised blessing<\/p>\n
464
\n00:34:06,040 –> 00:34:09,760
\nand fruitfulness, stack up one
\nafter another, about 10 key <\/p>\n
465
\n00:34:09,760 –> 00:34:13,760
\nterms.
\nSabbath rest, a trumpet, <\/p>\n
466
\n00:34:14,239 –> 00:34:21,120
\natonement, liberty, returning,
\npossessing, redeeming, and being<\/p>\n
467
\n00:34:21,120 –> 00:34:24,639
\nredeemed.
\nConcern for the poor, for those <\/p>\n
468
\n00:34:24,639 –> 00:34:27,960
\nwho were sold, for those who are
\nin bonds. <\/p>\n
469
\n00:34:28,639 –> 00:34:33,239
\nAt least 10 key terms.
\nNow brothers and sisters, when <\/p>\n
470
\n00:34:33,239 –> 00:34:38,320
\nyou go through Isaiah beyond
\nchapter 37, you see that <\/p>\n
471
\n00:34:38,520 –> 00:34:44,480
\nalthough Hezekiah and his people
\nexperienced a kind of 7th year <\/p>\n
472
\n00:34:44,480 –> 00:34:50,159
\nblessing, there was also
\nexperienced in that a kind of <\/p>\n
473
\n00:34:50,159 –> 00:34:54,880
\njubilee experience for those who
\nwere within the walls were <\/p>\n
474
\n00:34:54,880 –> 00:34:59,160
\nliberated.
\nThere had indeed been a Sabbath <\/p>\n
475
\n00:34:59,160 –> 00:35:02,880
\nor a rest within those walls
\nfrom the bondage of the <\/p>\n
476
\n00:35:02,880 –> 00:35:06,760
\nAssyrian.
\nThe mention of a trumpet is <\/p>\n
477
\n00:35:06,760 –> 00:35:09,920
\nmentioned elsewhere in Isaiah in
\nJubilee terms. <\/p>\n
478
\n00:35:10,040 –> 00:35:13,600
\nWe’ll notice that in a moment.
\nTerms that relate to an <\/p>\n
479
\n00:35:13,600 –> 00:35:17,640
\natonement are referred to in
\nIsaiah’s prophecy, often in <\/p>\n
480
\n00:35:17,640 –> 00:35:21,880
\nthose passages that speak of
\nliberation and freedom, The <\/p>\n
481
\n00:35:21,880 –> 00:35:27,240
\npromise of returning the remnant
\nof possessing their possessions <\/p>\n
482
\n00:35:27,240 –> 00:35:31,120
\nthat were rightly theirs, the
\npromise of being redeemed, <\/p>\n
483
\n00:35:31,720 –> 00:35:36,040
\nconcern for the poor and those
\nwho had been sold, and those who<\/p>\n
484
\n00:35:36,040 –> 00:35:38,840
\nhad become bond servants.
\nAll of the. <\/p>\n
485
\n00:35:38,840 –> 00:35:44,080
\nLanguage surrounding these few
\nverses in Isaiah 37 are built on<\/p>\n
486
\n00:35:44,080 –> 00:35:47,920
\nelsewhere in the restoration
\npassages, so let’s look for a <\/p>\n
487
\n00:35:47,920 –> 00:35:52,600
\nsample using this as a key to an
\nunderstanding of what it meant <\/p>\n
488
\n00:35:52,600 –> 00:35:56,560
\nto Hezekiah and the remnant with
\nhim, and then further in the <\/p>\n
489
\n00:35:56,560 –> 00:36:00,880
\nKingdom.
\nIsaiah 35A Restoration passage. <\/p>\n
490
\n00:36:01,680 –> 00:36:05,520
\nBut words that hearken back to
\nthe terms of the Sabbath year, <\/p>\n
491
\n00:36:05,520 –> 00:36:15,160
\nblessings and the terms of
\nJubilee Messiah. 35 Notice the <\/p>\n
492
\n00:36:15,160 –> 00:36:19,440
\nterms of blessing and
\nfruitfulness from that which had<\/p>\n
493
\n00:36:19,440 –> 00:36:22,360
\nbeen waste, that which was dry
\nwithout hope. <\/p>\n
494
\n00:36:22,880 –> 00:36:25,760
\nVerse one.
\nThe wilderness in the solitary <\/p>\n
495
\n00:36:25,760 –> 00:36:30,800
\nplace shall be glad for them,
\nand the desert shall rejoice and<\/p>\n
496
\n00:36:30,800 –> 00:36:33,560
\nblossom as the Rose.
\nVerse 2. <\/p>\n
497
\n00:36:33,880 –> 00:36:36,320
\nPromises of fruitfulness and
\nblessing. <\/p>\n
498
\n00:36:36,720 –> 00:36:40,480
\nCaramel means fruitfulness.
\nDown to verse 10. <\/p>\n
499
\n00:36:40,520 –> 00:36:43,400
\nThis is the key one well.
\nVerse 9. <\/p>\n
500
\n00:36:43,400 –> 00:36:47,440
\nPerhaps for context.
\nNo lion shall be there, nor any <\/p>\n
501
\n00:36:47,440 –> 00:36:49,440
\nravenous beast shall go up
\nthereon. <\/p>\n
502
\n00:36:50,200 –> 00:36:56,400
\nIt shall not be found there, but
\nthe redeemed shall walk there. <\/p>\n
503
\n00:36:57,040 –> 00:37:03,800
\nVerse 10 And the ransomed of the
\nLord shall return, and come to <\/p>\n
504
\n00:37:03,800 –> 00:37:07,960
\nZion with songs and everlasting
\njoy upon their heads. <\/p>\n
505
\n00:37:08,360 –> 00:37:11,520
\nThey shall obtain joy and
\ngladness, and sorrow, and <\/p>\n
506
\n00:37:11,520 –> 00:37:16,760
\nsighing shall flee away.
\nHear language that promises <\/p>\n
507
\n00:37:16,800 –> 00:37:21,840
\nfruitfulness, the blessings of
\nGod’s goodness, the promise <\/p>\n
508
\n00:37:21,840 –> 00:37:26,240
\nthough of liberation and
\nfreedom, the promise of the <\/p>\n
509
\n00:37:26,240 –> 00:37:31,480
\nransomed being liberated and
\nfreed, those who now can return <\/p>\n
510
\n00:37:31,480 –> 00:37:36,320
\nand come to Zion, the promise,
\nbrothers and sisters, of a <\/p>\n
511
\n00:37:36,320 –> 00:37:40,320
\nfuture kind of jubilee.
\nLet’s go elsewhere. <\/p>\n
512
\n00:37:40,800 –> 00:37:46,080
\nIsaiah chapter 58.
\nMany have noticed that the terms<\/p>\n
513
\n00:37:46,080 –> 00:37:53,920
\nin Isaiah 58 contain a kind of
\ndouble strand. <\/p>\n
514
\n00:37:54,560 –> 00:37:58,400
\nMany of the terms in Isaiah 58
\nhearken back to the Day of <\/p>\n
515
\n00:37:58,400 –> 00:38:05,080
\nAtonement, but also many of the
\nterms in Isaiah 58 hearken back <\/p>\n
516
\n00:38:05,200 –> 00:38:09,840
\nto the days of Jubilee, and
\nthey’re not disassociated. <\/p>\n
517
\n00:38:10,240 –> 00:38:15,760
\nRemember, Leviticus 25 talks
\nabout the Jubilee being <\/p>\n
518
\n00:38:15,920 –> 00:38:20,680
\npronounced in conjunction with
\nthe Day of Atonement for that <\/p>\n
519
\n00:38:20,680 –> 00:38:24,640
\nyear.
\nSo thoughts related to Jubilee <\/p>\n
520
\n00:38:24,960 –> 00:38:28,720
\nand thoughts related to the Day
\nof Atonement are actually <\/p>\n
521
\n00:38:28,720 –> 00:38:33,280
\nmarried together in Leviticus
\n25, and thus there’s two strands<\/p>\n
522
\n00:38:33,320 –> 00:38:36,400
\nrunning through the language of
\nIsaiah 58. <\/p>\n
523
\n00:38:37,000 –> 00:38:41,920
\nFirst, notice the trumpet verse.
\nOne cry aloud. <\/p>\n
524
\n00:38:42,120 –> 00:38:48,760
\nSpare not, lift up thy voice
\nlike a trumpet, and show my <\/p>\n
525
\n00:38:48,760 –> 00:38:52,800
\npeople their transgression, and
\nthe House of Jacob their sins. <\/p>\n
526
\n00:38:53,640 –> 00:38:55,680
\nAnd what’s the promise?
\nWhat’s the hope? <\/p>\n
527
\n00:38:56,280 –> 00:38:58,320
\nWell, here’s how it ought to be
\nviewed. <\/p>\n
528
\n00:38:58,520 –> 00:39:00,880
\nVerse 6.
\nNow in the language of the <\/p>\n
529
\n00:39:00,880 –> 00:39:05,440
\nSabbath, Verse 6.
\nIs not this the fast that I have<\/p>\n
530
\n00:39:05,440 –> 00:39:08,880
\nchosen to loose the bands of
\nwickedness? <\/p>\n
531
\n00:39:09,000 –> 00:39:14,320
\nRemember freedom from bondage,
\nto undo the heavy burdens and to<\/p>\n
532
\n00:39:14,320 –> 00:39:18,440
\nlet the oppressed go free.
\nDid she break every yolk? <\/p>\n
533
\n00:39:18,640 –> 00:39:21,200
\nThe one who was in bondage was
\nto be liberated. <\/p>\n
534
\n00:39:21,400 –> 00:39:25,120
\nLeviticus 25.
\nIs it not to deal thy bread to <\/p>\n
535
\n00:39:25,120 –> 00:39:30,000
\nthe hungry, and that thou bring
\nthe poor that are cast out to <\/p>\n
536
\n00:39:30,000 –> 00:39:32,520
\nthy house?
\nThe concern about the poor. <\/p>\n
537
\n00:39:32,560 –> 00:39:37,480
\nLeviticus 25 Again, when thou
\nseest the naked, that thou cover<\/p>\n
538
\n00:39:37,480 –> 00:39:41,000
\nhim, and that thou hide not
\nthyself from thine own flesh. <\/p>\n
539
\n00:39:42,000 –> 00:39:45,040
\nThen we come down to liberation
\nagain in verse 9. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:39:45,680 –> 00:39:49,360
\nThen shalt thou call, and the
\nLord shall answer, Thou shalt <\/p>\n
541
\n00:39:49,360 –> 00:39:52,240
\ncry, and he shall say, Here I
\nam. <\/p>\n
542
\n00:39:53,280 –> 00:39:57,600
\nIf thou take away from the midst
\nof thee the yoke, the putting <\/p>\n
543
\n00:39:57,600 –> 00:40:01,480
\nforth of the finger, and
\nspeaking vanity, if thou draw <\/p>\n
544
\n00:40:01,480 –> 00:40:06,280
\nout thy soul to the hungry, and
\nsatisfy the afflicted soul, then<\/p>\n
545
\n00:40:06,280 –> 00:40:09,720
\nshall thy light rise in
\nobscurity, and the darkness be <\/p>\n
546
\n00:40:09,720 –> 00:40:12,760
\nas the noonday.
\nNow the language of fruitfulness<\/p>\n
547
\n00:40:12,800 –> 00:40:14,960
\nand blessing.
\nVerse 11. <\/p>\n
548
\n00:40:15,640 –> 00:40:19,480
\nThe Lord shall guide thee
\ncontinually, and satisfy thy <\/p>\n
549
\n00:40:19,480 –> 00:40:23,200
\nsoul in drought, and make fat
\nthy bones. <\/p>\n
550
\n00:40:23,440 –> 00:40:27,560
\nAnd thou shalt be like a watered
\ngarden, and like a spring of <\/p>\n
551
\n00:40:27,560 –> 00:40:31,200
\nwater, whose waters fail not.
\nVerse 12. <\/p>\n
552
\n00:40:32,920 –> 00:40:37,280
\nAnd they shall be, and they that
\nshall be of thee shall build the<\/p>\n
553
\n00:40:37,280 –> 00:40:39,960
\nold waste places.
\nRejuvenation. <\/p>\n
554
\n00:40:40,840 –> 00:40:44,320
\nThou shalt raise up the
\nfoundations of many generations.<\/p>\n
555
\n00:40:44,440 –> 00:40:50,000
\nRestoration, and thou shalt be
\ncalled the repairer of the <\/p>\n
556
\n00:40:50,000 –> 00:40:54,400
\nbreach, the restorer of paths to
\ndwell in. <\/p>\n
557
\n00:40:55,080 –> 00:40:58,880
\nAnd then in verse 13, the
\nprophet merges into the language<\/p>\n
558
\n00:40:58,880 –> 00:41:04,520
\nof a true Sabbath, a Sabbath
\nliberation, concern for those <\/p>\n
559
\n00:41:04,520 –> 00:41:08,680
\nwho were poor and needy, concern
\nabout liberation from bondage <\/p>\n
560
\n00:41:09,000 –> 00:41:14,160
\nand if done properly, the
\npromise of God’s restoration, <\/p>\n
561
\n00:41:14,480 –> 00:41:18,920
\nhealth and blessing for
\nfruitfulness, and all introduced<\/p>\n
562
\n00:41:18,920 –> 00:41:24,440
\nby the blast of a trumpet. 58
\nverse one, and the mention of <\/p>\n
563
\n00:41:24,440 –> 00:41:28,960
\nsin and transgression in terms
\nof the Day of Atonement <\/p>\n
564
\n00:41:29,200 –> 00:41:34,040
\nannounced by that trumpet sound.
\nHe’s seen, brothers and sisters,<\/p>\n
565
\n00:41:34,240 –> 00:41:39,240
\nas you look at these restoration
\npassages in Isaiah, His people <\/p>\n
566
\n00:41:39,240 –> 00:41:43,280
\nknew what a jubilee was, as it
\nwere, or the promise of a <\/p>\n
567
\n00:41:43,280 –> 00:41:47,400
\nSabbath blessing, The 7th year
\nSabbath blessing given on the <\/p>\n
568
\n00:41:47,400 –> 00:41:52,400
\n6th insurance that if they were
\nfaithful would walk in His ways,<\/p>\n
569
\n00:41:52,840 –> 00:41:56,880
\nGod would bless them.
\nSo that when Isaiah and his <\/p>\n
570
\n00:41:56,880 –> 00:42:00,880
\npeople heard these words, Isaiah
\n37. <\/p>\n
571
\n00:42:01,280 –> 00:42:06,040
\nThis shall be a sign unto thee,
\nYe shall eat of this year such <\/p>\n
572
\n00:42:06,040 –> 00:42:10,560
\nas groweth of itself, and the
\nsecond year that which springeth<\/p>\n
573
\n00:42:10,560 –> 00:42:12,600
\nof the same, It’ll carry you
\nthrough. <\/p>\n
574
\n00:42:13,200 –> 00:42:17,840
\nAnd in the third year sow ye,
\nand reap and plant vineyards, <\/p>\n
575
\n00:42:18,520 –> 00:42:22,400
\nand eat the fruit thereof.
\nThey were being told in the <\/p>\n
576
\n00:42:22,400 –> 00:42:27,320
\nterms of Leviticus 25.
\nGod would bless them if they <\/p>\n
577
\n00:42:27,320 –> 00:42:31,560
\nwere faithful, and they would
\nexperience a Sabbath year <\/p>\n
578
\n00:42:31,560 –> 00:42:33,560
\nblessing such as they’d never
\nknown. <\/p>\n
579
\n00:42:34,200 –> 00:42:38,360
\nVerse 31.
\nAnd the remnant that is escaped <\/p>\n
580
\n00:42:38,360 –> 00:42:41,600
\nof the House of Judah, those
\nwho’ve been liberated shall <\/p>\n
581
\n00:42:41,600 –> 00:42:45,400
\nagain take root downward and
\nbear fruit upward. <\/p>\n
582
\n00:42:46,520 –> 00:42:51,680
\nSuch a beautiful Old Testament
\ncontext, giving such concrete <\/p>\n
583
\n00:42:51,680 –> 00:42:54,720
\nmeaning to the promises
\nexperienced in the days of <\/p>\n
584
\n00:42:54,720 –> 00:42:57,560
\nHezekiah after the Assyrian
\ncrisis. <\/p>\n
585
\n00:42:58,520 –> 00:43:02,560
\nOne of us brothers and sisters,
\nhe has showered upon us <\/p>\n
586
\n00:43:02,600 –> 00:43:05,400
\nblessings.
\nWe have the promise of the <\/p>\n
587
\n00:43:05,400 –> 00:43:10,440
\nfuture age, no matter how
\ndifficult our various trials <\/p>\n
588
\n00:43:10,440 –> 00:43:14,720
\nare, no matter how many
\ndistresses we have at home in <\/p>\n
589
\n00:43:14,720 –> 00:43:18,720
\nthe domestic scene, no matter
\nhow many disappointments we <\/p>\n
590
\n00:43:18,720 –> 00:43:22,080
\nmight experience in our
\necclesial life and in our own <\/p>\n
591
\n00:43:22,080 –> 00:43:27,280
\npersonal lack of health at
\ntimes, as Hezekiah well knew, no<\/p>\n
592
\n00:43:27,280 –> 00:43:31,240
\nmatter how we may.
\nFeel like looking at the wall? <\/p>\n
593
\n00:43:31,640 –> 00:43:35,800
\nAnd feeling that we were down by
\nthe bars of death, there is <\/p>\n
594
\n00:43:35,800 –> 00:43:38,920
\nhope.
\nThere is always the vision of a <\/p>\n
595
\n00:43:38,920 –> 00:43:42,640
\nbetter day.
\nLet us take heart, brothers and <\/p>\n
596
\n00:43:42,640 –> 00:43:46,560
\nsisters, that those people with
\nHezekiah in the pressure <\/p>\n
597
\n00:43:46,800 –> 00:43:51,800
\nexperienced within their walls,
\nwhen everything looked so dismal<\/p>\n
598
\n00:43:52,200 –> 00:43:55,920
\nand their king was sick nigh on
\nto death in the critical hour, <\/p>\n
599
\n00:43:56,560 –> 00:44:02,280
\nthere was nevertheless a spring,
\na spring of righteousness, a <\/p>\n
600
\n00:44:02,280 –> 00:44:06,640
\nspring of refreshing water,
\nconstantly an assurance of God’s<\/p>\n
601
\n00:44:06,640 –> 00:44:09,880
\nblessing.
\nThere was always the hope of a <\/p>\n
602
\n00:44:09,880 –> 00:44:15,400
\nbrighter vision in the future,
\nthe promise of a jubilee of a <\/p>\n
603
\n00:44:15,400 –> 00:44:20,120
\nSabbath rest, the hope of being
\nfinally liberated and <\/p>\n
604
\n00:44:20,120 –> 00:44:24,240
\nexperiencing the freedom of one
\nwho could walk in the ways of <\/p>\n
605
\n00:44:24,240 –> 00:44:27,320
\nholiness.
\nNever let us think that we have <\/p>\n
606
\n00:44:27,320 –> 00:44:31,160
\nit too bad, or that others have
\nnot walked in our steps. <\/p>\n
607
\n00:44:31,520 –> 00:44:34,760
\nWe’ve never yet walked in these
\nkind of conditions. <\/p>\n
608
\n00:44:35,720 –> 00:44:38,000
\nIt’s a source of hope and
\nstrength. <\/p>\n
609
\n00:44:38,520 –> 00:44:43,080
\nIt’s an encouragement against
\ndespair on those cloudy days. <\/p>\n
610
\n00:44:44,040 –> 00:44:47,280
\nAnd if we are tending to looking
\nat the earth, it’s an <\/p>\n
611
\n00:44:47,280 –> 00:44:49,360
\nencouragement to look up to
\nheaven. <\/p>\n
612
\n00:44:49,440 –> 00:44:55,000
\nBrothers and sisters, the one
\nwho promises himself in Isaiah <\/p>\n
613
\n00:44:56,600 –> 00:45:00,760
\nto be the faithful servant who
\nwill bring ultimately this <\/p>\n
614
\n00:45:00,760 –> 00:45:06,040
\njubilee, this liberation into
\neffect is described, as most of <\/p>\n
615
\n00:45:06,040 –> 00:45:08,280
\nyou know, I’m sure, in Isaiah
\n53. <\/p>\n
616
\n00:45:09,400 –> 00:45:14,360
\nBut Isaiah 53, brothers and
\nsisters is but a climatic <\/p>\n
617
\n00:45:14,360 –> 00:45:19,120
\nchapter that is part of another
\ntheme running through Isaiah. <\/p>\n
618
\n00:45:20,000 –> 00:45:23,440
\nIf you look up the word in the
\nconcordance, there’s a pattern <\/p>\n
619
\n00:45:23,440 –> 00:45:28,640
\nthat emerges very intriguing.
\nFrom chapters 1 to 40. <\/p>\n
620
\n00:45:28,640 –> 00:45:36,040
\nThe term servant singular is
\nonly applied to individuals as <\/p>\n
621
\n00:45:36,040 –> 00:45:39,600
\nfollows.
\nIsaiah, Eliakim, and David all <\/p>\n
622
\n00:45:39,600 –> 00:45:44,560
\ndescribed as God’s servants.
\nThe other uses of servant would <\/p>\n
623
\n00:45:44,560 –> 00:45:50,840
\nbe even apply applying in Isaiah
\n14 to Babylon and his servants. <\/p>\n
624
\n00:45:51,120 –> 00:45:54,600
\nOther references are to other
\nnations or powers. <\/p>\n
625
\n00:45:54,880 –> 00:45:57,440
\nThese would be the personal
\napplications in the first part <\/p>\n
626
\n00:45:57,440 –> 00:46:01,320
\nof Isaiah.
\nNow as you advance from Isaiah <\/p>\n
627
\n00:46:01,320 –> 00:46:05,640
\n40, the hinge of the book, just
\nnotice how the term servant <\/p>\n
628
\n00:46:05,640 –> 00:46:10,640
\nsingular is applied and I have I
\nthink an exhaust list here. 41 <\/p>\n
629
\n00:46:10,640 –> 00:46:14,880
\nverse 8 and 9 it applies to
\nIsrael the nation and 42 verse <\/p>\n
630
\n00:46:14,880 –> 00:46:21,440
\none it applies to Messiah. 42
\nand 19 to Israel the nation and <\/p>\n
631
\n00:46:21,440 –> 00:46:27,200
\n43 the nation. 44 numerous
\nreferences Israel the servant as<\/p>\n
632
\n00:46:27,200 –> 00:46:30,600
\na nation. 48 and 20 Israel the
\nnation. <\/p>\n
633
\n00:46:31,400 –> 00:46:37,040
\nThen a congested series that
\napply to Messiah chapter 49, <\/p>\n
634
\n00:46:38,040 –> 00:46:46,680
\nchapter 50, chapter 52, chapter
\n53, the servant, Messiah the <\/p>\n
635
\n00:46:46,680 –> 00:46:52,200
\nservant, Israel, the servant,
\nthe singular servant. <\/p>\n
636
\n00:46:52,720 –> 00:46:54,280
\nBut now here’s something to
\nnote. <\/p>\n
637
\n00:46:55,360 –> 00:47:02,320
\nAfter Isaiah 53, every reference
\nto servant becomes plural. <\/p>\n
638
\n00:47:03,800 –> 00:47:08,600
\nEvery reference to servant
\nbecomes plural after Isaiah 53. <\/p>\n
639
\n00:47:08,960 –> 00:47:12,840
\nAnd in every case it has no
\nreference to the nations or to <\/p>\n
640
\n00:47:12,840 –> 00:47:15,520
\ntheir slaves or servants, as it
\ndoes in the first part of <\/p>\n
641
\n00:47:15,520 –> 00:47:18,600
\nIsaiah.
\nIt always has reference to the <\/p>\n
642
\n00:47:18,600 –> 00:47:22,960
\nredeemed, either from the nation
\nof Israel or to the Saints <\/p>\n
643
\n00:47:22,960 –> 00:47:26,360
\nthemselves directly.
\nSo there’s a transition at <\/p>\n
644
\n00:47:26,360 –> 00:47:29,280
\nIsaiah 53.
\nWhy there? <\/p>\n
645
\n00:47:30,240 –> 00:47:34,760
\nIsaiah 53 ends by mentioning a
\nplural seed. <\/p>\n
646
\n00:47:35,280 –> 00:47:41,280
\nFor the suffering servant shall
\nsee his seed plural, and shall <\/p>\n
647
\n00:47:41,280 –> 00:47:45,440
\nbe satisfied.
\nGod shall prolong his days and <\/p>\n
648
\n00:47:45,440 –> 00:47:51,160
\nthus right after Isaiah 53, all
\nreferences to the servant is <\/p>\n
649
\n00:47:51,160 –> 00:47:57,760
\nplural and we have chapter 54
\nredeemed, the redeemed called <\/p>\n
650
\n00:47:57,760 –> 00:48:03,280
\nthe servants in verse 17 once
\nagain, verse 6 of chapter 56, <\/p>\n
651
\n00:48:04,000 –> 00:48:09,040
\nthen my servants 63 and 17,
\napplying it would seem to the <\/p>\n
652
\n00:48:09,040 –> 00:48:12,360
\nnation.
\nFirst of all, 65 and 8, the <\/p>\n
653
\n00:48:12,360 –> 00:48:15,920
\nnation of Israel.
\nThen in those verses of chapter <\/p>\n
654
\n00:48:15,920 –> 00:48:20,120
\n65 you can see on the overhead
\nthe redeemed from the nation of <\/p>\n
655
\n00:48:20,120 –> 00:48:23,280
\nIsrael and no doubt having a
\ndouble application to the <\/p>\n
656
\n00:48:23,280 –> 00:48:26,640
\nSaints.
\nAnd it would seem in 66 and 14 <\/p>\n
657
\n00:48:26,960 –> 00:48:31,560
\nplural, the servants there is
\nreferring to the redeemed as a <\/p>\n
658
\n00:48:31,560 –> 00:48:34,280
\nwhole, both from the nation of
\nIsrael and the Saints <\/p>\n
659
\n00:48:34,280 –> 00:48:38,680
\nthemselves.
\nNow once that pattern is <\/p>\n
660
\n00:48:38,680 –> 00:48:44,680
\ngrasped, you can take a look at
\nIsaiah’s prophecy and you’ll <\/p>\n
661
\n00:48:44,680 –> 00:48:49,360
\nobserve there are 4 servant
\nsongs in Isaiah. <\/p>\n
662
\n00:48:51,040 –> 00:48:56,600
\nThe one we are most familiar
\nwith therefore, in Isaiah 53, <\/p>\n
663
\n00:48:56,680 –> 00:49:02,960
\nwhich begins actually back in
\nchapter 52, is not the only key <\/p>\n
664
\n00:49:03,000 –> 00:49:07,440
\nServant section in Isaiah.
\nI must admit, I hadn’t <\/p>\n
665
\n00:49:07,440 –> 00:49:10,760
\nappreciated this myself until we
\nlooked at this in detail. <\/p>\n
666
\n00:49:11,920 –> 00:49:16,320
\nThe Servant Song, as it is
\nsometimes called in Isaiah 53, <\/p>\n
667
\n00:49:16,800 –> 00:49:23,440
\nis but the fourth of four songs.
\nEach of those songs are worth a <\/p>\n
668
\n00:49:23,440 –> 00:49:28,360
\ndetailed examination.
\nEach throw out light on <\/p>\n
669
\n00:49:28,360 –> 00:49:33,840
\ndifferent aspects of the Servant
\nMessiah of the nation of Israel <\/p>\n
670
\n00:49:33,880 –> 00:49:36,760
\nto become ultimately his
\nnational Servant. <\/p>\n
671
\n00:49:37,840 –> 00:49:42,720
\nAnd most importantly, pictures
\nof the servants, plural, the <\/p>\n
672
\n00:49:42,720 –> 00:49:47,640
\nredeemed, the Saints of God.
\nNow, brothers and sisters, time <\/p>\n
673
\n00:49:47,640 –> 00:49:51,240
\ndoesn’t allow for a careful
\nexamination by any means of <\/p>\n
674
\n00:49:51,240 –> 00:49:56,360
\nthose four servant songs.
\nBut in each of them, brothers <\/p>\n
675
\n00:49:56,360 –> 00:50:00,600
\nand sisters, there is hope.
\nIn each, there is the assurance,<\/p>\n
676
\n00:50:01,120 –> 00:50:04,080
\nthe vision of a brighter day to
\ncome. <\/p>\n
677
\n00:50:05,120 –> 00:50:09,520
\nEach promises for all of us as
\nit promised for the people of <\/p>\n
678
\n00:50:09,520 –> 00:50:14,280
\nHezekiah’s day.
\nThe hope of a jubilee, the hope <\/p>\n
679
\n00:50:14,280 –> 00:50:19,120
\nof promised blessings,
\nliberation from bondage, the <\/p>\n
680
\n00:50:19,120 –> 00:50:24,240
\nopportunity of returning to our
\npossessions, to our spiritual <\/p>\n
681
\n00:50:24,240 –> 00:50:29,640
\ninheritance, the hope of
\nfruitfulness, God’s blessing in <\/p>\n
682
\n00:50:29,640 –> 00:50:33,160
\nour lives, and most importantly,
\nin our salvation. <\/p>\n
683
\n00:50:34,440 –> 00:50:38,840
\nFor each of the Servant songs
\nthere are terms which richly <\/p>\n
684
\n00:50:38,840 –> 00:50:43,680
\ndescribe our hope.
\nSo see Isaiah 53, the better <\/p>\n
685
\n00:50:43,680 –> 00:50:49,280
\nknown one, against this context.
\nAnd it helps us to more keenly <\/p>\n
686
\n00:50:49,280 –> 00:50:54,200
\nappreciate that this one that we
\nknow so well is but the climatic<\/p>\n
687
\n00:50:54,200 –> 00:51:01,560
\npicture focused in the Servant.
\nFor insomuch as the national <\/p>\n
688
\n00:51:01,560 –> 00:51:06,880
\nservant failed as the servant of
\nGod, Messiah, the servant <\/p>\n
689
\n00:51:06,880 –> 00:51:09,720
\nsucceeded where the national
\nservant failed. <\/p>\n
690
\n00:51:10,320 –> 00:51:14,160
\nA key idea in these prophecies,
\nbrothers and sisters, the <\/p>\n
691
\n00:51:14,160 –> 00:51:19,960
\nservant failed as a nation,
\nJacob, my servant, whom I have <\/p>\n
692
\n00:51:19,960 –> 00:51:23,400
\ncalled.
\nBut in Jesus, where the national<\/p>\n
693
\n00:51:23,400 –> 00:51:28,320
\nServant fails, we find victory,
\nthe conquering of sin and death.<\/p>\n
694
\n00:51:29,000 –> 00:51:34,560
\nAnd thus the nation that is sick
\nand afflicted in Isaiah 1 is <\/p>\n
695
\n00:51:34,560 –> 00:51:41,320
\ntherefore saved by the Servant
\nin Isaiah 53, who takes upon him<\/p>\n
696
\n00:51:41,880 –> 00:51:45,320
\nthe graphic terms of a kind of
\nleprous individual. <\/p>\n
697
\n00:51:45,720 –> 00:51:50,280
\nNot that he has sinned, but
\ninsofar as he is a sin bearer, <\/p>\n
698
\n00:51:50,600 –> 00:51:54,720
\nhe takes upon him descriptions,
\nas we saw in our second class <\/p>\n
699
\n00:51:54,720 –> 00:51:57,720
\nthis week, descriptions of the
\nsick nation. <\/p>\n
700
\n00:51:57,920 –> 00:52:01,920
\nFor he bears their iniquities,
\nHe bears their sins. <\/p>\n
701
\n00:52:02,960 –> 00:52:07,400
\nFor brothers and sisters, what
\nis a servant but one who helps? <\/p>\n
702
\n00:52:07,880 –> 00:52:10,680
\nWhat is a servant but one who
\nbears burdens? <\/p>\n
703
\n00:52:11,440 –> 00:52:15,480
\nWhat are brothers and sisters
\ntogether as a sheepfold, but <\/p>\n
704
\n00:52:15,480 –> 00:52:20,080
\nfellow servants, the one who in
\nthe upper room, brothers and <\/p>\n
705
\n00:52:20,080 –> 00:52:25,480
\nsisters who knelt down by a
\nbasin, who took an apron and <\/p>\n
706
\n00:52:25,480 –> 00:52:30,240
\ngirded himself and washed the
\nfeet of his disciples, show them<\/p>\n
707
\n00:52:30,240 –> 00:52:34,160
\nwhat it is to be a servant.
\nBrother to brother, sister to <\/p>\n
708
\n00:52:34,160 –> 00:52:39,480
\nsister, brothers and sisters.
\nWe end on that theme, and let’s <\/p>\n
709
\n00:52:39,480 –> 00:52:42,680
\nread the following passages by
\nway of conclusion. <\/p>\n
710
\n00:52:42,680 –> 00:52:46,040
\nJust a few verses.
\nIsaiah 30. <\/p>\n
711
\n00:52:48,400 –> 00:52:53,240
\nThe thoughts brought together,
\nwe believe, gives us a rounded <\/p>\n
712
\n00:52:53,240 –> 00:52:56,560
\npicture of all that we’ve been
\nconsidering in this past week, <\/p>\n
713
\n00:52:56,880 –> 00:53:00,600
\nthese beautiful and marvelous
\nthemes from Isaiah’s prophecy. <\/p>\n
714
\n00:53:01,520 –> 00:53:04,400
\nHere is our hope.
\nWe’ll just walk through these <\/p>\n
715
\n00:53:04,400 –> 00:53:08,160
\nthree references.
\nIsaiah 30, verse 15. <\/p>\n
716
\n00:53:09,440 –> 00:53:14,400
\nFor thus saith the Lord God to
\nall of us here, the Holy One of <\/p>\n
717
\n00:53:14,400 –> 00:53:19,040
\nIsrael.
\nHe says to us in returning and <\/p>\n
718
\n00:53:19,040 –> 00:53:25,640
\nrest shall ye be saved In
\nquietness and in confidence <\/p>\n
719
\n00:53:25,960 –> 00:53:28,760
\nshall be your strength.
\nBrothers and sisters. <\/p>\n
720
\n00:53:29,440 –> 00:53:35,240
\nChapter 32, verse one.
\nWe look forward to this as we <\/p>\n
721
\n00:53:35,240 –> 00:53:38,000
\nleave our school.
\nCome down the mountain once <\/p>\n
722
\n00:53:38,000 –> 00:53:42,400
\nagain to the land surrounded by
\nAssyria. <\/p>\n
723
\n00:53:43,080 –> 00:53:46,480
\nBehold verse one.
\nA king shall reign in <\/p>\n
724
\n00:53:46,480 –> 00:53:51,120
\nrighteousness, and Princess
\nshall rule in judgement, and a <\/p>\n
725
\n00:53:51,120 –> 00:53:55,200
\nman shall be as an hiding place
\nfrom the wind, and a covert from<\/p>\n
726
\n00:53:55,200 –> 00:54:00,400
\nThe Tempest, as rivers of water
\nin a dry place, as the shadow of<\/p>\n
727
\n00:54:00,400 –> 00:54:05,440
\na great rock in a weary land.
\nThe eyes of them that see shall <\/p>\n
728
\n00:54:05,440 –> 00:54:09,560
\nnot be dim, and the ears of them
\nthat hear shall hearken. <\/p>\n
729
\n00:54:10,080 –> 00:54:16,680
\nAnd finally, chapter 33.
\nA warning and an exhortation to <\/p>\n
730
\n00:54:16,680 –> 00:54:20,640
\nall of us.
\nVerse 14 As those who wish to <\/p>\n
731
\n00:54:20,640 –> 00:54:26,280
\npass through our own crises.
\nVerse 14 The sinners in Zion are<\/p>\n
732
\n00:54:26,280 –> 00:54:29,040
\nafraid.
\nFearfulness have surprised the <\/p>\n
733
\n00:54:29,040 –> 00:54:32,640
\nhypocrites.
\nWho among us shall dwell with <\/p>\n
734
\n00:54:32,640 –> 00:54:36,240
\nthe devouring fire?
\nWho among us shall dwell with <\/p>\n
735
\n00:54:36,240 –> 00:54:41,160
\neverlasting burnings?
\nWho he that walketh righteously <\/p>\n
736
\n00:54:41,480 –> 00:54:45,480
\nand speaketh uprightly?
\nHe that despiseth the gain of <\/p>\n
737
\n00:54:45,480 –> 00:54:49,200
\noppressions, that shaketh his
\nhands from holding of bribes, <\/p>\n
738
\n00:54:49,680 –> 00:54:53,160
\nthat stoppeth his ears from
\nhearing of blood, and shutteth <\/p>\n
739
\n00:54:53,160 –> 00:54:56,880
\nhis eyes from seeing evil, he
\nshall dwell on high. <\/p>\n
740
\n00:54:57,480 –> 00:55:00,560
\nHis place of defence shall be
\nthe munitions of rocks. <\/p>\n
741
\n00:55:01,200 –> 00:55:06,760
\nBread shall be given him.
\nHis waters shall be sure thine <\/p>\n
742
\n00:55:06,760 –> 00:55:10,440
\neyes, Brothers and sisters shall
\nsee the King in his beauty. <\/p>\n
743
\n00:55:10,960 –> 00:55:14,440
\nThey shall behold the land that
\nis very far off. <\/p>\n
744
\n00:55:15,320 –> 00:55:17,640
\nOn that note, the vision of a
\nbrighter day. <\/p>\n
745
\n00:55:17,640 –> 00:55:21,240
\nWe end, but not totally of
\ncourse, our studies and the <\/p>\n
746
\n00:55:21,240 –> 00:55:24,440
\nthemes of Isaiah.
\nWe will be leaving this <\/p>\n
747
\n00:55:24,440 –> 00:55:27,360
\nafternoon, brothers and sisters,
\nand we wish you all Godspeed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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