My Daily Bible study - Isaiah (2)

[Frances]

Isaiah 66

What does the text say? – The Lord says Heaven is His home and Earth His footstool. He is responsible for the creation of everything that exists. He only esteems those who respect His Word enough to obey it, not those who make an outward show of worshipping Him but whose heart does not belong to Him; He will choose their delusions, and will bring on them what they fear, because when He called they did not answer, and when He spoke they didn’t listen. Those who hate and exclude the Lord’s servants will be put to shame because He repays His enemies. Rejoice for the people of Jerusalem because the Lord will give them Peace like a river and wealth like a flooding stream and they will be comforted. The Lord will be known to His servants but His foes will only know His fury, with fire and sword He will execute Judgement and He will kill many, including all those who worship idols. The Lord will choose some of His people to proclaim His ‘glory among the nations and He will select some to serve Him. The Lord will create a new Heaven and new Earth and all mankind will worship Him.

Application? – Do I obey God’s Word – written and spoken? Is my life totally submitted to Him? Am I delighted that Jerusalem, and all God’s people in it will, one day, know all the benefits of Peace? Am I doing the work the Lord has chosen for me? Am I serving Him in the way He wants me to or in the way that I want to?

[Frances]

Quote :- (Henry H, Halley)[ Summary of Isaiah’s Predictions.

Fulfilled in his own lifetime
Judah to be delivered from Syria and Israel (7:4-7.16)
Syria and Israel to be destroyed by Assyrian (8;4,17:1-14)
Assyria to invade Judah (8:7-8)
Philistines to be subjugated (14:28-32)
Moab to be plundered (15 +16)
Egypt and Ethiopia to be conquered by Assyria (20:4)
Arabia to be pillaged (21:13-17)
Tyre to be subdued (23:1-12)
Jerusalem to be delivered from Assyria. (37:36 etc.)
Hezekiah’s life to be extended 15 years (38:5)

Fulfilled after Isaiah’s time
Babylonian captivity (39:5-7)
Babylon to be overthrown by Cyrus (46:11)
And the Medes and Elamites (13:17;21:2; 48:14)
Babylon’s perpetual desolation (13:20-22)
Cyrus called by name ( 44:28; 45:1;4)
Cyrus’ conquest of the world.(41:2-3)
Cyrus to liberate the captives(45:13)
Cyrus to re-build Jerusalem (44:28; 45:13)
Israel to be restored (27:12-13; 48:20; 51:14)
Israel’s religion to permeate Egypt and Assyria (19:18-25)
Israel’s religion to spread over the whole world ( 27:2-6)
Tyre’s captivity and restoration (23:13-18)
Edom’s perpetual desolation (34:5-17)

About the Messiah
His advent (40:3-5)
His virgin birth (7:4)
Galilee to be the scene of His Ministry (9:1-2)
His Deity and Eternity of His Throne ( 9:6-7)
His Sufferings (53)
To die with the wicked (53:9)
To be buried with the rich (53:9)
Might and gentleness of His reign (40:10-11)
Righteousness and beneficence of His reign (32:1-8; 61:1-3)
His Justice and Kindness (42:3-4,7)
His Rule over the Gentiles (2:2-3; 42:1,6; 49:6; 55:4-5; 56:6; 60:3-5)
His vast influence (49:7,23)
Idols to disappear (2:18)
A warless world to be brought into being (2:4; 65:25)
The earth to be destroyed (24; 26:21; 34:1-4)
Death to be destroyed (25:8; 26:19)
God’s people to be called by a new name (62:2; 65:15)
A new Heaven and a new Earth to be created ( 65:17; 66:22)
The Righteous and Wicked to be eternally separated (66:15; 22-24).