ISAIAH
BEFORE EXILE
WHAT WAS THE PRIMARY REASON FOR GOD PUNISHING ISRAEL?
IDOL WORSHIP
NAME OR DESCRIPTION GIVEN TO JESUS IN ISAIAH
SERVANT
WHO DOES GOD SEND TO MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIS COMING KINGDOM?
THE SERVANT (JESUS)
WHAT DOES THIS CHAPTER SAY ABOUT JESUS'S PHYSICAL APPEARANCE?
NOTHING SPECIAL
"How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth ____ ____, that publisheth peace, that publisheth salvation...that sayeth unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
Isaiah 52
good tidings
ISAIAH'S JOB
PROPHET
ISAIAH TRIED TO HELP ISRAEL SEE THAT PUTING THEIR TRUST IN IDOLS WAS LIKE PUTTING THEIR TRUST IN WHAT? (REMEMBER ACTIVITY)
NOTHING AT ALL
HOW WILL THE SERVANT BE TREATED BY HIS PEOPLE?
REJECTED AND KILLED
WHAT DOES ISAIAH SAY ABOUT WHO CAN JOIN GOD'S NEW COVENANT FAMILY IN HIS NEW KINGDOM?
ALL NATIONS (ANYONE WILLING TO SUBMIT AND REPENT)
WHY WAS JESUS "WOUNDED"?
BECAUSE OF MAN'S SIN
"Surely he has borne our ___ and carried our ___ ; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted." Isa. 53
griefs, sorrows
WARN THE PEOPLE OF COMING JUDGEMENT
GIVE THEM HOPE DURING EXILE
TRUST IN GOD NOT IN IDOLS OR ALLIANCES
ISRAEL'S PUNISHMENT FOR IDOL WORSHIP
EXILE
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE SERVANT'S DEATH?
TO ATONE FOR THE SINS OF THE PEOPLE
WHAT DOES GOD WANT THEM TO LEARN FROM THE EXILE?
ISRAEL'S GOD IS THE TRUE KING AND NOT THE BABYLONIAN GODS
WHAT DOES THE CHAPTER SAY HEALS US?
HIS WOUNDS
"But he was wounded for ______; he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are _____."
Isa. 53
transgressions, healed
ROUGHLY HOW MUCH TIME PASSED BETWEEN ISAIAH'S PROPHECIES AND THE PUNISHMENT?
100 YEARS
WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT GOD HAD DONE TO PROVE THAT HE WAS GREATER AND MORE POWERFUL THAN ALL IDOLS
PLAGUES, RED SEA, MANNA, FOUGHT AND WON BATTLES, PROMISED LAND
THE SERVANT'S MISSION?
RESTORE ISRAEL AND BE A LIGHT TO THE NATIONS
WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT ISAIAH TRIED TO REMIND ISRAEL ABOUT GOD?
TRUSTWORTHY
WANTED TO TAKE CARE OF THEM
WANTED TO FORGIVE THEM
WANTED A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM
WITH SILENCE/LIKE A LAMB
For as the heavens are higher than the earth _____, so are my _____higher than your ____and my _____ than your _____.
Isa. 55
ways, thoughts
TWO MAIN THEMES IN THE BOOK
JUDGEMENT & HOPE
NAMES OF ONE BABYLONIAN IDOLS (46:1)
BEL & NEBO
WHAT DOES THE SERVANT'S DEATH AND RESURRECTION DO FOR THE PEOPLE'S RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD?
MAKES IT RIGHT AGAIN
WHAT IS GOD'S HOPE FOR ISRAEL AFTER THE EXILE?
TO BE GOD'S SERVANTS TO THE NATIONS
WHOSE "INIQUITY" WAS LAID ON JESUS?
OUR OWN
"For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I_____ thee.Isa. 55:6
thoughts, ways
WHEN WAS THE PROPHECY IN CHAPTER 53 FULFILLED?
WHEN JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS
WHAT DID ISAIAH TELL THE PEOPLE THEY COULD DO TO PROVE THEIR ALLEGIANCE TO GOD?
STOP WORSHIPING IDOLS
WHICH CHAPTER DESCRIBES JESUS'S DEATH?
53
HOW CAN WE BE SURE THAT GOD LOVED ALL OF MANKIND AND NOT JUST THE JEWS?
WHAT DOES THE CHAPTER SAY ABOUT THE PLACE OF HIS GRAVE?
IN A RICH MAN'S GRAVE
Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot ____, or his ear dull, that it cannot ____... Isa. 59:1
save, hear
WHEN WAS THE PROPHECY IN CHAPTER 61 FULFILLED?
WHEN JESUS BEGAN HIS MINISTRY
WHAT POINTS DID GOD MAKE TO PROVE THAT IDOL WORSHIP WAS POINTLESS (E.G. WHO MADE THEM AND WHAT THEY WERE MADE FROM)?
FROM WHICH CHAPTER DOES JESUS READ IN THE SYNAGOG AT NAZARETH?
61
HOW DID GOD DEMONSTRATE HIS LOVE FOR MANKIND?
SENDING HIS SON TO DIE
WHAT DOES THE CHAPTER SAY ABOUT WHAT JESUS WILL DO FOR "TRANSGRESSORS"?
MAKES INTERCESSION
"...but your iniquities have made a _______ between you and your God, and your ____ have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear." Isa 59:2
separation, sins