| Title | Reference | Description | Publish Date |
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A Hymn of Praise
| Isaiah 12:1-6 |
Israel will then thank God and sing. This little song of praise comes from the heart of the one that has surrendered
to the Messiah as king, and enjoys the benefits of His reign.
| 2009-05-07 |
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Assyria Judged
| Isaiah 10:1-34 |
God uses Assyria in order to judge Israel, Syria and Judah. But what about Assyria? They were even more wicked than
Syria, Israel, or Judah. They will be judged also.
| 2009-05-07 |
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Babylon and Lucifer
| Isaiah 14:1-27 |
Since Babylon was Judah’s great enemy, any judgment on Babylon was an expression of mercy on Israel. So,
Isaiah follows the pronouncement of judgment on Babylon with the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will
still choose Israel.
| 2009-05-07 |
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Don't Trust Egypt
| Isaiah 20:1-6 |
Egypt cannot be trusted in to rescue Israel. Jerusalem was saved, not by intervention of Ethiopian or
Egyptian armies, but by the direct action of the Angel of the Lord.
| 2009-05-07 |
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Formalism Faithfulness And The Holy One Of Israel
| Isaiah 29:1-24 |
This prophecy follows the prophecy in chapter 28 by over twenty years. The people still rejected the Word that
Isaiah preached. Now Assyria was ruled by Sennacherib. The empire was in rebellion against him and so he firstly decided
to deal with Babylon and Egypt. Within Judah, Hezekiah was in complete control.
| 2009-06-06 |
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God's Universal Reign
| Isaiah 2:1-22 |
The verses 1-5 are very similar to Micah 4:1-5. The two men were around at the same time. It is hard to speculate that
one copied from the other or used the same written source. Isaiah and Micah prophesied that which the Holy Spirit moved
each of them to prophecy. God was their source.
| 2009-04-17 |
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Hezekiah And The War Against Assyria Part One
| Isaiah 36:1-22 |
See Isaiah 36-37. This was Assyria's second attempt at invasion.
The first time they came Judah paid them tribute and they left. Now they have broken their
promise and they are in big trouble.
| 2009-09-04 |
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Hezekiah And The War Against Assyria Part Two
| Isaiah 37:1-38 |
The king was distressed and went into the temple to pray, while he sent men to give Isaiah
a report on what had happened. Isaiah's response was encouraging. "Tell Hezekiah that God said He
heard the blasphemy of Rabshakeh and that Sennacherib, the king of Assyria will soon be leaving, and will
die back in Assyria.
| 2009-09-04 |
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Hezekiah And The War Against Death
| Isaiah 38:1-21 |
Hezekiah is not well and gets a visit from Isaiah who doesn't bring a get well card! He tells
him that he is going to die! God was remarkably kind to Hezekiah, telling him that his death was near.
Not all people are given the time to set your house in order. We know from comparing 2 Kings 18:2 with
2 Kings 20:6, that Hezekiah was 39 years old when he learned he would soon die.
| 2009-09-04 |
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Hezekiah And The War Against Pride
| Isaiah 39:1-8 |
The presence of Merodach-Baladan shows this was more than a courtesy call. This was an attempt
to bring the kingdom of Judah on to the side of the Babylonians against the Assyrians. We can imagine that
this was flattering for King Hezekiah. After all, Judah was a lowly nation with little power, and Babylon as
a junior superpower. To receive this notice and recognition from the king of Babylon must have really made
Hezekiah feel he was important.
| 2009-09-04 |
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Isaiah's Commission
| Isaiah 6:1-13 |
At the heart of Isaiah’s ministry lies this vision of God. In it he sees the glory of God, and yet he makes no attempt
to describe God Himself, probably because what he saw was indescribable. So instead he is satisfied with describing all
that surrounded Him, leaving the impression of what he saw to our imagination.
| 2009-04-17 |
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Patience God's Way
| Isaiah 40:25-31 | Those who hope in God wil not be deficient in strength. We must not become agitated,
or throw ourselves forward rashly, but wait patiently. In this passage waiting
means patience and hope. | 2008-01-01 |
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Politics And Faith
| Isaiah 30:1-33 |
This prophecy was given at a time when the Assyrian army was attacking Israel and Judah. The northern kingdom of Israel
would be conquered by Assyria, and the people of Israel would be taken into exile. The Assyrians would then come against
the southern kingdom of Judah, and because of this threat the leaders of Judah looked to Egypt for protection against
the Assyrian invasion.
| 2009-06-06 |
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The Battle Of Armageddon
| Isaiah 34:1-17 |
In the immediate context, Isaiah continues the thought of the coming judgment against the Assyrians. But in the larger context, we can see this passage as an
announcement of the judgment of come upon the nations during the Great Tribulation. Jesus, and many Old Testament prophets, plainly told us of a coming time
He called great tribulation (Matthew 24:21), when because of the judgment of God, conditions on earth would be the worst human
history had ever seen.
| 2009-06-06 |
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The Battle Of Armageddon
| Isaiah 34:1-17 |
In the immediate context, Isaiah continues the thought of the coming judgment against the Assyrians. But in the larger context, we can see this passage as an
announcement of the judgment of come upon the nations during the Great Tribulation. Jesus, and many Old Testament prophets, plainly told us of a coming time of judgment.
Revelation chapters 6, 8-9, and 16-18 describe this horrific time, when there will be widespread
ecological, economic, cosmic, and human catastrophe on a level never before known in history.
| 2009-09-04 |
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The Branch And Root Of Jesse
| Isaiah 11:1-16 |
From the local and temporary national deliverance the prophet now speaks of the everlasting deliverance under
Messiah's reign, not merely His first coming, but chiefly His second coming. The language and illustrations are still drawn from the temporary
national subject, with which he began, but the glories described pertain to Messiah's reign.
| 2009-05-07 |
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The Branch Of The Lord
| Isaiah 4:1-6 |
Israel's future hope is the result of the activity of the activity of God. The glorious future is connected
with the Branch of the Lord.
| 2009-04-17 |
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The Comfort Of Israel's Incomparable God
| Isaiah 40:1-31 |
The announcement that the Babylonians would someday capture Jerusalem and take the people into exile was a bitter
blow. In any group waiting to hear God’s word, there are any number of hidden hurting hearts. It is important for
those hurting hearts to hear a word of comfort from God’s messenger. The comfort comes with tender words, spoken to
the heart. How God’s messengers today must speak to the heart!
| 2009-09-27 |
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The Divine Sign, The Virgin Son
| Isaiah 7:1-25 |
The Lord is speaking through the prophet to Ahaz. God tells Ahaz to ask for a sign in verses 10-11. It can be a
sign on the earth or in the sky above.
| 2009-04-17 |
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The Failure Of Human Leadership
| Isaiah 3:1-26 |
When Israel wanted a king to rule over them like all the other nations it
came at a cost to their freedom. A king recruits many administrators and there is a tendency to rely on these
individuals rather than God.
| 2009-04-17 |
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The Fall Of Babylon
| Isaiah 13:1-22 |
The Lord has first spoken to Israel and Judah. Isaiah is going to speak of the Gentile nations in
chapters 13-23. Babylon is the first to be condemned.
| 2009-05-07 |
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The Fall Of Satan
| Isaiah 14:12-14 | Every soldier must know about his enemy. It is important to know something about his strategy and devices so that we can recognise him and defeat him. The enemy
of every Christian is the Devil. He is known by many names but how did he come to
be an enemy of God and mankind? | 2006-08-15 |
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The Foolishness Of The Treaty With Egypt
| Isaiah 31:1-9 |
Isaiah confronts Judah with two sins: the sin of trusting in Egypt and their military might, and the sin of not looking to the Holy One of Israel.
Everybody lives by faith. It is part of the human condition. Financiers trust market forces, militarists trust bombs, scientists
trust nature’s regularities. Jerusalem’s leaders trusted Egypt. Isaiah confronts Judah with two sins: the sin of trusting in Egypt and their military
might, and the sin of not looking to the Holy One of Israel.
| 2009-06-06 |
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The Glorious Kingdom Of The Messiah
| Isaiah 35:1-10 |
After the judgment on the nations described in Isaiah 34, God will bring a beautiful restoration. Judea was prosperous in the days of Hezekiah,
but the kingdom of Christ is the great subject intended.
| 2009-06-06 |
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The Ideal Man And What's Wrong With Women?
| Isaiah 32:1-20 |
In the previous chapter, God assured that the Assyrians would be judged, and Judah would be delivered. In this chapter,
great blessings are prophesied, such as a righteous government in the future (Christ's Kingdom).
| 2009-06-06 |
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The Little Apocalypse - Part Four
| Isaiah 27:1-13 |
The theme of Isaiah 24 through 27 is about the day when the Kingdom of the Messiah ultimately
triumphs and rules.
| 2009-05-07 |
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The Little Apocalypse - Part One
| Isaiah 24:1-23 |
Isaiah invites us to behold, to look upon the scene of God’s judgment. The principles revealed here apply universally to the judgment
of the Lord, but the ultimate fulfillment of this will be in the ultimate period of judgment, the time of the Great
Tribulation.
| 2009-05-07 |
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The Little Apocalypse - Part Three
| Isaiah 26:1-21 |
The context from Isaiah 24 and 25 points to the day of the Messiah’s ultimate triumph, the day when the Messiah reigns
over Israel, and over all the world. In that day, there will be a lot of joyful singing, such as this song that will
be sung in the land of Judah.
| 2009-05-07 |
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The Little Apocalypse - Part Two
| Isaiah 25:1-12 |
This song shows the kind of heart that praises God in the midst of tribulation,
even in the midst of the Great Tribulation.
| 2009-05-07 |
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The Prophecy Against Babylon, Dumah and Arabia
| Isaiah 21:1-17 |
Isaiah has more words from God to the nations including Babylon again. Babylon has always represented in the Bible the city of the
world which is opposed to God.
| 2009-05-07 |
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The Prophecy Against Damascus
| Isaiah 17:1-14 |
Damascus is one of the great cities of the ancient world, and the capital of the ancient nation of Syria. Syria
is positioned to the immediate north-east of Israel, and the northern tribes, around the Sea of Galilee, had
constant contact and interaction with Syria. Damascus was the capital city of Syria. Syria was troubling Judah at
the moment but they would soon have problems of their own.
| 2009-05-07 |
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The Prophecy Against Egypt
| Isaiah 19:1-25 |
Egypt was one of the great powers of the ancient world, and being situated immediately to the south of Israel, it was an empire that
Israel constantly had to reckon with. Many times Egypt had been the enemy of Israel, at times Egypt had been a refuge for
Israel, and sometimes Egypt offered a tempting but ungodly alliance to Israel. Egypt and Ethiopia practically made up one
kingdom. This chapter takes us from the past into the distant future.
| 2009-05-07 |
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The Prophecy Against Ethiopia
| Isaiah 18:1-7 |
The Assyrians are approaching the Nile valley and Ethiopia is very disturbed, They are fleeing to other
nations to seek help.
| 2009-05-07 |
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The Prophecy Against Jerusalem
| Isaiah 22:1-25 |
It is strange to find a prophecy against Judah and Jerusalem in a section that deals with the nations. But since Judah had chosen to
behave like her neighbors and to desert the Lord, she deserved to be judged.
| 2009-05-07 |
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The Prophecy Against Moab - Part One
| Isaiah 15:1-9 |
God will also destroy Moab. Moab was a small country to the south and east of Israel. The founder of the people of Moab was the son born of the
incestuous relationship between Lot and one of his daughters, when his daughters made Lot drunk, after the destruction of Sodom and
Gomorrah.
| 2009-05-07 |
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The Prophecy Against Moab - Part Two
| Isaiah 16:1-14 |
The prophecy against Moab continues from chapter 15. There are words of advice to the nation from the Lord.
Isaiah wanted Judah to be a place of refuge and protection for Moab under judgment.
| 2009-05-07 |
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The Sin Of Satan
| Isaiah 14:12-14 | We read in this passage that Lucifer brought conflict between his will and the will
of God by treasuring five sinful desires in his heart. These five desires known
as the would ultimately bring about his downfall. | 2006-08-17 |
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The Song Of The Vineyard
| Isaiah 5:1-30 |
God planted the nation as a gardener would plant a vine. The Lord did everything to make it bear fruit,
but it only bore wild grapes instead of good ones. The wolfs bane, or wild vine (2 Kings 4:39), does bear
beautiful berries, but they are bitter, foul-smelling and poisonous in nature.
| 2009-04-17 |
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The Stone Of Stumbling
| Isaiah 8:1-22 |
This chapter gives us the judgment leading up to the coming of the deliverer in chapter 9. Clearly the focus is on the
destruction that took place in Samaria in 722 B.C., but includes the invasion of even Judah at that time. However, the
message centers on the positive note that God will be with them if they trust in His word and hold their integrity. So
even in a passage about judgment there is the direction for positive application.
| 2009-04-17 |
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The Sure Foundation
| Isaiah 32:1-20 |
Hezekiah has now become King of Judah in 716 BC. See 2 Kings 18:1ff. The Northern Kingdom is about to fall and Judah
has a problem with Assyria. Hezekiah want sto turn to Egypt for help instead of trusting God. Isaiah prophecies against this
alliance in chapters 28-33, known as "The Book of Woes". Hezekiah was the son of Ahaz and he was 25 at the start of his
reign and reigned for 29 years. It appears that he assumed a co-regency with Ahaz around about 729 BC before becoming
King in 716 BC.
| 2009-06-06 |
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The Treacherous Assyria And The Glorious Lord
| Isaiah 33:1-24 |
This prophecy, spoken before the Assyrian invasion, shows that this seemingly unstoppable army will in fact be
stopped. Those who did the plundering will be plundered, and will be dealt with treacherously by others.
| 2009-06-06 |
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The Wickedness Of Formal Worship
| Isaiah 1:1-31 |
A major part of the purpose of worship is to maintain one's relationship with the One who is worthy of worship.
Judah was so defiled by evil that a dramatic turnaround was required if their worship was to be accepted by God.
God provided the cleansing if the people would be serious in their commitment to walk God's way.
| 2009-04-17 |
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Turning Stress Into Strength
| Isaiah 40:28-31 | Stress is how your body responds to events. Our body can responds to pollen by giving
us hay fever. There are many things that can cause stress in your body. It can be a death, finances, sickness, etc. The body responds by activating your nervous system
and hormones are released. This is natural provided that we can keep things under control. | 2007-04-07 |
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Unto Us A Child Is Born
| Isaiah 9:1-21 |
The gloom from chapter 8 carries on into chapter 9 but there is a promise of a day of special blessing.
| 2009-05-07 |
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When God Flexes His Muscles
| Isaiah 52-53 |
If you want to know if God hates sin, look at the cross. If you want to know if God will
punish sin, look at the Beloved of His heart enduring the tortures of its penalty. That cross
became an altar where we behold the Lamb of God taking away the sin of the world. He was
dying for somebody else. He was dying for you and me.
| 2008-08-23 |