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Study Section 15: Chapters 50 - 53

15.1 Connect.

Whereas so many of the prophecies have a contemporary application and perhaps several
other applications, this section of Isaiah can really only be about one thing: Jesus Christ. This is
illustrated in Acts 8: 34-35. ‘Is the author speaking of himself or someone else?’

It is about ‘substitutionary atonement’. In the Old Testament, it required the blood of an
unblemished goat or sheep or pigeon. God, however, used these symbols and practices to illustrate the
eternal truth of redemption and its cost. Contrary to many of the prophets who predicted that the
Messiah would rule the world, Isaiah predicts a coming Messiah who will suffer and offer Himself as a
sacrifice for the sins of the people. This type of Messiah was not what the people of Israel wanted, but it
was necessary for the salvation of all mankind.

15.2 Objectives .

1. The student should be able to discuss how Christ listened perfectly to His Father and obeyed
completely, even though it meant suffering; as a result He will save all who turn from self and listen
to Him.

2. The student should be able to describe how Isaiah will demonstrate that God’s saving actions in
the past are the key to our hope for the future.

3. The student should be able to discuss that Zion is commanded to awake, throw off defiled garments,
and celebrate the glory of God’s sovereign reign.

4. The student should be able to discuss that Jesus Christ is presented as our Suffering Servant whose
substitutionary death and victorious resurrection are predicted seven centuries in advance.

15.3 Chapter 50 - Main Idea: Christ listened perfectly to His Father and obeyed completely,
even though it meant suffering; as a result He will save all who turn from self and listen to
Him.

This chapter speaks to the importance of listening. Jesus often used phrase ‘He who has ears, let
him hear’.

V. 1-3 explain the reasons for the exile…what they were and what they were not. The certificate
of divorce and the process of being sold to creditors was a permanent thing. If that had been the
case, God could not have taken Israel back.

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