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Isaiah

                                                  By Bruce Williams, MS.Ed.

               Note:  With deep gratitude to Pastor Andrew M. Davis for allowing me to use his book ‘Exalting Jesus in
               Isaiah’ as a primary source for the information that follows.




                                 Study Section 1:  Introduction and Chapters 1 - 3





                1.1 Connect.

                       God has never left us in the dark!  He has revealed Himself to mankind over and over again by
                       actually speaking with certain individuals such as Noah and Abraham.  But one of the primary
                       ways He communicated with people before the came to earth was through men and women of
                       God who were called prophets or prophetesses.  They would hear God’s words and then
                       communicate them to the people.  Sad to say, most of these prophets were laughed at and
                       ridiculed and even killed.  Mankind throughout the eras of time has pretty much wholesale
               rejected God’s words.  Even when He came in the flesh, He was rejected and crucified.


               Isaiah was a prophet of God who shared God’s word to the people of Judah.  And for the most part, his
               words were rejected.    But as all the other prophets, God told them to share His truth to them
               regardless of the outcome.  He is a God of grace and love.  The prophets warned the people that if they
               refused to repent and turn to God, destruction was coming.  Their messages fell on non-listening ears.
               Let’s find out who Isaiah was, one of the greatest of all God’s prophets.

                1.2 Objectives.

                     1.  The student should be able to discuss the time and setting of Isaiah’s life and prophetic
                     ministry.


                     2. The student should be able to explain that God warns the wicked people of Judea to turn from
               their sin for salvation.


               3.  The student should be able to discuss how God levels all human idols, establishing and exalting His
               temple, causing the nations to stream to Him.


                1.3 Introduction


                       The book of Isaiah provides us with the most comprehensive prophetic picture of Jesus Christ in
                       the entire Old Testament. It includes the full scope of His life: the announcement of His coming
                       (Isaiah 40:3–5), His virgin birth (7:14), His proclamation of the good news (61:1), His sacrificial



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