EARLY WARNING SYSTEM

EARLY WARNING SYSTEM Isaiah can see the promises of God, but he can also see how unworthy Israel is to receive such mercy.  God will continue to openly reveal the path to safety even to our modern day.  Is there any excuse for missing salvation when it has been so clearly announced for so long?

FIREWOOD

THE SENTENCE Babylon was given a mission to punish Israel, but they seem to have been having too much fun doing so.  Isaiah just warned that their idols would not come to life to save them from God’s punishment.  Now he is detailing their demise at the hands of the Persians under Cyrus. Isaiah 47

TAKE NOTES

  ONE TRUE GOD Isaiah again delivers the word of God proclaiming coming events.  If God has brought the defeat of Babylon by Cyrus, it was to demonstrate that he alone gives prophesy and makes it happen.  Now he points out the failure of false gods that cannot carry the hope of the men that

ONE SALVATION

  PROOF OF HOPE In the last chapter, Isaiah the prophet of the Lord introduced us to an unfamiliar name, Cyrus, and calls him his shepherd.  Why is God naming a hero who will help Israel long before he is even born? Isaiah 45 1 Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose

FORESIGHT

  ASSURANCE NAMED Isaiah again brings the word of the Lord to Israel, to encourage them to be close to him.  He promises to remember them and to remove their sins.  But he mocks those who try to make a god of wood or gold.  He wants them to be ready when he proves himself