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OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX

OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX. SALVATION FOR THE GENTILES V. 1-8 ISRAEL'S IRRESPONSIBLE LEADERS V. 9-12. READ: ISAIAH 56:1-2. SALVATION FOR THE GENTILES 1 Thus says the LORD: "Keep justice, and do righteousness, For My salvation is about to come, And My righteousness to be revealed.

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OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX

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  1. OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX SALVATION FOR THE GENTILES V. 1-8 ISRAEL'S IRRESPONSIBLE LEADERS V. 9-12

  2. READ: ISAIAH 56:1-2 SALVATION FOR THE GENTILES 1 Thus says the LORD: "Keep justice, and do righteousness, For My salvation is about to come, And My righteousness to be revealed. 2 Blessed is the man who does this, And the son of man who lays hold on it; Who keeps from defiling the Sabbath, And keeps his hand from doing any evil."

  3. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:1-2 SALVATION FOR THE GENTILES 1 Thus says the LORD: "Keep justice, and do righteousness, For My salvation is about to come, And My righteousness to be revealed. 2 Blessed is the man who does this, And the son of man who lays hold on it; Who keeps from defiling the Sabbath, And keeps his hand from doing any evil.“ WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO? WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT THEM TO DO? WHY? WHO WILL THE LORD BLESS? WHY?

  4. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:1-2 SALVATION FOR THE GENTILES 1 Thus says the LORD: "Keep justice, and do righteousness, For My salvation is about to come, And My righteousness to be revealed. WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO? WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT THEM TO DO? WHY? WHAT DID DAVID SAY ABOUT THE LORD? READ: PSALMS 11:7 7 The LORD is righteous, He loves righteousness; His countenance beholds the upright. READ: PSALMS 85:9 9 Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, That glory may dwell in our land. NKJV

  5. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:1-2 WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO? WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT THEM TO DO? WHY? Keep justice, and do righteousness For My salvation is about to come, And My righteousness to be revealed WHAT DID THE LORD WANT ISRAEL TO DO? READ: ISAIAH 1:17 17 Learn to do good; Seek justice, Rebuke the oppressor; Defend the fatherless, Plead for the widow. READ: ISAIAH 26:9 9 With my soul I have desired You in the night, Yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You early; For when Your judgments are in the earth, The inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. NKJV

  6. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:1-2 WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO? WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT THEM TO DO? WHY? Keep justice, and do righteousness For My salvation is about to come, And My righteousness to be revealed WHAT DID THE LORD WANT ISRAEL TO DO? READ: ISAIAH 46:12-13 12 "Listen to Me, you stubborn-hearted, Who are far from righteousness: 13 I bring My righteousness near, it shall not be far off; My salvation shall not linger. And I will place salvation in Zion, For Israel My glory. NKJV

  7. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:1-2 WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO? WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT THEM TO DO? WHY? Keep justice, and do righteousness For My salvation is about to come, And My righteousness to be revealed WHAT DID THE LORD WANT ISRAEL TO DO? READ: JEREMIAH 22:3 3 Thus says the LORD: "Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the plundered out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong and do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place. NKJV

  8. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:1-2 WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO? WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT THEM TO DO? WHY? Keep justice, and do righteousness For My salvation is about to come, And My righteousness to be revealed WHAT DID JEREMIAH PROPHECY? READ: JEREMIAH 23:5-6 5 "Behold, the days are coming," says the LORD, "That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness; A King shall reign and prosper, And execute judgment and righteousness in the earth. 6 In His days Judah will be saved, And Israel will dwell safely; Now this is His name by which He will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. NKJV

  9. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:1-2 WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO? WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT THEM TO DO? WHY? Keep justice, and do righteousness For My salvation is about to come, And My righteousness to be revealed WHAT DID DANIEL PROPHECY? READ: DANIEL 9:24 24 "Seventy weeks are determined For your people and for your holy city, To finish the transgression, To make an end of sins, To make reconciliation for iniquity, To bring in everlasting righteousness, To seal up vision and prophecy, And to anoint the Most Holy. NKJV

  10. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:1-2 WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO? WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT THEM TO DO? WHY? Keep justice, and do righteousness For My salvation is about to come, And My righteousness to be revealed WHAT DID JOHN PREACH? READ: MATTHEW 3:1-3 1 In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!“ 3 For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying: "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the LORD; Make His paths straight.'" NKJV

  11. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:1-2 WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT THEM TO DO? WHY? Keep justice, and do righteousness For My salvation is about to come, And My righteousness to be revealed WHAT DID JOHN PREACH? READ: LUKE 3:3-6 3 And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins, 4 as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying: "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the LORD; Make His paths straight. 5 Every valley shall be filled And every mountain and hill brought low; The crooked places shall be made straight And the rough ways smooth; 6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.'" NKJV

  12. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:1-2 WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO? WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT THEM TO DO? WHY? Keep justice, and do righteousness For My salvation is about to come, And My righteousness to be revealed WHAT DID JESUS PREACH? READ: MATTHEW 4:12; 17 12 Now when Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, He departed to Galilee. 17 From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." NKJV (Mark 1:14,15; Luke 4:14,15)

  13. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:1-2 WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO? WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT THEM TO DO? WHY? Keep justice, and do righteousness For My salvation is about to come, And My righteousness to be revealed WHAT DID JESUS PREACH? READ: LUKE 21:29-31 29 Then He spoke to them a parable: "Look at the fig tree, and all the trees. 30 When they are already budding, you see and know for yourselves that summer is now near. 31 So you also, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near. NKJV

  14. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:1-2 WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT THEM TO DO? WHY? Keep justice, and do righteousness For My salvation is about to come, And My righteousness to be revealed WHAT DID PAUL PREACH? READ: ROMANS 3:23-26 23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, 26 to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. NKJV

  15. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:1-2 WHAT DID PAUL PREACH? READ: ROMANS 13:11-14 11 And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. 12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. 13 Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts. NKJV

  16. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:1-2 WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT THEM TO DO? WHY? Keep justice, and do righteousness For My salvation is about to come, And My righteousness to be revealed WHAT DID PAUL PREACH? READ: HEBREWS 10:24-25 24 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, 25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching. NKJV

  17. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:1-2 WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT THEM TO DO? WHY? Keep justice, and do righteousness For My salvation is about to come, And My righteousness to be revealed WHAT DID PAUL PREACH? READ: HEBREWS 10:36-39 36 For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise: 37 "For yet a little while, And He who is coming will come and will not tarry. 38 Now the just shall live by faith; But if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him." 39 But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul. NKJV

  18. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:1-2 WHO WAS COMMANDED TO KEEP THE SABBATH? READ: EZEKIEL 20:19-21 19 I am the LORD your God: Walk in My statutes, keep My judgments, and do them; 20 hallow My Sabbaths, and they will be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am the LORD your God.' 21 "Notwithstanding, the children rebelled against Me; they did not walk in My statutes, and were not careful to observe My judgments, 'which, if a man does, he shall live by them'; but they profaned My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them and fulfill My anger against them in the wilderness. NKJV

  19. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:1-2 WHO WILL THE LORD BLESS? Blessed is the man who does this Who keeps from defiling the Sabbath, And keeps his hand from doing any evil.“ READ: PSALMS 1:1-2 1 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night. NKJV

  20. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:1-2 WHO WILL THE LORD BLESS? Blessed is the man who does this Who keeps from defiling the Sabbath, And keeps his hand from doing any evil.“ READ: PSALMS 119:1-2 1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, Who walk in the law of the LORD! 2 Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, Who seek Him with the whole heart! NKJV

  21. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:1-2 WHO WILL THE LORD BLESS? Blessed is the man who does this Who keeps from defiling the Sabbath, And keeps his hand from doing any evil.“ WHO WAS COMMANDED TO KEEP THE SABBATH? READ: EXODUS 20:8-10 8 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. NKJV

  22. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:1-2 WHO WILL THE LORD BLESS? Blessed is the man who does this Who keeps from defiling the Sabbath, And keeps his hand from doing any evil.“ WHO WAS COMMANDED TO KEEP THE SABBATH? READ: EXODUS 31:13-14 13 "Speak also to the children of Israel, saying: 'Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you. 14 You shall keep the Sabbath, therefore, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people. NKJV

  23. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:1-2 Blessed is the man who does this Who keeps from defiling the Sabbath, And keeps his hand from doing any evil.“ WHO WAS COMMANDED TO KEEP THE SABBATH? READ: JEREMIAH 17:21-27 21 Thus says the LORD: "Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; 22 nor carry a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath day, nor do any work, but hallow the Sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers. 23 But they did not obey nor incline their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear nor receive instruction.

  24. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:1-2 WHO WILL THE LORD BLESS? Blessed is the man who does this Who keeps from defiling the Sabbath, And keeps his hand from doing any evil.“ WHO WAS COMMANDED TO KEEP THE SABBATH? READ: JEREMIAH 17:21-27 24 "And it shall be, if you heed Me carefully," says the LORD, "to bring no burden through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work in it, 25 then shall enter the gates of this city kings and princes sitting on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their princes, accompanied by the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and this city shall remain forever.

  25. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:1-2 WHO WILL THE LORD BLESS? Blessed is the man who does this Who keeps from defiling the Sabbath, And keeps his hand from doing any evil.“ WHO WAS COMMANDED TO KEEP THE SABBATH? READ: JEREMIAH 17:21-27 26 And they shall come from the cities of Judah and from the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin and from the lowland, from the mountains and from the South, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and incense, bringing sacrifices of praise to the house of the LORD. 27 "But if you will not heed Me to hallow the Sabbathday, such as not carrying a burden when entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle a fire in its gates, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched."'" NKJV

  26. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:1-2 WHO WAS COMMANDED TO KEEP THE SABBATH? READ: EZEKIEL 20:11-14 11 And I gave them My statutes and showed them My judgments, 'which, if a man does, he shall live by them.‘ 12 Moreover I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between them and Me, that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them. 13 Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness; they did not walk in My statutes; they despised My judgments, 'which, if a man does, he shall live by them'; and they greatly defiled My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them in the wilderness, to consume them. 14 But I acted for My name's sake, that it should not be profaned before the Gentiles, in whose sight I had brought them out. NKJV

  27. READ: ISAIAH 56:3-5 SALVATION FOR THE GENTILES 3 Do not let the son of the foreigner Who has joined himself to the LORD Speak, saying, "The LORD has utterly separated me from His people"; Nor let the eunuch say, "Here I am, a dry tree.“ 4 For thus says the LORD: "To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, And choose what pleases Me, And hold fast My covenant, 5 Even to them I will give in My house And within My walls a place and a name Better than that of sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name That shall not be cut off.

  28. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:3-5 SALVATION FOR THE GENTILES 3 Do not let the son of the foreigner Who has joined himself to the LORD Speak, saying, "The LORD has utterly separated me from His people"; Nor let the eunuch say, "Here I am, a dry tree.“ 4 For thus says the LORD: "To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, And choose what pleases Me, And hold fast My covenant, 5 Even to them I will give in My house And within My walls a place and a name Better than that of sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name That shall not be cut off. WHO IS THE FOREIGNER? EUNUCH? WHAT IS HE COMMANDED NOT TO SAY? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE EUNUCHS?

  29. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:3-5 3 Do not let the son of the foreigner Who has joined himself to the LORD Speak, saying, "The LORD has utterly separated me from His people"; Nor let the eunuch say, "Here I am, a dry tree.“ WHO IS THE FOREIGNER? AMMONITE? MOABITE? HOW WERE THEY EXCLUDED? WHY? READ: DEUTERONOMY 23:3-8 3 "An Ammonite or Moabiteshall not enter the assembly of the LORD; even to the tenth generation none of his descendants shall enter the assembly of the LORD forever, 4 because they did not meet you with bread and water on the road when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.

  30. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:3-5 3 Do not let the son of the foreigner Who has joined himself to the LORD Speak, saying, "The LORD has utterly separated me from His people"; Nor let the eunuch say, "Here I am, a dry tree.“ WHO IS THE FOREIGNER? AMMONITE? MOABITE? HOW WERE THEY EXCLUDED? WHY? READ: DEUTERONOMY 23:3-8 5 Nevertheless the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you. 6 You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.

  31. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:3-5 3 Do not let the son of the foreigner Who has joined himself to the LORD Speak, saying, "The LORD has utterly separated me from His people"; Nor let the eunuch say, "Here I am, a dry tree.“ WHO IS THE FOREIGNER? EDOMITE? EGYPTIAN? WHY WERE THEY NOT EXCLUDED? READ: DEUTERONOMY 23:3-8 7 "You shall not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother. You shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you were an alien in his land. 8 The children of the third generation born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD. NKJV

  32. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:3-5 3 Do not let the son of the foreigner Who has joined himself to the LORD Speak, saying, "The LORD has utterly separated me from His people"; Nor let the eunuch say, "Here I am, a dry tree.“ WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO MOSES & AARON? WHO IS THE FOREIGNER? HOW WERE THEY EXCLUDED? WHY? READ: EXODUS 12:43-46 43 And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the ordinance of the Passover: No foreigner shall eat it. 44 But every man's servant who is bought for money, when you have circumcised him, then he may eat it. 45 A sojourner and a hired servant shall not eat it. (GENESIS 17:9-14 EXODUS 12:1-13)

  33. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:3-5 WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO AARON? WHO WAS EXCLUDED? WHY? READ: LEVITICUS 21:17-21 17 "Speak to Aaron, saying: 'No man of your descendants in succeeding generations, who has any defect, may approach to offer the bread of his God. 18 For any man who has a defect shall not approach: a man blind or lame, who has a marred face or any limb too long, 19 a man who has a broken foot or broken hand, 20 or is a hunchback or a dwarf, or a man who has a defect in his eye, or eczema or scab, or is a eunuch. 21 No man of the descendants of Aaron the priest, who has a defect, shall come near to offer the offerings made by fire to the LORD. He has a defect; he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God. NKJV

  34. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:3-5 3 Do not let the son of the foreigner Who has joined himself to the LORD Speak, saying, "The LORD has utterly separated me from His people"; Nor let the eunuch say, "Here I am, a dry tree.“ WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO AARON? WHO IS THE FOREIGNER? OUTSIDER? READ: NUMBERS 18:4 & 7 4 They shall be joined with you and attend to the needs of the tabernacle of meeting, for all the work of the tabernacle; but an outsider shall not come near you. 7 Therefore you and your sons with you shall attend to your priesthood for everything at the altar and behind the veil; and you shall serve. I give your priesthood to you as a gift for service, but the outsider who comes near shall be put to death." NKJV

  35. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:3-5 WHAT DID SOLOMON SAY ABOUT THE FOREIGNER? READ: 1 KINGS 8:41-43 41 "Moreover, concerning a foreigner, who is not of Your people Israel, but has come from a far country for Your name's sake 42 for they will hear of Your great name and Your strong hand and Your outstretched arm), when he comes and prays toward this temple, 43 hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, that all peoples of the earth may know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and that they may know that this temple which I have built is called by Your name.

  36. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:3-5 3 Do not let the son of the foreigner Who has joined himself to the LORD Speak, saying, "The LORD has utterly separated me from His people"; Nor let the eunuch say, "Here I am, a dry tree.“ WHO IS THE FOREIGNER? EUNUCH? WHAT IS A EUNUCH? READ: DEUTERONOMY 23:1-2 1 "He who is emasculated by crushing or mutilationshall not enter the assembly of the LORD. 2 "One of illegitimate birth shall not enter the assembly of the LORD; even to the tenth generation none of his descendants shall enter the assembly of the LORD.

  37. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:3-5 3 Do not let the son of the foreigner Who has joined himself to the LORD Speak, saying, "The LORD has utterly separated me from His people"; Nor let the eunuch say, "Here I am, a dry tree.“ WHO IS THE FOREIGNER? EUNUCH? WHERE COULD THESE EUNUCHS SERVE? READ: ESTHER 1:10-11 10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, seven eunuchs who served in the presence of King Ahasuerus, 11 to bring Queen Vashti before the king, wearing her royal crown, in order to show her beauty to the people and the officials, for she was beautiful to behold. NKJV

  38. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:3-5 3 Do not let the son of the foreigner Who has joined himself to the LORD Speak, saying, "The LORD has utterly separated me from His people"; Nor let the eunuch say, "Here I am, a dry tree.“ WHO IS THE FOREIGNER? EUNUCH? WHERE COULD THESE EUNUCHS SERVE? READ: ESTHER 2:3 3 Let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather all the beautiful young virgins to Shushan the citadel, into the women's quarters, under the custody of Hegai the king's eunuch, custodian of the women. And let beauty preparations be given them. NKJV

  39. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:3-5 WHO IS THE FOREIGNER? EUNUCH? WHERE COULD THESE EUNUCHS SERVE? READ: ESTHER 2:14-15 14 In the evening she went, and in the morning she returned to the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch who kept the concubines. She would not go in to the king again unless the king delighted in her and called for her by name. 15 Now when the turn came for Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his daughter, to go in to the king, she requested nothing but what Hegai the king's eunuch, the custodian of the women, advised. And Esther obtained favor in the sight of all who saw her. NKJV

  40. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:3-5 WHO IS THE FOREIGNER? EUNUCH? HOW DID EBED-MELECH SERVE? READ: JEREMIAH 38:7-10 7 Now Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs, who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon. When the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin, 8 Ebed-Melech went out of the king's house and spoke to the king, saying: 9 "My lord the king, these men have done evil in allthatthey have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon, and he is likely to die from hunger in the place where he is. For there is no more bread in the city.“ 10 Then the king commanded Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian, saying, "Take from here thirty men with you, and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon before he dies.“ NKJV

  41. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:3-5 WHO IS THE FOREIGNER? EUNUCH? WHERE COULD THESE EUNUCHS SERVE? READ: DANIEL 1:3-4 3 Then the king instructed Ashpenaz, the master of his eunuchs, to bring some of the children of Israel and some of the king's descendants and some of the nobles, 4 young men in whom there was no blemish, but good-looking, gifted in all wisdom, possessing knowledge and quick to understand, who had ability to serve in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the language and literature of the Chaldeans. NKJV WAS DANIEL A EUNUCH?

  42. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:3-5 SALVATION FOR THE GENTILES 3 Do not let the son of the foreigner Who has joined himself to the LORD Speak, saying, "The LORD has utterly separated me from His people"; Nor let the eunuch say, "Here I am, a dry tree.“ WHO IS THE FOREIGNER? GENTILE? READ: ISAIAH 11:10 10 "And in that day there shall be a Root of Jesse, Who shall stand as a banner to the people; For the Gentiles shall seek Him, And His resting place shall be glorious." NKJV

  43. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:3-5 SALVATION FOR THE GENTILES WHO IS THE FOREIGNER? GENTILE? READ: ZECHARIAH 8:20-23 20 "Thus says the LORD of hosts: 'Peoples shall yet come, Inhabitants of many cities; 21 The inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, "Let us continue to go and pray before the LORD, And seek the LORD of hosts. I myself will go also." 22 Yes, many peoples and strong nationsShall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, And to pray before the LORD.' 23 "Thus says the LORD of hosts: 'In those days ten men from every language of the nations shall grasp the sleeve of a Jewish man, saying, "Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you."'" NKJV

  44. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:3-5 SALVATION FOR THE GENTILES 3 Do not let the son of the foreigner Who has joined himself to the LORD Speak, saying, "The LORD has utterly separated me from His people"; Nor let the eunuch say, "Here I am, a dry tree.“ WHO IS THE FOREIGNER? WHO DID PETER SAY WAS ACCEPTABLE TO GOD? READ: ACTS 10:34-35 34 Then Peter opened his mouth and said: "In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality. 35 But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him. NKJV

  45. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:3-5 WHO IS THE FOREIGNER? WHAT AUTHORITY WAS GIVEN THIS EUNUCH? READ: ACTS 8:26-28 26 Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, "Arise and go toward the south along the road which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." This is desert. 27 So he arose and went. And behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who had charge of all her treasury, and had come to Jerusalem to worship, 28 was returning. And sitting in his chariot, he was reading Isaiah the prophet. NKJV

  46. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:3-5 WHO IS THE FOREIGNER? WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS EUNUCH? READ: ACTS 8:38-40 38 So he commanded the chariot to stand still. And both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and he baptized him. 39 Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, so that the eunuch saw him no more; and he went on his way rejoicing. 40 But Philip was found at Azotus. And passing through, he preached in all the cities till he came to Caesarea. NKJV

  47. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:3-5 SALVATION FOR THE GENTILES WHO IS THE FOREIGNER? GENTILES? WHAT DID CHRIST ABOLISH? READ: EPHESIANS 2:14-16 14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, 15 having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, 16 and that He might reconcile them both to Godin one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity. NKJV

  48. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:3-5 4 For thus says the LORD: "To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, And choose what pleases Me, And hold fast My covenant, 5 Even to them I will give in My house And within My walls a place and a name Better than that of sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name That shall not be cut off. WHAT EUNUCHS IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO? WHAT WILL THE LORD GIVE THEM? HOW WILL THE LORD ACCOMPLISH THIS?

  49. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 56:3-5 SALVATION FOR THE GENTILES HOW WILL THE LORD ACCOMPLISH THIS? READ: ISAIAH 42:6 6 "I, the LORD, have called You in righteousness, And will hold Your hand; I will keep You and give You as a covenant to the people, As a light to the Gentiles, NKJV READ: ISAIAH 49:8 8 Thus says the LORD: "In an acceptable time I have heard You, And in the day of salvation I have helped You; I will preserve You and give You As a covenant to the people, To restore the earth, To cause them to inherit the desolate heritages; NKJV WHAT COVENANT WILL THE LORD GIVE THEM?

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