How to Read a Prophet

How to Read a Prophet –The Messiah and the Remnant Isaiah 6-11

Introduction • Isaiah’s Call • Signs of Presence • Bright Hope

Background • Uzziah(Azariah) - 52 years • Coregencies (Amaziah & Jotham) • Feared God, last years as a leper

Background • The Lord on the throne (Eph 4:8) • Train filled the temple • Captives and gifts

Background • The holiness of God • Unapproachable • Mighty deliverer • The house was shaken

Background • Set for a funeral (Chap 5) • Self-indulgence – (8-10) • Drunkenness – (11-13) • Defiance – (18-19) • Subversion – (20) • Pride (21) • Injustice – (22-23) • Unclean (6:5)

Isaiah’s Call • Jerusalem temple • Purgedby the coal • Who will go? • “Here am I! Send me.”

Isaiah’s Call • What softens one, hardens another! • Their rejection of God hardens • Acceptance – softens and mellows (continued softening)

Signs of Presence • Shear-Jashub– A Remnant shall Return • Future for Judah (Jeremiah 29:11)

Signs of Presence • Immanuel (7:14) – double sign • Immediate - Hezekiah ( Ahaz’ son) • “before the child can speak . . .” • Future - Messiah • Stumbling stone – Rom 9:33

Signs of Presence • Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz – “the spoil speeds, the prey hastes” • Certain judgment is coming quickly • Assyria is God’s tool • will take Galilee/Samaria

Bright Hope • God does not cause aggression • He will hold back – sin takes it toll • Makes restoration tools available • Restore the anointing ( Remnant -10:27) • Prophet, priest and king

Bright Hope • Isaiah speaks to the faithful (9:2-7) • Light to the Gentiles (Galilee) • Christ brings freedom • The government on his shoulder (Mat 28:18; 1 Cor 15:24-25)

Bright Hope • The stem of Jesse • A Rod • A Branch out of the roots • The Seven-fold Spirit (Rev 4:5) • ([Spirit of Prophecy], Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, might, knowledge, fear) • The reign of Christ (11:10)

How to Read a Prophet – The Messiah and the Remnant