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Text. Isaiah 40-66 Messages of Comfort. Next week’s assignment: 2 Kings 21-23; Nahum; Zephaniah ; Habakkuk. Isaiah 40.

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  1. Text Isaiah 40-66 Messages of Comfort

  2. Next week’s assignment: • 2 Kings 21-23; Nahum; Zephaniah; Habakkuk

  3. Isaiah 40

  4. “An acquaintance with [the] attributes in the divine character, is essentially necessary, in order that the faith of any rational being can center in him for life and salvation.” Joseph Smith President (Lectures on Faith, 3:19)

  5. Text Isaiah 40:12

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  8. Text Isaiah 40:15

  9. Text Isaiah 40:21-22

  10. Text Isaiah 40:25-26

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  12. This is a close-up of a small portion of the Milky Way Galaxy. Astronomers estimate there are more than one thousand billionstars in the Milky Way alone.

  13. Isaiah 41

  14. Isaiah 41:8-14 “Iam Thy God. Ye are MYpeople.”

  15. Isaac Jacob (Israel) R S Z I G A D N B L Joseph Ephraim Manasseh Abraham Judah David Jesus Christ

  16. Abrahamic Covenant Summary

  17. Abrahamic Covenant Summary

  18. vs. Our Omnipotent God Their Impotent Idols

  19. Isaiah 44:9-10, 14-17, 21, 24 You can worship the gods you have created, or you can worship the God who created you. Isaiah 46:1-7 You can worship gods that you carry around, or you can worship the God who carries you. Isaiah 46:9-10 You can worship gods who cannot “see” or “know” (Isa. 44:9) or you can worship the God who knows “the end from the beginning.”

  20. 5 Examples of the Lord Seeing “the End from the Beginning” The Foreordination of the House of Israel King Cyrus’ Release of the Jews The Fall of Babylon The Redemption of Israel The Atonement of Christ

  21. 1. The Foreordination of Israel • Isaiah 44:1-2, 24; 49:5 • Foreordained to do what? • Isaiah 43:10-13; 44:8 • Isaiah 49:6

  22. “We were foreordained in the premortal existence and born into mortality to fulfill the covenant and promise God made to Abraham.… That is who we are, and that is why we are here—today and always.” David A. Bednar Quorum of the Twelve (Ensign, Nov. 2005)

  23. “We were foreordained in the premortal existence and born into mortality to fulfill the covenant and promise God made to Abraham.… That is who we are, and that is why we are here—today and always.” David A. Bednar Quorum of the Twelve (Ensign, Nov. 2005)

  24. “Ours is the responsibility to help fulfill the Abrahamic covenant. Ours is the seed foreordained and prepared to bless all people of the world. That is why priesthood duty includes missionary work. After some 4,000 years of anticipation and preparation, this is the appointed day when the gospel is to be taken to the kindreds of the earth. Russell M. Nelson Quorum of the Twelve (“Covenants,” Ensign, Nov. 2011, 88)

  25. 2. King Cyrus’ Release of the Jews Isaiah 44:28; 45:1-5, 13

  26. 3. The Fall of Babylon Isaiah 47

  27. 4. The Final Redemption of Israel Isaiah 48-52, 54, 56, 60-66

  28. The History/Future of Covenant Israel 3 Nephi 23:1-3 1 A.D. 1,000 A.D. 2,000 A.D. 3??? A.D. 2,000 B.C. 1,000 B.C. God makes the Covenant with Abraham

  29. Abrahamic Covenant Summary

  30. Israel(10 Tribes) Northern Kingdom Judah Southern Kingdom

  31. The History/Future of Covenant Israel 10 tribes lose the promised land and are scattered (722 B.C.) Jews are scattered (70 A.D.) Judah loses the promised land (587 B.C.) Israel gains the promised land The Dark Ages 1 A.D. 1,000 A.D. 2,000 A.D. 3??? A.D. 2,000 B.C. 1,000 B.C. Jesus is rejected by the Jews and crucified (34 A.D.) God makes the Covenant with Abraham Cyrus allows Jews to return to promised land (537 B.C.)

  32. The House of Israel = the Daughter of Zion • The House of Israel is like… • A lonely, wandering slave woman whose children have been taken from her (Isaiah 49:21; 52:2). • A wife who has separated herself from her husband and is deeply in debt to creditors and cannot pay (Isaiah 50:1). • A barren woman yearning for children (Isaiah 54:1).

  33. The History/Future of Covenant Israel 10 tribes lose the promised land and are scattered (722 B.C.) Jews are scattered (70 A.D.) Judah loses the promised land (587 B.C.) Israel gains the promised land Isa. 48:18-19, 22 The Dark Ages 1 A.D. 1,000 A.D. 2,000 A.D. 3??? A.D. 2,000 B.C. 1,000 B.C. Jesus is rejected by the Jews and crucified (34 A.D.) God makes the Covenant with Abraham Cyrus allows Jews to return to promised land (537 B.C.)

  34. The History/Future of Covenant Israel 10 tribes lose the promised land and are scattered (722 B.C.) Jews are scattered (70 A.D.) Judah loses the promised land (587 B.C.) Israel gains the promised land Isa. 50:1-6 The Dark Ages 1 A.D. 1,000 A.D. 2,000 A.D. 3??? A.D. 2,000 B.C. 1,000 B.C. Jesus is rejected by the Jews and crucified (34 A.D.) God makes the Covenant with Abraham Cyrus allows Jews to return to promised land (537 B.C.)

  35. Isaiah 49

  36. Isaiah 49:1-3

  37. Isaiah 49:1 1 Nephi 21:1

  38. Isaiah 49:1-3

  39. “The Lord always turns punishments to the accomplishment of his purposes. The scattering of the Israelites among all nations was a punishment inflicted upon them, but a great blessing extended to the nations among whom they were scattered....  Joseph Fielding Smith Quorum of the Twelve (The Restoration of All Things, p.129-137)

  40. “We see, then, how through the scattering of Israel, especially the descendants of the ten tribes who mingled with the Gentile nations, the blood of Abraham had been mixed with the blood of the Gentiles, and in this way the Gentiles have been brought into the seed of Abraham, and are therefore entitled to receive, on conditions of their repentance, all the blessings promised to the seed of Abraham.” Joseph Fielding Smith Quorum of the Twelve (The Restoration of All Things, p.129-137)

  41. Isaiah 49:1-3 Cr. D&C 86:8-11

  42. In their scattered state, how does Zion (the Israelites) feel? Isaiah 49:14 How does the Lord respond? Isaiah 49:15-23

  43. How will this happen? Isaiah 49:6-8

  44. Isaiah 49:8-9 1 Nephi 21:8-9 2 Nephi 3:7, 11

  45. The History/Future of Covenant Israel 10 tribes lose the promised land and are scattered (722 B.C.) Jews are scattered (70 A.D.) Judah loses the promised land (587 B.C.) Israel gains the promised land The Dark Ages 1 A.D. 1,000 A.D. 2,000 A.D. 3??? A.D. 2,000 B.C. 1,000 B.C. Jesus is rejected by the Jews and crucified (34 A.D.) God makes the Covenant with Abraham Cyrus allows Jews to return to promised land (537 B.C.)

  46. The History/Future of Covenant Israel Our Time! Isaiah 49:22-23; 52:1-2; 54:1-3 10 tribes lose the promised land and are scattered (722 B.C.) Jews are scattered (70 A.D.) Judah loses the promised land (587 B.C.) Israel gains the promised land Isa. 49:6-8 Time of the Gentiles 1 A.D. 1,000 A.D. 2,000 A.D. 3??? A.D. 2,000 B.C. 1,000 B.C. Jesus is rejected by the Jews and crucified (34 A.D.) The Covenant is restored through Joseph Smith. God makes the Covenant with Abraham Cyrus allows Jews to return to promised land (537 B.C.) Isaiah 49:8 2 Ne. 3:7, 11

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