In Isaiah 19-20, the God of Israel reveals that the He has the nation of Egypt in the palm of His hand. One day, Egypt, along with Assyria and Israel, will be reconciled to the Lord and to each other (Is. 19:19-25). In these chapters, the Lord is building the case for why His people […]

In our reading today, we have the LORD addressing the nations of Moab, Aram (whose capital is Damascus), the apostate northern kingdom of Israel, and Cush. How can we find a word for us today from these prophetic oracles to peoples of long ago? Trusting The Gifts More Than The Giver I think we can […]

In our reading today, we have the beginning of a new subsection  (Is. 13-23) in the Book of Isaiah. In these chapters, we read of a series of prophetic oracles given by God to Isaiah regarding the future of several foreign nations. One of the key truths that we learn through these oracles is that the […]

In Isaiah 2:22, we read these words of the prophet: “Stop trusting in man, who has but a breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?” This divine exhortation is what Ahaz and Pekah, the kings of Judah and Israel, failed to do as they sought to fight off the threat of Assyria. We […]

In Isaiah 7, we are introduced to more of the historical details regarding the context that Isaiah was called to minister in the name of the LORD. It is the last years of the northern kingdom of Israel’s existence (735 B.C.). The small nations of Israel and Aram are feeling the threat of invasion from […]

The key event that formed and shaped the identity of Israel as a people was God’s deliverance of them from Egyptian slavery in the great Exodus (Ex. 1-15). They commemorated this founding act in the annual celebration of the Passover Festival. Another key event in the formation of Israel as a nation was the giving […]

Isaiah began his ministry at a crucial time in the history of Israel and Judah. By 735 BC, the Assyrians had risen as a world power and were the first Empire to systematize terror. The Assyrians Are Coming! Jonathan Cahn in “The Harbinger” calls them the first terrorists of the world. They levelled cities to […]

In the next 2 months, I will be reading and blogging through the Book of Isaiah. I am encouraging you to read with me through Isaiah, covering 9 chapters a week. I will blog 3 times each week (M-W-F), covering 3 chapters of Isaiah at a time. My goal is for us to discern, in […]