BibleProject - Old Testament - Lesson 24
Isaiah (Part 2) - BibleProject
In this lesson on Isaiah, you will gain a deeper understanding of the historical background and context surrounding the time of the prophet Isaiah. You will learn about the literary features, including the unique style and language used in this part of the book. The lesson will also cover the major themes and messages, such as God's judgment and salvation, hope and restoration, and the role of the Servant of the Lord. Finally, you will explore the significance of Isaiah in the Old Testament and its impact on the original audience, as well as its contributions to a larger understanding of the Old Testament.
Isaiah (Part 2) - BibleProject
BP100-24: Isaiah Part 2
I. Historical Background and Context of Isaiah Part 2
A. Introduction
B. Time Period and Geopolitical Landscape
C. The Role of the Prophet Isaiah
II. Literary Features of Isaiah Part 2
A. Style and Language
B. Structure and Outline
III. Major Themes and Messages of Isaiah Part 2
A. God's Judgment and Salvation
B. Hope and Restoration
C. The Servant of the Lord
IV. Significance of Isaiah Part 2 in the Old Testament
A. Contributions to a Larger Understanding of the Old Testament
B. Impact on the Original Audience
BP100-24 Isaiah (Part 2)
The book of the prophet Isaiah In the first video we explored chapters 1 to 39 Which was Isaiah's message of judgment and hope for Jerusalem He accused Israel´s leader of rebellion against God and said that through Assiria and then Babylon Israel´s kingdom would come crashing down in an act of God´s judgment and so chapter 39 concluded with Isaiah predicting Jerusalem´s fall to babylon and the exile and a hundred years after Isaiah it all sadly came to pass but Isaiah´s greater hope was for a new purified Jerusalem where God´s kingdom would be restored through the future messianic king and all nations would come together in peace and so chapters 40 and following explore this great hope the first main section chapters 40 through 48 open with an announcement of hope and comfort for Israel the people are told that the babylonian exile is over and that Israel´s sin has been dealt with and a new era is beginning so they should all return home to Jerusalem where God himself will bring his kingdom and all nations will see his glory Now stop for a moment because this opening announcement raises a big question that is ¿who is saying all of this? who´s voice are we hearing in these words of hope? the perspective of the profet in these chapters is that of somebody whose living after the exile in other words in the time period described by Ezra and Nehemiah but Isaiah died 150 years before any of that so what are we supposed to make of this Oh they´re many who think that is still Isaiah in his own day speaking but that he´s been profetically transported--so to speak-- 200 years into the future and that he is speaking to the future generations as if the exile has passed however the book of Isaiah itself gives us some clues that something else is probably going on in chapters 8 and 29 and 30 we´re told that after Isaiah was rejected by Israel´s leaders that he wrote and sealed up in a scroll all of his messages of judgement and hope and that he passed it on to his disciples as a witness for days to come eventually Isaiah died waiting for God to vindicate his words. Now remember chapters 1 to 39 were designed to show us that Isaiah predictions of judgement were fulfilled in the exile, he´s a true prophet. And so after exile is over Isaiah´s disciples who have treasured his words for so long open up the scroll and began applying his words of hope to their own day so on this view the book of Isaiah consist of that first collection of Isaiah´s words as well as the writings of his profethic disciples that God uses to extend Isaiah´s message of hope to future generations whichever view you end up taking everybody agrees that these chapters are announcing that the future hope has come, that God is fulfiling Isaiah´s prophetic promises and so the prophet hopes that Israel will respond by becoming God´s servant that is after experiencing God´s justice and mercy through history that they will now begin to share with the nations who God truly is but that´s not what´s happening Israel instead of bearing witness to the nations is actually complaining and even accusing God. They say:"the lord doesn´t pay attention to our trouble in fact he´s ignoring our calls. The babylonian exile -- and understandably-- caused Israel to lose faith in their God. I mean maybe he is not that powerfull, maybe the gods of babylon are way greater than our God and so the rest of these chapters 41 to 47 are set up like a trial scene God is responding to this doubts and accusations with the following arguments: he says first: that the exile to babylon was not divine neglect rather it was divinely orchestrated as a judgement for Israel´s sin and second it was for Israel´s sake that God raised up Persia to conquer babylon so they could come back home fulfilling Isaiah´s words So the right conclusion that Israel should draw is that their God is the king of history not the idols of the nations. In the fall of Babylon and the raise of persian king Sirus Israel should see God´s hand at work and so become his servant telling the nations who he is But by the end of the trial chapter 48 we find that Israel is still as rebellious and hardhearted as their ancestors as so God disqualifies them as his servant but God´s still is on a mission to bless the nations and so so the prophets says God´s going to a new thing to solve this problem which moves into the next section 49 to 55. We´re introduced to a figure who´s called God´s servant who´s going to fulfill God´s mission and do what Israel has failed to do. God gives this servant the title Israel, and sends this person on a mission to -first of all- restore the people of Israel back to their God, but second to become God´s light to the nations. and we´re told that this servant is empowered by God´s spirit to announce good news and to bring God´s kingdom over all of the nations it sounds just like the messianic king from chapters 9 and 11, but then we learn the surprising way of how this servant will bring God´s kingdom he is going to be rejected, and beaten and ultimately killed by his own people in reality as he´s been accused and sentenced to death he is dying on behalf of the sin of his own people the prophet says the servant´s death is the sacrifice of atonement for the people´s evil and rebelion and then after his death, all of a sudden, the servant is just Alive again, and we hear that by his death he provided a way to make people righteous That is to put them in a right relationship with God and so this section concludes by describing two ways people can respond to the servant some will respond with humility and turn from their sins and accept what God´s servant did on their behalf these people are called "the servants" and also " the seed" remember the holy seed from chapter 6 these are the ones who will experience the blessing of the messianic kingdom but there are others who are called simply "the wicked" they reject both the servant and his servants which brings us to the final sections of the book 56 to 66 where the servants inherit God´s kingdom these chapters are beautifuly designed as a simetry that brings together all of the themes of the book at the very center are three beautiful poems that describe how the spirit empowered servant is announcing the good news of God´s kingdom to the poor and he reafirms all of the promises of hope from earlier in the book the new Jerusalem inhabited by God´s servants will be the place from which God´s justice and mercy and blessings flow out to all the nations of the world and surrounding these poems are to long prayers of repentance where the servants confess Israel´s sin and they griev over all of the evil they see in the world arround them and so they ask God to forgive them and that his kingdom would come here on earth as it is on heaven now in each side of these prayers are collections of more poems that contrast the destiny of the servants with that of the wicked who prosecute them. God says he´s going to bring his justice to all who pollute his good world with their evil and selfishness and idolatry and it is going to remove them from his city forever but the servants those who are humble before God and who repent and own their evil they are forgiven they will inherit the new Jerusalem which we discover is an image for an entirely renewed creation were death and suffering are gone forever and this brings us to the very outter frame of this part of the book in this renewed world of God´s kingdom people from all nations are invited to come and join the servants of God´s covenant family so that everyone could know their creator and redemer and so the book of Isaiah end with a very grand vision of the fulfilment of all of God´s covenant promises through the suffering servant king God creates a covenant family of all nations who are awaiting the hope of God´s justice and bringing a renewed creation where God´s kingdom finally comes here on earth as it is in heaven and that´s the very powerful hope of the book of Isaiah.
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