| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 11 secs | 0 Comments
Isaiah 29 “Ariel, Ariel” – Isaiah is not advertising washing powder! He is having a dig at Jerusalem with the words “Altar Hearth, Altar Hearth!” – doesn’t have quite the same ring about it in English. Jerusalem was the centre of Old Testament worship where sinners worshipped a holy God through the substitutionary sacrifice of […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 28 secs | 0 Comments
Isaiah 17 Isaiah is working his way round the compass points to show that Judah can’t look anywhere else for hope and salvation – only to God. From Philistia in the West (14:28-32), Moab in the East (ch15-16) and soon Egypt in the South (ch 19-20), Isaiah turns his attention to the North – Damascus […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 32 secs | 0 Comments
Isaiah 8-9:7 The passage finishes with the zeal of the Lord will accomplish this. The image of Jesus weak and tea drinking is wrong. Yes he is meek (strength brought under control) but He is also zealous and brave – He will accomplish! God is not wishy washy – He is on fire for the […]