| By Andy Moyle | 3 mins 50 secs | 0 Comments
In Chapters 21-23 Isaiah turns his prophetic attention to the more remote future. The last section showed that God rules decisively over the nations – now these next five declarations are far more allusive and mysterious in nature. What will happen? God is at work in a sin sick world. God is in charge over […]
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Isaiah 20 Isaiah finishes off the section with a fulfilment in the immediate future. Egypt had been looking for the Palestinian states to rise with them, against Assyria. Egypt reneged on its promises to help. In the midst of all this Isaiah had embodied his prophetic word – stripping naked for three years (it’s not […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 17 secs | 0 Comments
Isaiah 19 Isaiah’s prophecies show Gentiles and Israel drawn to the Lord. How will it happen? Who will come? The most unlikely candidate is Egypt, who was Israel’s first enemy and the most memorable. Egypt represents the world’s opposition and Isaiah gives a point by point reply of the Lord’s solution… The first half of […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 28 secs | 0 Comments
Isaiah 18 Isaiah 18 is fulfilled in Acts 8 where we find that God will call the most unlikely people into relationship with Jesus and Holy Spirit wants to prompt you to make it happen too. Judah is still being threatened from the North by Assyria. To stand against them with human thinking they need […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 19 secs | 0 Comments
I’m doing a primary school assembly on Britains Got Talent today! Hoping to apply the parable of the talents to Reception to Year 6. Britains Got Talent – hands up if you are watching it this year? Kids have taken over – 5 out of the 10 acts are kids – wonderful My Fave is […]
| 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 | 1 min 58 secs | 0 Comments
Isaiah 16 The scene has changed – Isaiah is now prophecying a Moabite cabinet meeting at Susa. Moab is fearful like Judah of the Assyrians so Isaiah “listens in” on their plans v1-4 Verse 5 shows what could be if they came to the Lord – love, faithfulness, justice and righteousness. It’s also a Messianic […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 21 secs | 0 Comments
Isaiah 15 This makes for pretty difficult reading because there are so many place names we have never heard of and because it is a crescendo of horror climaxing in Dibon becoming Dimon (to echo the Hebrew word for blood dam)! The place names aren’t in a logical order moving north to south, east to […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 26 secs | 0 Comments
Isaiah 14 The announcement of salvation for Israel/Jacob in the midst of judgement passages for the nations around and world system show us that the words are for Israel’s ears. They are their to remind her that whatever happens, her final destiny is secure, because God shapes history. He will judge and save! For us […]