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         <title><![CDATA[Isaiah (Part 12): Israel's Judgment Explained (Ch 9b-10a)]]></title>
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	Following the Messiah discussion of the first 7 verses of chapter 9, God and Isaiah present four strophes explaining why Israel deserves judgment. The first of these, from verse 8 to 12, highlights self-reliance—the trust Israel placed in itself apart from God. Verse 8 tells us that the Lord sent a message. Originally, Hebrew was written with only consonants. The Masoretes inserted vowels and other notations for the sounding of the words. For example, Jehovah or Yahweh, the name for...]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Isaiah (Part 11): The Dawning Light! (Ch 9a)]]></title>
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	To understand Isaiah well, we must keep the flow of the book in mind. After the preface of the first five chapters, the book begins with God calling Isaiah to prophesy in chapter 6. In chapter 7 Isaiah begins his prophecy first with his son Shearjashub who’s name means “a remnant will return.” The prophecy is spoken to Judah’s king, Ahaz, who is concerned about the threatening advance of both Ephraim and Aram. Following the devastating attacks by both those nations (between verses 9...]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Isaiah (Part 10): 1st Fulfillment of Immanuel Prophecy (Ch 8)]]></title>
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	We don’t know how long it is after chapter 7’s prophecy that the Lord instructs Isaiah in 8:1 to write a name on a parchment. But it can’t be long. The activity and statements of the first few verses of chapter 8 is similar to the beginning of the Immanuel prophecy in 7:14-16. Isaiah is told to write the name Mahershalalhashbaz on a parchment with an ordinary pen. Mahershalalhashbaz (or Maher for short) means “speeding to the spoil.” Two men, in verse 2, are called to witness this...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:24:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Isaiah (Part 09): Shear-jashub and Immanuel Prophecies (Ch 7)]]></title>
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	Chapter 7 begins telling us that Ahaz is on the throne. We have just left Isaiah’s call in chapter 6 that began with Uzziah’s death. However, 16 years transpire between Uzziah’s death, when his son Jotham ascends the throne, and Jotham’s death, when Ahaz begins his reign. The time lapse between call and prophecy does not need to worry us. What God has to tell us in this book simply begins 16 years after Isaiah’s call. The lapsed time is according to God’s ever-present coordination...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:04:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Isaiah (Part 08): Isaiah’s Call (Ch 6)]]></title>
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	With the end of the preface (Isaiah 1-5), we begin the book proper. However, we should not forget the message of the preface because it will come into play even before Isaiah’s call is begun. I see the book as divided into four major sections. The preface, of course, was the first. The remaining three are Rule (chs 6-37), Rescue (chs 38-55), and Resplendence (chs 56-66). The call, chapter 6, begins this section I call “Rule.” It is not that any of these sections do not contain ideas...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 07:21:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Isaiah (Part 07): Vineyard Allegory (Ch 5)]]></title>
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	Isaiah 5 begins with an allegory of a vineyard. The allegory is not that difficult to understand. But it is usually true that with fairly straightforward allegories, we often miss some of the nuanced fullness. Biblical interpretation certainly goes beyond a surface level read. Understanding of a passage may go beyond its general context and even its historical and cultural setting. A biblical theology approach ties the passage not only to it systematic or even obvious general...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Isaiah (Part 06): Justice and Judgment (Chs 3-4)]]></title>
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	Isaiah 3 begins with a call to the people to “Observe!” The Lord God of Hosts (read that, Sovereign Master) grabs their attention so that they will focus on his words. He is turning now from the general descriptions of the previous chapter to specifics. The support structure of their society was being eroded by their sin. God tells them that he will now completely remove that support. Through the next several verses we learn what that support is. God has in mind the leadership of the...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 09:42:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Isaiah (Part 05): Restoration / Judgment Contrast (Ch 2)]]></title>
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	Isaiah 2 begins with a superscription similar to the one starting off chapter 1. This structural detail serves a couple of purposes. First, it lets us know that chapter 1 is done. Chapter 1 stands alone as a separate section that actually provides an overview to the whole book. It describes God’s complaint, let’s us know of God’s heartache over Judah’s sin, gives us a good understanding of what Judah’s sin was (the unjust mindset resulting from not imitating God), emphasizes the...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:29:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Isaiah (Part 04): Focus on Justice (Ch 1:16-31)]]></title>
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	The fourth section of Isaiah 1 is contained in verses 16 through 20. These verses speak to the call of Judah. Here God calls his people not only to dutiful obedience, but to a reasoned choice of faith. The outline or structure of development in chapter 1 so far has not been haphazard. It is not mere chance movement from complaint to lament to disgust to call. The flow is very much similar to what even non-Christian psychologists understand of emotional sequence. According to Robert...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 10:31:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Isaiah (Part 03): Lament to Disgust (Ch 1:4-15)]]></title>
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	I call verses 4 through 9 of chapter 1 God’s lament.&nbsp; In verse 4, we see God as he grieves. He begins calling out “Oh sinful nation.” In that “Oh” we find a Father brokenhearted over the waywardness of his children.&nbsp; The Hebrew is an elongated expression of two words combining the ideas of “alas” and “woe.” That note of grief carries through as God does not simply call Judah names for their evil. His descriptions tie back to the father image he began in verse 2. They are...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 08:15:00 +0100</pubDate>
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