Age of Isaiah, part 5: The Servant Who Saves

About 700 years before Christ's birth, God gave the prophet Isaiah a vision of a "servant" who would come in the Spirit of God and suffer. This figure puzzled students throughout the ages, but Jesus revealed through the cross and his resurrection that He was this "servant who saves" revealed to Isaiah so many centuries before.

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Age of Isaiah, part 4: Good News

Worn out by all the bad news?  Here's some good news (the best, really):

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Age of Isaiah, part 3: The Word of the Lord

We think of prophets as workers of miracles and speakers of oracles about the future, but in biblical times, prophets served a function a lot like the political pundits of today.  They looked at current events, and gave their opinions on how to interpret the times and what to do.  True prophets of the Lord spoke the Word of God, but few people truly made that distinction.

Isaiah was the most important prophet of his time, serving as an outside voice to corrupt kings and as the most trusted advisor of the faithful king Hezekiah.  What was his message in these troubled days?  What message does he have for us today?

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Age of Isaiah, part 2: Who Will You Trust?

Isaiah was an advisor for several kings during a time of Judah's history when they faced their most imposing threat ever: the advancing Assyrian Empire.  Consistently, the prophet pointed the people and their kings back to trusting God.

This week, we looked at two different threats and how two different kings chose to respond.  King Ahaz chose to trust in man.  King Hezekiah chose to trust in the Lord.

We have a similar choice every day.  Who will you trust?

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Age of Isaiah, part 1: Vision and Calling

Everything was changing in the Middle East. A new power was rising--the Assyrian Empire would soon overshadow the entire region, posing a grave threat to every nation in its path. The people of Judah were about to see their brothers to the north, the nation of Israel, fall to Assyria and go into exile. Even as they prospered under the righteous kings Uzziah and Jotham, they had not turned from their sin.  A wicked and cowardly young man named Ahaz would soon assume the throne, and Judah's precarious situation would only get worse. 

In this tumultuous time, God called a man to be His voice in the royal courts and to the people.  His name was Isaiah.  His call is one of the more famous passages in Scripture.  What can we learn from this call about how to be God's voice in the tumultuous time we live in?

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