by Justin Marple | Feb 20, 2011 | 2011 Sermons, Isaiah, SERMONS
Isaiah 25 meets us where we are — death touches all of us and so we who believe look forward to the final resurrection. The theme of the final resurrection is strategically positioned through these three chapters (24-26). Isaiah 24:1-3 opens with the theme as if...
by Justin Marple | Feb 13, 2011 | 2011 Sermons, Isaiah, SERMONS
Isaiah 20-24 speaks about the judgment of the nations. It was written because the people of God are tempted to look out, as if from a high mountain, to the nations for direction and salvation even though those nations will be judged by God. With respect to the...
by Justin Marple | Feb 6, 2011 | 2011 Sermons, Isaiah, SERMONS
Isaiah 14:28-19:25 consists of four oracles concerning you who believe from among the nations. It is about the gospel going to the nations — to the ends of the earth. The nations mentioned are representative. The people of Philistia are told they should find...
by Justin Marple | Jan 30, 2011 | 2011 Sermons, Isaiah, SERMONS
Isaiah 14:1-27 shows us a vision of what will happen when the king of Babylon (representing the kings of the nations who stand against God) is killed — the people of God will rejoice. This rejoicing is put in the words of a lament parody where the first stanza...
by Justin Marple | Jan 23, 2011 | 2011 Sermons, Isaiah, SERMONS
Isaiah 13 is a very disturbing vision of what would come to pass when the Persians destroyed Babylon. It was a picture of the final judgment. It was written down to disturb us. Some of us may have been first disturbed by it when we came to faith — switching...
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