Isaiah

Honestly, I feel that Isaiah did exactly what was commanded of him and that this situation is more about our personal relationship with God in my opinion. God chose Isaiah to preach to the people until the land was desolate (Tullock & McEntire, 2012). However, God already knew that this would be challenging for him because in the book of Isaiah chapter six it is detailed in verses nine through thirteen that God was asking him for his faithfulness not to be successful. Isaiah shared with Ahaz…

In this paper, I will be illustrating through Isaiah the beauty and character of Jesus. I will be doing this by looking at the aspects of Jesus ' beauty as the Bridegroom, King, and Jesus beauty as the Servant of all, and Anointed Conqueror. "In that day the Branch of the LORD shall be beautiful and glorious…" Isaiah 4:2. The clearest Old Testament narrative of the revelation of the messianic redeemer as Bridegroom, King, and Judge is found in Isaiah 61-63. "For Jerusalem 's sake, I will not…

The first passage for this week was Isaiah 50:4-7. This talks about pushing through hard times, and while doing that using God as your light. When something hard is happening in my life I tell myself that this means it is time for me to turn to God. It’s time to ask him what to do because his opinion is really the only one that matters and it is the best opinion. It is also very important to always follow God’s plan and what he has ahead for you because he has a individual one for each of us. In…

redeemed. As Christians, we are constantly called to trust God in all things, from everyday small matters to large decisions or problems. Ideas of this trust can be found throughout the entirety of the Bible, but is mentioned frequently in Psalms, Isaiah and Romans. I will explore a few articles written by modern Christians and comparing them to Scripture and also giving some of my own ideas and thoughts on trust in the daily lives of Christians. Gods people are called to trust in Him through…

typology that God is mighty than magicians and sorcerers of Egypt: God made a mockery of the Egyptian magicians and sorcerers as they could not repeat what Moses was doing and “The magicians said to Pharaoh, “this is the finger of God.”” (Ex. 8:19). In Isaiah 47:12-15, God says to the Babylon that all their magic spells and sorceries are useless and will not succeed. And not to depend on the counsel of the astrologers and stargazers, they are like stubble and fire will consume them. Not one of…

the Earth. The wicked, the ones who will face destruction, are the people who practice idolatry, meaningless rituals, slavery, and exploitation. God warns the wicked, through prophets, to turn from their dreadful ways or they will face Gods wrath. Isaiah 13:9 lays this out pretty well, “See, the day of the Lord is coming—a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger—to make the land desolate and destroy the sinners within it.” God will judge all nations, including Israel (Amos 1:3-2:16). For the…

painting closely you may notice that they tell a story. The Nativity with the Prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel is a piece of art history which uses iconography and religion to create a narrative. The Nativity is not only a piece of art, but it also is an altarpiece. Since an altar is where offerings for a church are held, the images that appeared on the altarpiece carry the most significance. The Nativity with the Prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel was painted in 1308 as an altarpiece to be placed on the…

function of the text between the author/speaker and the reader/audience, in the following section we will focus on the idea (or theological message) that the author/speaker attempts to communicate with the reader/audience. Theological Implications Isaiah 54:11-17 is mainly concerned with the theological aspect of the new state of restoration by dealing with several theological themes such as New Jerusalem, Inheritance, and servants. These theological themes can be discerned…

Summary on “Two Concepts of Liberty” by Sir Isaiah Berlin Sir Isaiah Berlin’s writing on the two concepts of liberty, which can be found in Chapter VII titled “Two Concepts of Liberty” in Political Philosophy edited by Anthony Quinton, helps people to understand to what degree they are free. He organizes his chapter into two sections, the first section is on the notion of negative freedom and the second section is on the notion of positive freedom. Sir Isaiah Berlin‘s discussion on the notion of…

After reading through and examining Kings 22 and Isaiah 6, I was completely shocked from reading the Bible for the first time. I was so shocked because it was the first time in my life that God was presented to me as a being that lies. What this lead me to think about was whether or not God actually lied or if the prophets were “making things up” or “telling the king what he wants to hear”. In order to determine what actually happened a closer look must be given to the text. A closer look…