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ISAIAH 5
Lesson #05
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE VINEYARD

• MEMORY VERSE: ISAIAH 5:16

• READ ISA 5:1-7 THE SONG OF THE VINEYARD
  • THERE ARE THREE BOTANICAL SYMBOLS IN SCRIPTURE THAT REFER TO THE NATION OF ISRAEL. THE WHOLE NATION OF ISRAEL (NORTHERN KINGDOM AND SOUTHERN KINGDOM) IS REPRESENTED IN PARABLE FORM AS A VINEYARD. (SEE 5:7)
    • WHAT ARE THE OTHER TWO?
      • ROM 11:17
        • THE OLIVE TREE
      • MAT 24:32 MAR 11:21
        • THE FIG TREE
          • JESUS REPEATED THIS PARABLE IN MAT 21:33-46.
  • WHAT DO YOU LEARN FROM THIS PASSAGE IN ISA 5 ABOUT THE PRIVILEGES GOD GAVE TO THE NATION OF ISRAEL?
    • “FENCED” = GOD PROTECED ISRAEL FROM ITS ENEMIES.
    • “GATHERED OUT THE STONES” = GOD HELPED THE ISRAELITES DEFEAT THE ENEMIES THAT LIVED IN THE LAND WHEN THEY ENTERED THE PROMISED LAND WITH JOSHUA.
    • ‘PLANTED IT WITH THE CHOICEST VINE” = THE ISRAELITES WERE GOD’S CHOICE TO POSSESS THE LAND.
    • “HE BUILT A TOWER IN THE MIDST OF IT” = GOD GAVE ISRAEL HIS WORD TO GUARD THEM AND TO GUIDE THEM.
    • “HE MADE A WINEPRESS THEREIN” = THE WINEPRESS IS A SYMBOL OF JUDGMENT:
      • GOD WILL JUDGE OTHER NATIONS BY HOW THEY TREAT THE JEWS.
      • THE JEWS WERE SUPPOSED TO DISCERN THEIR OWN SINFUL BEHAVIOR.
      • GOD WILL JUDGE ISRAEL FOR THEIR LEVEL OF FAITHFULNESS TO HIM.
    • HE EXPECTED ISRAEL TO BRING FORTH GOOD SPIRITUAL FRUIT FOR GOD BY BEING A LIGHT TO THE GENTILES AND AN EXAMPLE OF A NATION FAITHFUL TO GOD.
• READ ISA 5:8-23 THE SIX WOES — “THE WILD GRAPES”
  • GOD ASKS THAT WE JUDGE BETWEEN WHO WAS AT FAULT FOR THE FAILURE OF THE JEWS TO PRODUCE GOOD FRUIT? (3) WAS IT GOD OR WAS IT THE NATION OF ISRAEL?
    • WHAT ARE THE 6 SINS MENTIONED UNDER EACH WOE?
      • =1= (8-10) LAND THEFT.
      • =2= (11-12) ALCOHOLISM.
      • =3= (18) THIS IS A HEBREW PROVERB THAT CAN BE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS: “WOE TO THOSE WHOSE WICKEDNESS IS HELPED BY WORDS OF LYING, WHO IN THEIR PRIDE AND UNBELIEF THE WRATH OF GOD DEFINE”)
        • LYING AND UNBELIEF.
      • =4= (20) PERVERSION.
      • =5= (21) PRIDE OF SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS.
      • =6= (22-23) MERCENARIES.

• READ ISA 5:25-30
  • WHAT DO YOU LEARN ABOUT GOD AND HIS METHOD OF JUDGMENT?
    • =1=FIRST GOD REMOVES HIS HAND OF DIVINE PROTECTION (5:5)
      • FOR OVER 500 YEARS GOD HAD KEPT THE GREAT FOREIGN NATIONS OF THE WORLD OFF THIS VERY IMPORTANT LAND BRIDGE OF ISRAEL.
      • SYRIA, THEN ASSYRIA, THEN BABYLON WOULD MARCH THROUGH AND WASTE THE LAND. (5:6)
        • GOD WOULD USE A NON-BELIEVING HEATHEN NATION TO CARRY OUT THE JUDGMENT. WHY?
          • GOD USES THE NATURAL CONSEQUENCES OF SIN TO REAP ITS OWN REWARD WHEN HE REMOVES HIS PROTECTION.
    • =2=JUDGMENT OF NATURE (5:6)
      • GOD WOULD CHANGE WEATHER CONDITIONS SO NEITHER ISRAEL NOR ITS ENEMIES WOULD PROFIT FROM BOUNTIFUL HARVESTS.
    • =3= THE REMOVAL OF SPIRITUAL LIGHT (30)
      • WHY WOULD GOD REMOVE SPIRITUAL LIGHT TO A NATION? (ROM 1:25-26)
        • GOD GIVES MAN FREE WILL TO CHOOSE GOOD OR EVIL. WHEN MAN CHOOSES EVIL, GOD GIVES THEM OVER TO THEIR SINFUL DESIRES INCLUDING THE CONSEQUENCES THAT THOSE SIN REAP.

• ISA 5:24-30 DOUBLE FULFILLMENT
  • FIRST FULFILLMENT:
    • SENACHERIB, THE ASSYRIAN KING ATTACKED THE NORTHERN KINGDOM. 1500 BODIES WERE FOUND LYING IN THE STREETS OF THE CITY OF LACHISH.
      • ASSYRIAN CHARACTERISTICS OF BATTLE:
        • SPEED (26)
        • PERSEVERANCE (27)
        • FEROCITY (28)
  • SECOND FULFILLMENT:
    • THE GREAT RUSSIAN WAR NEAR THE BEGINNING OF THE TRIBULATION PERIOD WILL FULFILL IT AGAIN. SEE EZE 38 &39.

HOMEWORK
ISAIAH 6
This is a self-study. Please do not send homework answers to the teacher forcorrection.

• APPLICATION OF ISA 5
  • WHICH OF ISRAEL’S SIX WOES OR SINS HIT CLOSEST TO HOME IN YOUR PERSONAL LIFE?

• FIND SOME SCRIPTURES THAT DEAL WITH THIS PARTICULAR SIN.

• ASK GOD TO FORGIVE YOU OF THIS SIN. THANK HIM FOR HIS FORGIVENESS.

• PREPARATION FOR ISA 6
  • READ ISA 6:1-4 A VISION OF THE LORD
    • WHY IS THIS VISION OF THE LORD ON HIS THRONE IMPORTANT WHEN YOU KNOW ABOUT THE COMING BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY?

• ABOUT WHAT ASPECT OF GOD’S CHARACTER ARE THE SERAPHIM CONCERNED?

• READ ISA 6:5-10 THE CALL OF ISAIAH
  • WHAT WAS ISAIAH’S REACTION TO SEEING GOD ON HIS THRONE? WHY?

• OF WHAT SIGNIFICANCE IS THE LIVE COAL FROM OFF THE ALTAR?

• WHY DOES IT TOUCH ISAIAH’S LIPS, AS OPPOSED TO HIS HEAD OR HIS HANDS? (READ MAT 12:34-35 AND PSA 51:10)

• FIND THE REFERENCE TO THE TRINITY.

• EXPLAIN ISA 6:9-10 (SEE MAT 13:14-15 MAR 4:12 LUK 8:10 JOH 12:40 ACT 28:25-28 ROM 11:8

• READ ISA 6:11-13 THE REMNANT
  • WHAT DO YOU LEARN ABOUT THE REMNANT?

MEMORY VERSE: ISA 6:8