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Lesson #47
THE REDEEMER AND HIS ETERNAL KINGDOM

• MEMORY VERSE: ISAIAH 59:1

• ISAIAH 59 CONTINUES THE MESSAGE OF ISAIAH 58. REMEMBER THAT ISAIAH WAS TOLD TO TELL ISRAEL THEIR SINS. THE PEOPLE WONDERED WHY GOD DID NOT HEAR THEIR PRAYERS. AS WE DISCOVERED IN OUR LAST LESSON, A FORM OF RELIGIOSITY COVERED UP THEIR SINS. ISAIAH USED FASTING AS AN EXAMPLE IN CHAPTER 58. IN CHAPTER 59, HE REFERS TO A LOT MORE OF THEIR SINS. IN FACT, HE SPEAKS ABOUT THEIR SINS 32 TIMES USING DIFFERENT WORDS AND MAKING 23 SEPARATE ACCUSATIONS OF THEIR SINS.

• READ ISA 59:1-15 SIN AND “UNANSWERED PRAYER”
  • GOD DID HEAR THE PRAYERS OF HIS SINFUL PEOPLE, BUT HE CHOSE NOT TO ANSWER THEIR PRAYERS IN THE WAY THEY EXPECTED BECAUSE OF THEIR SIN. ISAIAH MAKES IT VERY CLEAR THAT GOD IS NOT WITHOUT POWER TO RESPOND (“GOD’S HAND IS NOT SHORTENED” VS. 1)
    • HE TELLS THEM WHY THEIR PRAYERS WERE NOT ANSWERED IN THE WAY THEY EXPECTED.. (2)
      • IT WAS BECAUSE OF SIN. SIN SEPARATES MAN FROM GOD.
    • MAKE A LIST OF THE EIGHT SINFUL PARTS OF THE BODY MENTIONED:
    • IN WHAT WAYS CAN THESE 8 PARTS OF THE BODY BE SINFUL?

 

• WE CAN SEE THE NATURE OF SIN IN THIS SECTION BY ISAIAH’S USE OF SYMBOLIC WORDS: (5-6)
• SNAKES WHO HATCH THEIR EGGS:
  • THE EVIL YOU HATCH WILL GROW UP AND BITE YOU.
• SPIDERS WHO WEAVE THEIR WEBS:
  • THE EVIL YOU WEAVE WILL EVENTUALLY ENTANGLE YOU AND TRAP YOU.

• APPLICATION:
  • THESE WERE THE SINS OF ISRAEL THAT SEPARATED THEM FROM GOD.
    • THEREFORE, IF YOU EVER FEEL THAT GOD IS NOT ANSWERING YOUR PRAYERS, IT MAY HELP TO ASK THE HOLY SPIRIT TO CONVICT YOU OF ANY SIN THAT MAY BE STANDING BETWEEN YOU AND GOD. IF SOME SIN IMMEDIATELY COMES TO MIND, REPENT OF IT AND GET RIGHT WITH GOD. IF NOTHING IMMEDIATELY COMES TO MIND, THE PROBLEM IS NOT SIN.
      • READ 1PET 3:12 JAM 5:16
        • WE MUST KEEP IN MIND THAT GOD ALWAYS ANSWERS THE PRAYERS OF HIS PEOPLE. HE ANSWERS EITHER YES, NO, OR WAIT.
          • -SOMETIMES WE GET A “NO” ANSWER, AND WE THINK GOD IS NOT ANSWERING. THIS WAS THE CASE WITH ISRAEL IN ISAIAH’S DAY.
            • GOD LOVES HIS PEOPLE AND WILL ANSWER NO WHEN IT IS NOT IN OUR BEST INTEREST.
            • READ JAM 4:2-3,6
            • WE MUST LEARN AN ACCEPTANCE OF GOD’S WILL! ESPECIALLY WHEN IT DIFFERS FROM OUR OWN WILL.
              • SOMETIMES WE GET A “WAIT” ANSWER AND THINK GOD IS NOT ANSWERING.
              • WE MUST LEARN PATIENCE WITHOUT LOSING FAITH!
• READ ISA 59:16-19 THE PROVISION FOR A REDEEMER

• BECAUSE OF SIN AND MAN’S TENDENCY TO SIN, GOD PROVIDED A REDEEMER TO PAY THE PRICE OF SIN AND CLOSE THE GAP BETWEEN MAN AND GOD. THAT REDEEMER IS JESUS CHRIST.
  • OF WHAT NEW TESTAMENT SCRIPTURE DOES ISA 59:17 REMIND YOU?

• WHY DO YOU THINK THESE ITEMS OF SPIRITUAL WARFARE ARE MENTIONED HERE IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REDEEMER?

• “WHEN THE ENEMY SHALL COME IN LIKE A FLOOD,
  • THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD SHALL LIFT UP A STANDARD AGAINST HIM.”(19)
    • IN THE KING JAMES VERSION, YOU SEE THE SPIRITUAL WARFARE ASPECTS OF THIS SPIRITUAL BATTLE BETWEEN SATAN AND GOD.

• READ ISA 59:20-21 THE COMING OF THE REDEEMER
  • WHAT WILL THE REDEEMER DO FOR ISRAEL WHEN HE COMES?

• DID JESUS CHRIST DO THESE THINGS WHEN HE CAME THE FIRST TIME? NO.
  • WHY NOT?
• WHEN WILL VERSES 20 AND 21 BE FULFILLED?

 

• READ ISA 60:1-3 THE DAWNING OF THE LIGHT
• CHAPTER 60 CONTINUES TO TELL US WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE REDEEMER RETURN S TO EARTH AT THE SECOND COMING AND FORGIVES ISRAEL’S SINS.
  • WHEN JESUS CHRIST COMES BACK IT WILL BE LIKE THE DAWN WHEN THE SUN COMES UP OVER THE HORIZON.
    • MAL 4:2 CALLS THE MESSIAH, THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.
    • PSA 19:4 ALSO MAKES REFERENCE TO THIS SYMBOL OF JESUS CHRIST.
  • WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THE COMING MILLENNIUM DESCRIBED IN THIS CHAPTER THAT STRIKES YOU?

• READ ISA 60:4-18
  • ASPECTS OF THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM:
    • FOR THE GENTILES:
      • GENTILE NATIONS SHALL COME TO WORSHIP THE REDEEMER. (3,8,9-10)
      • THE TIDE IS GOING TO TURN. JUST AS THE DEAD SEA WILL BE CHANGED TO SWEET WATER, ALL NATIONS WILL HONOR KING JESUS. (5)
        • NOTICE THAT WHEN PEOPLE COME TO WORSHIP HIM IN THE MILLENNIUM, THEY BRING GOLD AND INCENSE BUT NO MYRRH AS THE WISEMEN DID WHEN HE WAS A SMALL CHILD. WHY WILL THEY NOT BRING MYRRH?

• PROSPERITY AND COMMERCIAL SUCCESS (6)
• EVERYTHING WILL BE MADE RIGHT AND PEACEFUL (7)
  • A RETURN OF THE FLOCKS THAT THE MOABITES STOLE IS REFERRED TO IN THIS VERSE.
• THE GATES OF JERUSALEM WILL ALWAYS BE OPEN TO RECEIVE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO WORSHIP THE LORD. (11)
• REBELLIOUS NATIONS THAT DO NOT COME TO WORSHIP THE LORD WILL BE DESTROYED. (12) (ZEC 14:16-21)
• JERUSALEM WILL BE REBUILT AND MADE BEAUTIFUL. (13,14)

• FOR THE JEWS:
  • HATRED OF THE JEW WILL BE CHANGED TO LOVE. (15)
  • ISRAEL WILL HAVE A MOST FAVORED NATION STATUS (16)
  • ISRAEL WILL ACKNOWLEDGE JESUS CHRIST (16)
  • JEWISH LEADERS WILL NO LONGER TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE. (17)
  • THERE WILL BE NO MORE VIOLENCE OR DESTRUCTION. (18)
  • THE LORD SHALL BE THE LIGHT. (19-20) (REV 22:5)
  • THERE WILL ONLY BE BELIEVERS WHO ENTER INTO THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM. (21)
  • JUSTICE AND EQUALITY WILL RULE, NOT SIZE OR MIGHT OF NATIONS. (22)

• READ ISA 60:19-22 ASPECTS OF ETERNITY: NO MORE SUN
  • THIS CHAPTER ENDS WHERE IT BEGAN…WITH THE LIGHT OF JESUS CHRIST, THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. IN ETERNITY THERE WILL BE NO MORE SUN FOR LIGHT AND NO MORE DARKNESS. WE CAN TAKE THAT LITERALLY AND SPIRITUALLY.
    • READ REV 22:3-5

• APPLICATION:
  • IF JESUS CHRIST IS THE ETERNAL LIGHT, WE SHOULD PAY MORE ATTENTION TO HIM AND HIS WORD. BOOKS, MOVIES, TELEVISION, PHILOSOPHIES, IDEAS, RELIGIONS, AND BELIEFS CONSTANTLY TELL US WHAT TO BELIEVE.
    • THE BIBLE REVEALS EVERYTHING WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GOD, ABOUT JESUS CHRIST, AND ABOUT ETERNITY. WE ONLY NEED TO READ IT AND BELIEVE IT.

HOMEWORK
ISAIAH 61 AND 62
This is a self-study. Please do not send homework answers to the teacherfor correction.

• APPLICATION OF ISA 59 AND 60
  • WHAT PRAYERS HAVE YOU BEEN PRAYING FOR MANY YEARS THAT SEEM TO HAVE BEEN “UNANSWERED”?

• WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED IN THIS PAST LESSON THAT ENCOURAGES YOU IN REGARDS TO THESE PRAYERS?
• PREPARATION FOR ISA 61 AND 62

• READ ISA 61:1-11
  • THIS IS THE FIFTH “SERVANT SONG”.
    • WHO IS THE SERVANT MENTIONED HERE?

• WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE SERVANT’S MISSION?

• WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF THE SERVANT’S MISSION?
• READ ISA 62:1-12
  • WHAT DO YOU LEARN ABOUT THE SERVANT’S DETERMINATION TO SUCCEED?

• MEMORY VERSE: ISAIAH 62:3