Lesson #29

ISAIAH 32
LESSON #29
THE TRANSORMED SOCIETY UNDER CHRIST

• MEMORY VERSE: JOEL 2:28

• READ ISA 32:1-8 THE PICTURE OF A TRANSFORMED SOCIETY
• WE ARE IN A SECTION OF ISAIAH CALLED “THE WOES”. HOWEVER, THIS CHAPTER IS NOT A WOE, IT IS A BLESSING.
• REMEMBER HOW THE BOOK OF REVELATION WAS ORGANIZED. THERE WERE 6 JUDGMENTS CALLED “SEALS” AND THEN A LITTLE SECTION CALLED “A PARENTHESIS”, THEN THE 7TH JUDGEMENT. THEN THERE WERE 6 TRUMPET JUDGMENTS, A PARENTHESIS AND A 7TH TRUMPET; THEN 6 BOWL JUDGMENTS, A PARENTHESIS, AND THEN A 7TH BOWL JUDGMENT.
• ISAIAH HAS THE SAME ORGANIZATION HERE. WE HAVE SEEN 6 “WOES”…NOW WE HAVE A LITTLE PARENTHESIS BEFORE THE FINAL “WOE”.
• WHAT IS THE PURPOSE FOR THIS KIND OF STRUCTURE?
• THE PURPOSE IS SO THAT WE MIGHT “LOOK UP!” IN TIMES OF HARDSHIP AND TROUBLE, TRIAL AND TESTING.
• IN THE TOTAL SCHEME OF PLANET EARTH, TO WHAT PERIOD OF MAN’S HISTORY DOES THIS CHAPTER REFER? HOW DO WE KNOW?
• VERSE 1 TELLS US THAT A KING WILL REIGN IN RIGHTEOUSNESS. AT NO TIME IN HISTORY HAS ANY KING REIGNED OVER ALL THE EARTH IN RIGHTEOUSNESS. THEREFORE, THE PROPHET IS TELLING US ABOUT THE FUTURE WHEN JESUS CHRIST WILL REIGN ON THIS EARTH IN RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR 1000 YEARS. THIS IS THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM OF JESUS CHRIST.
• WHAT SPECIFIC THINGS DO YOU LEARN ABOUT JESUS CHRIST FROM THIS CHAPTER?
• HE IS THE KING THAT WILL REIGN IN RIGHTEOUSNESS.
• WHO ARE THE PRINCES THAT SHALL RULE WITH HIM? (1)
• THE NEW TESTAMENT TELLS US THAT BELIEVERS WILL RETURN WITH CHIRST TO RULE WITH HIM FOR A THOUSAND YEARS.
• THRESE ARE BORN AGAIN BELIEVERS WHO HAVE BEEN REWARDED WITH POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY IN THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM TO SERVE THE KING. (2TIM 2:12 REV 5:10)
• JESUS CHRIST IS THE ROCK UNDER WHOSE SHADOW THE BELIEVER FINDS REST FROM A WORLD GOVERNED BY MAN AND SPECIFICALLY THE ANTICHRIST IN THE YEAR TRIBULATION PERIOD THAT PRECEDES THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM.
• IN THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM MAN SHALL SEE CHRIST FACE TO FACE AND HEAR HIS WORDS DIRECTLY FROM HIS MOUTH. (3)
• ALL PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND PLAINLY GOD’S WORDS. (4)
• JESUS CHRIST WILL POUR OUT THE HOLY SPIRIT ON ALL FLESH DURING THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM. (15)
• CHRIST WILL REVERSE THE CURSE OF GEN 3 AND THE EARTH WILL BECOME ABUNDANTLY PRODUCTIVE AS IT WAS BEFORE THE FALL OF ADAM AND EVE. (15)
• CHRIST’S KINGDOM WILL BE A REIGN OF PEACE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS. (17)
• THE LIBERAL, VILE PERSON: THE CHURL (5-8)
• “LIBERAL” HERE MEANS GENEROUS, NOT THE WAY WE POLITICALLY USE THE WORD LIBERAL TODAY. (5)
• THESE ARE EVIL PEOPLE WITH GREAT WEALTH WHO PROMOTE HOW MUCH THEY GIVE TO THIS AND THAT CHARITY AND CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE “NOBLE”, BUT IN FACT IT IS WITH AN UNDERLYING, EVIL MOTIVE TO PROMOTE THEIR SELF-IMAGE IN SOCIETY. THEREFORE, THE BASIC IDEA IS A CONDEMNATION ON THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIBERAL OR GENEROUS WITH CRUMBS. (SEE LUK 16:20-24)
• “CHURL” HAS SEVERAL MEANINGS BUT IN THIS CONTEXT IT IS A MISER. (5,7)
• IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS SECTION THAT REFERS TO THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM, EVIL PEOPLE WITH A HIDDEN MOTIVE IN THEIR HEART WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HIDE THEIR EVIL.
• THE TRULY NOBLE PERSON IN THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM WILL LIVE BY THE RIGHTEOUS WILL OF GOD AND HIS WORKS WILL PROVE THEMSELVES TO BE HOLY. (8)
• READ ISAIAH 32:9-14 A WARNING TO WOMEN
• WE HAD A PREVIOUS WARNING TO WOMEN IN ISA 3:16.
• IN ISA 3 WE SAW THAT THESE WERE WIVES OF POLITICALLY IMPORTANT, WEALTHY MEN IN JUDAH WHO OPENLY FLAUNTED THEIR WEALTH. HOWEVER, PROPHETICALLY IT REFERRED TO THE NATION OF JUDAH WHO WAS ACTING LIKE A WEALTHY, SPOILED DEBUTANTE.
• THE FIRST FULFILLMENT OF PROPHECY: THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY WOULD STRIP AWAY EVERYTHING IN WHICH THE WEALTHY TRUSTED.
• THE SECOND FULFILLMENT OF PROPHECY: THE TRIBULATION PERIOD WHICH WOULD BE A TIME OF TROUBLE FOR THE JEWS.
• READ ISAIAH 32:15-2O THE POURING OUT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
• WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE POURING OUT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, USUALLY WE THINK OF THE DAY OF PENTECOST IN ACTS 1-2. HOWEVER, IF WE LOOK AT IT ONLY FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT STANDPOINT, AND A FEW OLD TESTAMENT VERSES OUT OF CONTEXT, AS MANY CHURCHES AND TEACHERS DO, WE COME AWAY WITH A DISTORTED VIEW OF WHAT GOD REALLY MEANS BY A POURING OUT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
• CONSIDER JOEL 2
• VS. 1-2 A TRUMPET OF WARNING BECAUSE OF THE INVASION BY THE ASSYRIAN ARMY.
• WE HAVE SEEN IN THE BOOK OF ISAIAH, THAT THIS EVENT IS A PROPHETIC ILLUSTRATION OF THE TRIBULATION PERIOD WHERE THE ANTI-CHRIST IS CALLED “THE ASSYRIAN”.
• VS. 12, 16 A TURNING TO THE LORD OF THE JEWISH NATION THAT COMES AT THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST.
• VS 24-30 GOD’S PROMISE OF RESTORATION AND BLESSING FOR THE JEWISH NATION.
• THE CONTEXT OF VERSES 28 AND 29 INDICATE THAT THE TIME PERIOD IS THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM AFTER THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST THAT CAUSES VISUAL CHANGES IN THE SUN AND MOON. (JOEL 2:29-30)
• CONSIDER ACTS 2:14-21 PETER’S SERMON ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST
• PETER QUOTES FROM THE PASSAGE WE JUST CONSIDERED IN JOEL. HE CLAIMS THAT THE DAY OF PENTECOST IS A FULFILLMENT OF JOEL.
• HOW CAN THE DAY OF PENTECOST BE A FULFILLMENT OF JOEL 2 WHEN JOEL 2 INDICATES THAT THE OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS IN THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM?
• BIBLE PROPHECY HAS A DOUBLE FULFILLMENT. THE FIRST FULFILLMENT IS PARTIAL AND THE SECOND FULFILLMENT IS COMPLETE.
• WHAT IS THE FIRST FULFILLMENT AND THE SECOND FULFILLMENT FOR VERSE 15? (JOEL 2:28-29 ACT 2:15-21)
• THE FIRST FULFILLMENT IS THE DAY OF PENTECOST AND THE SECOND FULFILLMENT IS THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM OF JESUS CHRIST.
• THEREFORE, WHAT GOD REALLY MEANT WAS AN OUTPOURING FAR BEYOND OUR WILDEST COMPREHENSION AND ANYTHING THIS EARTH HAS EVER EXPERIENCED IN THOUSANDS OF YEARS OF PAST HISTORY.

HOMEWORK
ISAIAH 33
This is a self-study. Please do not send homework answers to the teacher forcorrection.

• APPLICATION OF ISA 32
• HOW WELL DO YOU COOPERATE WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO GUIDES YOU AND CONVICTS YOU OF SIN?
• IS THERE ANY AREA OF YOUR LIFE THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS NOW BRINGING INTO YOUR MIND THAT NEEDS SUBMISSION AND PRAYER?
• IN PRAYER, COMMIT THIS AREA OF YOUR LIFE TO JESUS CHRIST SO THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN BE POURED OUT TO TOUCH THIS AREA OF YOUR LIFE. WRITE DOWN WHAT RESULTS YOU SEE IN THIS AREA THIS WEEK.
• PREPARATION FOR ISA 33
• READ ISA 33:1-24
• WRITE A PARAGRAPH DESCRIBING WHAT IS MEANT BY “HAVING AN ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE” BASED ON WHAT YOU SEE IN ISA 33:14-24.

MEMORY VERSE: ISA 33:2