Wrapping it up with a bang.
...continue reading "Isaiah 65 and 66"Tag: Jerusalem
Isaiah 62
A beautiful prediction of Jerusalem's (Zion's) final redemption.
...continue reading "Isaiah 62"Isaiah 60 Arise and shine!
The NASB section title is The Glory of Israel in the Millennial Kingdom...I am quite intrigued.
...continue reading "Isaiah 60 Arise and shine!"Isaiah 54
This chapter continues the prophesy of the Servant and salvation.
...continue reading "Isaiah 54"Isaiah 52
Further prophesy of Judah once they have been taken into Babylonian captivity and then released by the hand of God to return to their land.
...continue reading "Isaiah 52"Isaiah 49
According to Ryrie Study Bible's Book of Isaiah outline, this is the first of the next nine chapter specially related to the Servant Messiah.
...continue reading "Isaiah 49"Psalms 46, 80, and 135
Using the Blue Letter Bible chronological reading list, we have a brief pause between Isaiah 48 and 49. We revisit Hezekiah in II Kings 19 and then read these three psalms, 46, 80, and 135.
...continue reading "Psalms 46, 80, and 135"II Kings 19 (Judah)
Because I don't make much progress here while I'm leading my bible studies, it's been a full year since we were last in II Kings. In Chapter 17 we saw the official end of the northern kingdom of Israel and in Chapter 18 we read of the many victories of Hezekiah in Judah, because he did right in the sight of the Lord. However, the Blue Letter Bible chronological reading plan left us with a cliffhanger at the end of Chapter 18. Now the exciting conclusion of Hezekiah in II Kings 19.
...continue reading "II Kings 19 (Judah)"Isaiah 44
This is a continuation of the Lord speaking from Chapter 23.
...continue reading "Isaiah 44"Isaiah 40
We now enter a new section of Isaiah. Most commentators distinguish two "halves" of the book. The dire prophetic judgements of the "Old Testament" half, with the tragic end of Israel and much of Judah by the Assyrians, and the more hopefully, Messianic, "New Testament" half in which Isaiah has amazingly accurate prophesies regarding Babylon. This second second begin with chapter 40.
...continue reading "Isaiah 40"