Read: Isaiah 49-53
Isaiah proclaims his purpose which is to bring Israel back to the Lord and make Israel a light to the Gentiles. He reminds the people of God’s unfailing love for them. If Israel will wait for the Lord’s deliverance, they will not be ashamed.
In Isaiah 50 the Lord asks them where the bill is of their divorcement because the Lord never divorced them even though they left the Lord. Verse four is a great verse to declare over yourself. If we are saved, we will have the tongue of the learned that we will speak a word in the right season.
In Isaiah 51, Isaiah reminds them of where they came from and what the plan has always been. They are a nation set apart for the Lord. He encourages the people to turn back to God because their deliverer is coming.
Isaiah 52 is a call to wake up and get ready for the Lord to visit them. He begins to describe Jesus. Isaiah 53 is the best Old Testament picture of Jesus’ first coming. He describes how he will be a person who grows up among them who is ordinary and not of kingly ascent. He will be despised and rejected of most men and not accepted. He will be brought as a lamb to the slaughter and killed for the sins of the people. His sacrifice will be the ultimate sacrifice that will atone for man’s sins.
Lord, thank you for the sacrifice of Jesus. Thank you for the day we are living in and for the Holy Spirit. Wake us up to ready ourselves for your second coming.
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