Isaiah 9 - Isaiah's Predictions

 

Isaiah 9 – Isaiah’s Predictions

 

Isaiah predicts that the deliverance of the nation is coming through a man of Galilee who will establish the kingdom forever. He also predicts the captivity of the northern kingdom due to their faithlessness and continual refusal to turn to God.

 

During the time of King Ahaz the nation had been multiplied and the people were more religious but the joy was gone. They had religion but they did not have Christ. They had no revelation of the coming church, but today the church has been revealed. When Jesus comes, this will be the new birth of Israel.

 

In Isaiah’s day the people didn’t know it, but Jesus was Wonderful, and even today people don’t realize just how Wonderful He is. He is our Counselor whom all power is given. He is the Omnipotent God. The Everlasting Father of eternity. The Prince of Peace of which there will be no peace until Jesus returns and reigns over us.

 

What a difference it makes in our lives that Jesus Christ came and died for our sins! And what a difference it will make in this world when He comes to sit on David’s throne and rule righteously!

 

Jesus is the difference between light and darkness, life and death. He is also the difference between joy and sorrow, freedom, and bondage. As you wait for His return, be sure the government of your life is on His shoulders. Let Him be to you all that His name proclaims, for every name that He bears is a blessing that He shares.

 

The proud will be judged, as was Israel when Assyria took the nation captive. First God chastened them in Love; and when they would not submit, He judged them. They were led astray by the very people who should have led them the right way.

 

Our God is a God of grace and truth (John 1:17). If you acknowledge His truth, you can receive His grace (Ps.51:3-4); but if you reject His truth, His hand of judgment must be stretched out to you.

 

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J. Vernon McGee Commentary and Nelson’s Quick Reference Commentary.

Dr. David Jeremiah.