Before you get ready to read the Bible of Isaiah you have to prepare yourself in The Spirit. To catch a glimpse of Isaiah’s vision, we too must ready ourselves to read by entering the presence of the Holy God, confessing the sin in ourselves, experiencing the cleansing fire upon our lips, and opening ourselves to Isaiah’s message of judgment and hope. To be understood, Isaiah must be experienced.
Make no mistake. While the media for Isaiah’s prophecy fire the imagination, his message is deadly serious. Eternal themes of God’s sovereignty, holiness, judgment, and grace literally lace the text from beginning to end. Those who take Isaiah apart and leave it in pieces fail to see the single-mindedness of the prophet. Isaiah lived and died to speak the Word of God to Judah and Jerusalem as chosen vehicles for a global message to future generations. His integrity does not depend upon historical chronology or literary style, but upon consistent communication of God’s vision in the present and to the future. Isaiah belongs to the ages, not just as a prophet, but as a communicator who speaks to us today.
The prophecy of Isaiah can be read as a biography of the character of God. From beginning to end, as God speaks through the prophet He reveals the attributes that belong exclusively to the One who declares to all generations, “I, the LORD, am the first; and with the last, I am He” (41:4). From this declaration come the attributes of God that Isaiah extols as the grand theme for his prophecy.
Isaiah’s favorite name for God is “the Holy One of Israel.” To Isaiah, the name is more than a title of respect. At the time of his calling to be a prophet, Isaiah saw “the Holy One of Israel” on the throne of the universe and heard the angels sing, Holy, Holy, Holy is the LORD of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory! —Isaiah 6:3 In the presence of the Holy, Isaiah confessed his own sinfulness in order to be sanctified by fire and set apart for his own holy task.
As Isaiah experienced the holiness of God in his own sanctification, he also saw the outworking of God’s holiness in the cause of social justice. Out of His holiness, God speaks: Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, Who write misfortune …, To rob the needy of justice And to take what is right from the poor of My people, That widows may be their prey, And that they may rob the fatherless. —Isaiah 10:1–2 To Isaiah, the holiness of God is not an abstract attribute without practical application. For both God and His people, holiness is the expression of personal righteousness and social justice. And that they may rob the fatherless. —Isaiah 10:1–2 To Isaiah, the holiness of God is not an abstract attribute without practical application. For both God and His people, holiness is the expression of personal righteousness and social justice.
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