Let us turn to the eleventh chapter of Isaiah, and begin our study
with the first verse.
Isa. 11:1---"And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of
Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots."
32. FATHERS PREFERRED DECEIT THEIR CHILDREN GIVEN GRACE
We shall study the thirteenth chapter of Isaiah, beginning with the
very first verse.
Here, as in other chapters of Isaiah's prophecy, you will notice
that a part of the chapter (in this instance, the first seventeen verses)
speaks of the sins of ancient Israel, the fathers of antitypical Israel,
and of their fall from power. But the remainder of the chapter speaks of
Israel in the latter days, the days in which antitypical Israel rises to
power. Let us now consider--Isa. 30 :1, 2--
33. THE DISPERSION THE TIME AND THE DELIVERANCE
This afternoon we are to study Isaiah, chapters 31 and 32. In these chapters we shall see the cause of Zion's captivity by the Gentiles, their time limit, and antitypical Israel's deliverance:
34. THE SPOILER'S SPOILS TAKEN BY THE LAME AND THE WEAK
This subject is found in Isaiah 33. We shall begin our study with--
Isa. 33:1---"Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled-
and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee!
when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt
make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee."
35. NATIONS SEE EDOM PERISH, DESERT BLOSSOM, AND A HIGHWAY TO ZION
Our subject for this afternoon is found in Isaiah 34 and 35. Last week, you recall, we studied the thirty-third chapter, the Lord's burden concerning the church as she approaches the time of "harvest,"-the time the "wheat" is put into the barn and the "tares" burned (Matt. 13:30); the time the "good fish' are put into "vessels" and the "bad fish" cast out (Matt. 13:47- 49) as are those who have not the "wedding garment" on (Matt. 22:1-13). Continuing now into the thirty-fourth chapter, we there see that God invites the nations of the world to draw near and to hear His mighty work of refining:
36. "COMFORT YE, COMFORT YE, MY PEOPLE"
Last week we finished studying the thirty-fifth chapter of the book of Isaiah. And now since, as can be readily seen, chapters 36-39 inclusive, interrupt with historical data the theme of Isaiah's prophecy, we shall continue where Inspiration picks up the thread of thought in chapter 40 with a tender plea to God's message-bearing people:
37. THE END OF YOUR LONG AND TRYING JOURNEY
Our subject for this afternoon is found in the fifty-first chapter
of Isaiah, beginning with the first verse.
"Hearken to Me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek
the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the
pit whence ye are digged. Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah
that bare you...." Isa. 51:1, 2.
38. IF NOT AWAKED NOW, THEY MAY SLEEP FOREVER
Our subject for this afternoon is found in Isaiah, chapter 52. We
shall begin with the first verse.
Isa. 52:1---"Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy
beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall
no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean."
Before we begin our study verse by verse of Isaiah fifty four, we
shall read verse one.
Isa. 54:1---"Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth
into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for
more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married
wife, saith the Lord."
40. ZION IN THE HEIGHT OF HER GLORY
Our study for this afternoon is from the sixtieth chapter of Isaiah. There we read: "Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee." Isa. 60:1.
41. THE FRUITS OF THE ANOINTED ONE
We shall study the sixty-first chapter of Isaiah, beginning with
the first verse:
Isa. 61:1, 2---"The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me; because the
Lord hath anointed Me to preach good tidings unto the meek; He hath sent
Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and
the opening of the prison to them that are bound; to proclaim the acceptable
year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that
mourn."
