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Su
pp
lemen
tal No
tes:
The B
ookof
Isaiah
Chuck Missler© 1996 Koinonia House Inc.
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dio
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g
Isaiah 19:19, 20
The G
reat Pyramid.
Mo
nu
men
ts Fro
m P
rehisto
ry
The G
reat Pyram
id, Stonehenge, and M
ars supplemental discussion.
Isaiah 20 - 23
Impending C
onquest of Egypt and E
thiopia. Medes to take B
abylon.T
he fall of Tyre.
Isaiah 24 - 27
Isaiah’s “Little A
pocalypse” chapters.
Isaiah 28 - 30
Prophetic W
arning concerning Ephraim
and Judah.
Isaiah 31 - 35
Future K
ingdom blessings. F
ocus on Jerusalem.
Isaiah 36 - 39
Historical parenthesis. H
ezekiah and Rabshakeh.
Isaiah 40 - 43
How
many Isaiahs? C
yrus predicted. Jesus Christ the servant.
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dio
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g
Isaiah 1
Introduction. Case against Judah.
Tap
e 2: Isaiah 2 - 6:8
A V
ision of the coming K
ingdom. Israel, the L
ord’s vineyard. The
Throne of G
od.
Isaiah 6:9- ch
apter 7:25
Isaiah’s New
Com
mission. C
onfederacy of Rezin and P
ekah. The S
ignof the V
irgin.
Isaiah 8 - 10:4
Overthrow
of Dam
ascus and Sam
aria. Christ’s B
irth.
Isaiah 10:5 - 12:6
Predicted Judgm
ent upon Assyria. A
future kingdom.
Isaiah 13 - 14:11
Babylon. B
abylon’s defeat.
Isaiah 14:12 - 17
Lucifer’s pride and rebellion.
Isaiah 14:18-19:25
Moab. D
amascus w
ill fall. Egypt.
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Isaiah
Intro
du
ction
Isaiah, Why;[]v;y] = “Y
HW
H is S
alvation.”
Perso
nal B
ackgro
un
d
Son of A
moz (not A
mos: 1st and last letters are different in the H
ebrew)
Brother of U
zziah’s father?Fam
ily of rank: Access to the K
ing (7:3); intimacy w
ith high priest (8:2).T
radition: cousin of King U
zziah.Jerusalem
was his hom
e; served as court preacher.M
arried, two sons
Shear-jashub = “a rem
nant shall return”; a symbolical nam
e for the sonof Isaiah the prophet.
Maher-shalal-hash-baz “sw
ift is booty, speedy is prey”; a symbolic
name given by Isaiah by the L
ord’s direction to Isaiah’s son; a propheticindication that D
amascus and S
amaria w
ere soon to be plundered by theking of A
ssyria.
Martyrdom
tradition (Mishna): K
ing Manasseh cut him
in half with a
wooden saw
(Heb 11:37?)
Justin Martyr, 150 A.D.
Literary style: versatility of expression, and brilliance of im
agery; has norival; regarded as the clim
ax of Hebrew
literary art.•
Epigram
s and metaphors: 1:13; 5:18, 22; 8:8; 10:22; 28:17, 20; 30:28,
30.•
Interrogation and dialogue: 6:8; 10:8, 9.•
Antithesis and alliteration: 1:18; 3:24; 17:10, 12
•H
yperbole and parable: 2:7; 5:1-7; 28:23-29•
Encryption: (A
lbam) 7:1, 46
Vocabulary (num
ber of different words used):
•E
zekiel1535
•Jerem
iah1653
•P
salmists
2170•
Isaiah2186
[Cf M
ilton, Dante, Shakespeare...largest E
nglish vocabularies on record.]
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dio
Listin
g
Isaiah 44 - 45
Babylon. E
zekiel’s 430 years. Rise of C
yrus.
Isaiah 46 - 49
Babylon, the pride of the C
haldeans.
Isaiah 50 - 52
Messianic T
heme. B
ondslave. God’s R
emnant exhorted. V
ision ofK
ingdom A
ge.
Isaiah 53
“Holy of H
olies of Old T
estament prophecy.”
Th
e Ph
ysics of Im
mo
rtality
DN
A, T
ime and R
esurrection Bodies.
Isaiah 54 - 59
Israel, the restored wife. Idolaters rebuked.
Isaiah 60 - 62
Sin. K
ingdom A
ge. The T
wo C
omings of C
hrist. Kingdom
Blessings.
Isaiah 63 - 66
Day of V
engeance. Israel’s rebellion. A N
ew W
ine. New
Heaven and
New
Earth.
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Desig
n o
f the B
oo
k
Divisio
n I: C
hap
ters 1 - 35
1-6Judah
[6: King on the T
hrone]7-12
Israel13-23
Nations: B
abylon, Philistia, M
oab, Syria, E
gypt, Edom
,A
rabia, Tyre
24-27W
orld: “Day of Y
HW
H” (C
alled, the “Little A
pocalypse”)28-33
Six “W
oes” upon Jerusalem34-35
Tribulation &
Millennium
Divisio
n II (P
arenth
etical: Histo
ry)
(Cf. 2 K
ings 18:13-20:19 [written by Isaiah?]; 2 C
hronicles 32)
36H
ezekiah’s Trouble: A
ssyrian invasion threat37
Hezekiah’s Prayer
38H
ezekiah’s Illness39
Hezekiah’s Folly
Divisio
n III
40-48T
he Purpose of P
eace48:22
“There is no peace, saith Y
HW
H, to the W
icked.”49-57
The P
rince of Peace
Ch 53
(Christ) right in the m
iddle. The “H
oly of Holies” of O
T58-66
The P
rogram of P
eace57:21
“There is no peace, saith Y
HW
H, to the W
icked.”
Preview
: No
table E
lemen
ts
6V
ision of the Throne of G
od (Cf. E
zek 10, Rev 4)
7V
irgin Birth (also, A
lbam encryption)
[Midrash: 7:1,4, 6: R
emaliah, T
abeal]9
Messianic revelation
14L
ucifer’s Rebellion
19G
reat Pyramid allusion?
40John the B
aptist announced53
Suffering and death of the M
essiah61
Quoted by C
hrist as His m
andate65, 66
Millennium
and beyond
Poetical, rhythmic style: 12:1-6; 25:1-5; 26:1-12; 38:10-20; 2:1-4; 49:1-9;
50:4-9; 52:13-53:12; 60-62; 66:5-24.E
legiac rhythm: 37:22-29.
Senracherib Taunt: 14:4-23. [cf. B
ullinger]
Texts:
Septuagint (used in C
hrist’s day) 285 B.C.; Masoretic T
ext; Dead S
eaS
crolls (Qum
ran, 1947, Cave 1. F
irst scroll, complete H
ebrew T
ext, 17sheets, 10.3 in x 24 ft, 2nd century? S
econd scroll, 1/3.)
Histo
ry of th
e Critical “P
rob
lem”
1775D
oderlein, 2 authors1779
Koppe, questioned chapter 50
Rosenm
ueller, 13, 14?1794
Eichhorn, questioned chapters 40-66
1821G
esenius, questioned chapters 40-661886
Franz D
elitsch yields his defense1888
Driver and S
mith in B
ritain...
“Higher C
riticism” leads to the D
eutero-Isaiah 1-39 vs 40-66; (Trito-
Isaiah also: 40-55; 56-66..)
1)N
eed to deny prophecy (vs. Intent of the text: 8:16; 30:8; 42:23. “Yea,
hath God said..” G
en 3:1)2)
Scope of the book beyond the capacity of the critics: conversion of
the heathen; universal peace; universal judgement.
3)E
vidence of Inspirationa) U
nity of ideas:“H
oly one of Israel” (25X: 12X
in 1-39; 13X in 40-66)
“Highw
ay,” 7X“R
emnant,” 12X
“Zion,” 18X
(10X in “1”; 8X
in “2”)“P
angs of a wom
an in travail,” 6X (3X
in “1”; 3X in “2”)
b) Literary style
c) Historical references
d) Predictive elem
ents: Cyrus, et al. (C
h. 44, 45..)e) John 12 (!)f) L
uke 4 (vs. 61:1,2)
[See also, H
ow T
o Study the Bible, B
eyond Coincidence, T
he E.T
.Scenario...]
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earth (65:17; 66:22). No other prophet m
atches his majestic eloquence
on the glory of God. A
ll the nations of the world are included in his
predictions. No other prophet is m
ore focused on the redemptive w
orkof the M
essiah, or more clearly aw
are of grace.
Ch
apter 1
Go
d’s C
ase Ag
ainst Ju
dah
verse:1]
Jerusalem is called by m
ore than 30 different names.
2]T
hrough v. 23: the chastening (re: Deut 28-29) has been visited upon the
land and the time of expulsion is near. T
he renewal of the P
alestinianC
ovenant of future restoration is included (Isa 1:26-27; 2:1-4).
4]“A
h... nation” “hoi..goi.”
Holy O
ne of Israel: frequent title used by Isaiah.
7]T
otal destruction: Deut 29:22; A
mos 9:11; Isa 13; Jer 50.
9]Q
uoted by Paul: R
om 9:29.
Mere outw
ard religion condemned: m
ost scathing indictment of reli-
gious formalism
in Scripture. Cf. H
os 6:6; Am
os 4:4; 5:21-25; Micah 6:6-
8; Jer 7:4, 21; Ps 50:3-15.
10]“Sodom
” = Jerusalem
(Rev 11:18).
13]“A
bomination” =
abominable im
age (Rev 13).
[18 - 31] Entreaty and w
arning. (The failure of the C
hurch is greater thanthat of Jerusalem
: she has had a greater light!)
18]“R
eason together” = “reach an understanding.”
Grace includes full am
nesty.
21]“H
arlot:” Ex 34:15; H
os 1:2; Isa 50:1; 54:1.
Messian
ic Pro
ph
ecies(O
nly exceeded by the Psalm
s!)
Deity, eternity, preexistence, creatorship, om
nipotence, omnipresence:
40:12-18; 51;13Incarnation: 9:6; 7:14Y
outh in Nazareth: 7:15; 9:1-2; 11:1; 53:2
Anointed as S
ervant of the Lord: 11:2
Chosen; delighted in: 42:1
Mild m
anner: 42:2M
inistering kindness: 42:3; (Matthew
12:18-20)O
bedience: 50:5M
essage: 61:1,2M
iracles: 35:5-6Sufferings: 50:6; 52:14G
athering to exultation: 52:13-15R
ejection by Israel: 53:1-3Sham
e, struck, bruised: 53:4-6V
icarious death: 53:8B
urial: 53:9R
esurrection: 53:10A
scension: 52:13Spiritual progeny: 53:10H
igh Priestly ministry: 53:12
Future glory: 59:20; 63:1-6; 66:15-19(N
ot mentioned as a servant after C
hapter 53)
Ch
ron
olo
gy
Ussiah, 791-740 (2 K
gs 15:1-5; 2 Chr 26:1-23)
Jotham, 750-736 (2 K
gs 15:32-38; 2 Chr 27:1-9)
Ahaz (-) 736-716 (2 K
gs 16:1-20; 2 Chr 28:1-27)
Hezekiah, 716-687 (2 K
gs 18:1-20:21)M
anasseh (-) 686-642 (2 Kgs 21:1-18; 2 C
hr 33:1-20)T
radition: sawed Isaiah in half?
Greatest of the w
riting prophets, ministered during the reign of four
kings, a period which included the invasion of the N
orthern Kingdom
byA
ssyria. [Also, the change of all calendars in 701 B.C., possibly due to
an alteration of the orbit of the Earth, according to som
e views.]
Most com
prehensive of all prophets. Span of them
es include thecreation of the universe (42:5) to the creation of a new
heavens and new
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Ch
apter 4
A V
ision
of th
e Co
min
g K
ing
do
m(C
f Isa 11:1-6)
1]S
even wom
en (Cf. 7 churches? R
ev 2 & 3).
2]B
ranch:
1)“T
he Branch of the L
ord”: the Imm
anuel character of Christ (7:4) to
be fully manifested after H
is return in glory (Mt 25:31);
2)“T
he Branch” of D
avid (Isa 11:1; Jer 23:5; 33:15), the Messiah, “of
the seed of David according to the flesh” (R
om 1:3), revealed in
earthly glory as King of K
ings;
3)T
he Lord’s “servant, the B
ranch” (Zech 3:8), M
essiah’s humiliation
and obedience unto death (Isa 52:13-53:12; Phil 2:5-8);
4)T
he “man w
hose name is T
he Branch” (Z
ech 6:12), the “last Adam
,”the “second m
an” (1 Cor 15:45-47) reigning as P
riest-King over the
dominion given to and lost by the first A
dam.
5]C
loud: Ex 13:21,22.
Ch
apter 5
Israel, the L
ord
’s Vin
eyard
1-7]Ps 80; H
os 10:1; Rom
11:1-6; Mt 21:33-41; M
k 12:1-9; Lk 20:9-19.
Six W
oes u
po
n U
nfaith
ful Israel
8-10](1) M
aterialism
11-17](2) H
edonism
18-19](3) F
launting Sin
20](4) D
enial of the Word of G
od. Church of L
aodicea (Rev 3:14-22).
22]Silver: E
x 30:11-16.
24]T
rinity? Notice the three titles.
25]D
ross: Ezek 22:18-22.
26]Judges are to be restored in the future kingdom
(Mt 19:28).
29]T
rees: 2 Kgs 16:4; H
os 4:13; Jer 2:20; 3:6-13; 17:2; Ezek 6:13; Isa 57:5.
Gardens: Isa 65:3; 66:17.C
hap
ter 2
A V
ision
of th
e Co
min
g K
ing
do
m
Verses 2-5 sim
ilar to Micah 4:1-3, 5 (a contem
porary).
2]“M
ountains” idiomatic for kingdom
, authority, rule: Dan 2:35, 44-45; R
ev17:9-11; etc.
All nations: A
cts 15:14.
[6 - 22] The necessity of hum
ility in the Day of Y
HW
H.
11]C
ompare w
ith Isa 14: the fall of Lucifer through pride (C
f. v.17).
17]T
he Lord alone. A
lso, Isa 63:5 (Cf. v.11).
19]R
ev 6:16; Josh 10:16,17.Ch
apter 3
Natio
nal D
isinteg
ration
Th
rou
gh
Sin
(Sound familiar?)
Detailed in C
hapter 5.
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7]D
an 10:16; Jer 1:9.
8]N
otice the “us.” (Trinity again.)
Isaiah’s N
ew C
om
missio
n
9-10] Mt 13:14,15; Jn 12:39-41; A
cts 28:25-27; Acts 15:13-18; A
mos 4:11-12.
13]“S
ubstance”: 04678 matstsebeth {m
ats-tseh’-beth} n f; pillar 4, sub-stance 2; 6.
Pillar, m
astaba, stump, pillar; as m
onument, personal m
emorial; w
ith anA
ltar; (Hoph) stock, stum
p (of tree). Stum
p = R
oot of Jesse.
Ch
apter 7
Co
nfed
eracy of R
ezin an
d P
ekah [1-9]
1]R
emaliah =
Tabeal, via encryption.
Old
Testamen
t En
cryptio
ns
AL
BA
M
Students of encrypted w
riting have discovered that there are examples
of “secret” writing in the O
ld Testam
ent. One of the oldest form
s ofencryption is a sim
ple sliding alphabet used for direct substitutions. An
example from
Hebrew
is known as “A
LB
AM
” in which the alphabet
(which itself is a H
ebrew w
ord coming from
“aleph-bet”) is simply w
rittenover itself as show
n in figure 1 (following page).
This is then used to substitute each letter in a m
essage with the letter
over (or under) it.
In Isaiah 7, we encounter the schem
ing of Rezin, the king of S
yria, andP
ekah, the son of Rem
aliah, king of Israel, confederating against Ahaz
in Judah. In verse 6, the plan is to establish the son of Tabeel as king,
if the plot would have succeeded. T
he Midrash notes that “T
abeel” isthe nam
e “Rem
aliah” encrypted using the method of A
lbam.
21](5) R
elativism. 1 C
or 1:18-31.
22-23](6) L
ack of Justice
24]R
emedy: the W
ord of the Holy O
ne of Israel.
26]A
ssyria now; B
abylon later.
Ch
apter 6
Th
e Th
ron
e of G
od
(Cf. E
zek 1, 10; Dan 7; R
ev 4, 5.)
1]T
rain: shuwl {shool}; lWv , from
an unused root meaning to hang dow
n;n m
; hem 6, skirt 4, train 1; 11.
1)S
kirt (of robe) 1a) of high priest’s robe 1b) of God’s train, city as
wom
an, ignominy, defilem
ent (fig).
[Rank w
as viewed in the hem
of the robe or skirt; it often held thegenealogy, social role, etc.; a contract w
as sealed by impressing the
embroidery into the clay tablet; a divorce could be accom
plished byripping off the hem
; etc. Cf. M
t 9:20; 14:36; 23:5; Mk 6:56; L
k 8:44; 1 Sam24; R
uth 3:9.]
2]C
herubim (E
zek 1, 10; Rev 4), S
eraphim (Isa 6 only), and O
phanim(“w
heels”) are angelic beings associated with the T
hrone of God.
Seraphim: sim
ilar to the cherubim (som
e believe they’re identical). Some
suggest that the Cherubim
are enforcers: judgment; the Seraphim
, grace.(C
ontrived?)
Cherubim
: Gen 3:24; E
zek 28; Isa 14:13. God spoken of as H
e “Who
dwelleth betw
een the Cherubim
” (as on the Mercy S
eat above the Ark
of the Covenant). S
ee Mystery of the L
ost Ark.
Four faces (E
zek 1:10; 10:14); wings: E
zek: four; Rev, Isa: six.
3]H
oly, Holy, H
oly. 3x: Trinity?
6]R
ev 8:5; Ex 1:13; 10:2. T
he fire never goes out (Lev 6:13).
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AT
BA
SH
Another alternative encryption form
found in the Old T
estament is
“AT
BA
SH
” in which the alphabet is folded back over itself as in figure
2 (following page).
In Jeremiah 25:26 and in Jerem
iah 51:41, we encounter the nam
e“S
heshach.” The context im
plies that this is somehow
related toB
abylon, some assum
ing it is a suburb, or the equivalent. How
ever, itturns out that “S
heshach” is simply “B
abel,” encrypted using them
ethod of Atbash. (S
ee David K
ahn, The C
odebreakers, A H
istory ofSecret W
riting....)
In Jeremiah 57:1, w
e also found “Heart of m
y enemy” is equivalent to
“Chaldeans.”
To students of cryptography, these are sim
ply historical novelties.H
owever, to one w
ho recognizes the custodianship of the Holy S
piritover the W
ord of God, the presence of encrypted elem
ents in the Word
of God is provocative, indeed. If these w
ere found by secular reviews,
one wonders w
hat else may lie beneath the surface for the inquirer arm
edw
ith the Spirit Him
self!
Cf v.1, 4, 7.
2]E
phraim and Israel frequently used as collective nouns for the entire
Northern K
ingdom established from
Jeroboam’s rebellion. C
apital was
Samaria (1 K
gs 21:1) and were taken captive by A
ssyria in 722 B.C. (2 Kgs
17:1-6).
7]E
zra 4:7.
Th
e Sig
n o
f the V
irgin
[10-16]
14]1)
“The L
ord Him
self”: a sign divinely given.2)
You (plural) =
to the House of D
avid.3)
Miraculous sign: v.11.
4)C
oncerned with the continuation of the H
ouse of David.
5)T
he virgin. Definite article.
hm:l][ = A
lmah: dam
sel, maid, virgin: untouched.
LX
X: parthenos =
virgin. Also, L
owth, G
esenius, Ew
ald,D
elitzsch, Kay, et al.
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6)“Im
manuel” =
“God w
ith us” = the Incarnation.
7)T
ruly human, as other children.
Virgin B
irth: Gen 3:15 fulfilled; see R
ev 12: the Seed of the Wom
an. Rev
5: A m
an needed; a kinsman of A
dam. R
uth: Boaz, the goel (the kinsm
an-redeem
er) foreshadows R
ev 5. Contrast the B
lood Curse on the royal
seed after Jeconiah (Jer 22:30) with the tw
in genealogies of Matthew
andL
uke. (See F
ootprints of the Messiah.)
Horae H
ebraicae et Talm
udicae: “Be not troubled, O
Ahaz... D
oes it notseem
an impossible thing to thee, that w
ill never happen that a virginbecom
e a mother; B
ut I tell thee such a virgin shall bring forth a son,before the H
ouse of David perish.”
Imp
end
ing
Invasio
n P
redicted
[17-15]C
f. 2 Chr 28:1-20.
20]A
haz sent gifts to Tiglath-P
ileser, King of A
ssyria, to hire him to com
eand deliver him
from Syria and Israel (2 K
gs 16:5-9). Tilgath Pileser takes
Dam
ascus, 732 B.C. (2 Kgs 16:9), and R
ezin, 2 years after this prophecy.
Verses 20-25 describe the results of the invasion w
hen there would be
large grazing areas available but insufficient men to cultivate the fields.
Ch
apter 8
Overth
row
of D
amascu
s and
Sam
aria
1]M
ahershalalhashbaz = “In m
aking speed to the spoil he hastesth theprey (or “haste m
akes waste”).”
2]U
riah: High priest (2 K
gs 16:10-16); used by Ahaz later. [R
ecorded beforehe w
as born (v.18).]
Zechariah: father of A
haz’s queen (2 Kgs 18:2; 2 C
hr 29:1).
4](C
onfirmed by inscriptions of T
ilgath-Pileser.)
6]S
hilo: “peace sent” (Cf. John 9:7). T
he waters that supplied the T
emple
via an aqueduct. (See also, the evidences supporting the S
outhernC
onjecture of the Tem
ple location: The C
oming T
emple briefing pack-
age.)
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“So in the latter tim
e he hath brought honor on the way of the sea”:
Nazareth =
head of Zebulon.
The W
ay of the sea = G
eneseret, Num
34:11; Galilee, John 6:1.
Galilee: “debatable” ground: 1 K
gs 9:10; Josh 20:7; 21:32.
2]D
arkness: Cf. 8:22.
Zebulon =
Nazareth: L
k 4:16:21.G
alilee: Jn 2:11; 4:54 - 1st miracle.
Quote: C
apernaum, M
t 4:13-17, LX
X.
3](Increase, not “not increased”)
Joy of harvest: Feast of T
abernacles? (Succoth?) O
f Ingathering?(S
havout?)
Massoretic: wl for al
4]D
ay of Midian - G
ideon, Judg 7:19-25;O
ppressor, taskmaster: E
x 5:6 (Isa 52:4: “Assyrian”?);
Yoke, staff, rod? W
hy 3?
6]C
hild: humanity.
Son: G
od, Deity M
t 11:27.G
overnment: “m
israh”; key on shoulder (vs. Lam
b, Lk 15:5); 22:22
(Creation: H
eb 1:2; Heb 11:3).
Destined to exercise suprem
e rule of all the universe!W
onderful: (Cf. Sam
son’s parents, Judg 13:18); Mystery 1 T
im 3:16; M
t7:28, teachings; doings 25:17;C
ounsellor: Word; R
om 8:12-30; R
evealer of Father; W
ord, 1 Jn 1:7.M
ighty God: E
l: Messiah only in P
s 45:6; Heb 1:8; Isa 7:14.
Everlasting F
ather: Jn 10:30.Prince of Peace: A
ngels, Lk 2:14; (M
elchizadech = K
ing of Salem, H
eb.;S
olomon =
peaceful one...) Isa 32:1-18.
7]Increase: M
t 28:18, 19.
Throne of D
avid: Luke 1:32-33. A
definite, historical throne; does notadm
it of “spiritualizing.” See Davidic C
ovenant, Zech 12:8, 2 Sam
7:16;A
cts 15:14-16 (vs. Father’s throne, R
ev 3:21).
7]“T
he river” = the E
uphrates.
8]“T
hrough” = “into.”
“Even to the neck”; i.e., but stopping short (B
abylon). Imm
anuel: cf. 7:14.
9]“A
ssociate yourselves” = “M
ake an uproar.”
10]“D
evise a device”...
“God is w
ith Us” =
Literally, Im
manuel. T
his child is the same stone and
rock as in verse 14.
11]“T
he Way”: R
emarkable phrase (C
f. Acts 9:27; 18:25, 26; et al.).
12]R
egarding the attempt to terrify Judah by the confederacy betw
een Syriaand Sam
aria (Isa 7:1-2).
Confederacy w
ith the world: C
f. Letter to P
ergamos, R
ev 2:12ff.
14]E
zek 11:16; Ps 91.
The rock, stone, again..
15]C
f. Paul’s w
arning to the Ephesians (A
cts 20; Rev 3:1ff.)
18]T
wo sons of Isaiah, M
ajer-shal-hash-baz (8:3), “Hast ye, haste ye to the
spoil”, and Shear-jashub (7:3) “A rem
nant shall return,” a sign of thereturn at the end of the 70 years captivity (Jer 25:11-12; D
an 9:2); the largerand final fulfillm
ent at the Lord’s return (H
eb 2:13-14).
19]“W
izards that peep and mutter..” (C
f Isa 29:4). Lev 19:31. [S
aul and theW
itch at Endor (1 S
am 28:7-20). M
anoah, 2 Kgs 21:6; 2 K
gs 17:17.]
Ch
apter 9
Ch
rist’s Birth
and
Glo
riou
s Reig
n
1]T
he very region where A
ssyrian armies brought darkness and death
would be the first to rejoice in the light brought by the preaching of
Christ: M
t 4:15-16.
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Ch
apter 10
3]D
ay of visitation: double application? Tim
e of Jacob’s Trouble (Jer 30:7).
4]9:12 note.
Pred
icted Ju
dg
men
t up
on
Assyria
5]A
ssyrian: cf. Isa 2:4; Pharaoh of the E
xodus??
Rod of m
ine: Babylon, Jer 51:20.
6]H
ypocritical: corrupt.
2 Kgs 18:25. M
aher-shlel hasbaz.
8]P
rinces: vassals
9]C
alneh: Niffea, low
er Mesopotam
ia; a city of Nim
rod (Gen 10:10);
(“where tow
er was built” L
XX
); Desolate in A
mos’ day, 6:2. T
aken in732 B.C.
Carchem
esh: Northern capital of H
ittites; conquered by Sargon in 717
B.C. (Pharaoh N
ecco defeated by Nebuchadnezzar in 606 B.C.) N
owJerablus, S
yria, 360 mi. N
of Jerusalem.
Ham
ath: Caananite city, G
en 10:18; Independent Monarch at tim
e ofD
avid, 2 Sam 8:9,10; 2 K
gs 17:24. Antiochus nam
ed it Epiphania; H
ama
today.
Arpad: reduced by T
ilgath-Pileser early in his reign. (748 B.C.). Revolted
against, with H
amath, S
argon; punished.
Samaria: 722 B.C.
Dam
ascus: 732 B.C.
Exam
ples of earlier prowess.
10]Idols w
ere object of Assyrian conquests.
Sam
aritans: Dan &
Bethel: golden calves;
8]N
ote contrast: “Jacob,” “Israel.”
10]S
tones: Am
os 5:11.
Cedars: P
hoenica, 1 Kgs 5:6; 2 C
hr 2:3; Ezra 3:7.
12]C
f vv.12, 17, 21; with Isa 5:25; 10:4.
Philistines invasion of Judah (2 C
hr 28:18) not Israel.H
and stretched out: to smite, not save.
Context: S
ince no repentance was forthcom
ing from the northern king-
dom of Israel, the L
ord’s hand of judgment w
ill continue to be out-stretched unrelentingly and w
ill result in their captivity.
13]A
hab (1 Kgs 16:31) =
Baal.
Jehu’s reform “skin deep” (2 K
gs 10:28); 2 Kgs 17:16; H
os 2:13.
14](P
alm) branch, rush (in m
ire, Job 8:11); Cf. Isa 19:15.
15]C
f. Isa 28:7; 29:10; 30:10. False leadership.
Revelation idiom
s...
16]Jeroboam
: calf-worship.
Ahab: B
aal.
17]F
atherless and widow
s: Ex 22:22; D
eut 10:18; 14:29: Isa 1:17 et al.
Folly =
lewdness; profligacy; C
f. v.12 note.
18]C
f. Burning bush as an idiom
of grace: thornbush in fire, but notconsum
ed.
19]C
f. v.21; 2 Kgs 15:30; P
ekah victim of H
oshea’s conspiracy.
21]P
rincipal tribes in northern kingdom (1 C
hr 9:3; 2 Chr 30:1, 10, 18; 31:1;
34:7).
Willing to unite against Judah; 2 K
gs 15:37; 2 Chr 28:6-8. C
f. v.12 note.
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Assyrian’s advance and defeat (Isa 37:7, 35-36).
“War B
ulletin
s” in A
dvan
ce!
28]A
iath = A
i, Josh 8:1-28. 3 mi S
of Bethel; 30 m
i NE
of Jerusalem.
Migron: 30 m
i NE
: Gibeah of B
enjamin (1 Sam
14:2).
Michm
ash: 7 ½ m
i N of Jerusalem
. Jonathan vs. the Philistines; difficultto attack (1 Sam
14:4-13).
29]G
eba: 6 mi N
W. “P
assage of ...” 1 Sam
13:23.
Rm
ah: 6 mi. N
of Jerusalem.
Gibeah of Saul: 4 m
i N.
30]G
allim (birthplace of 2nd husband of M
ichal, Saul’s daughter). L
aish:A
l-Isawizeh, N
of Jerusalem. A
natoth: City of R
efuge, Josh 21:8;Jerem
iah’s birthplace (Jer 1:1).
31]M
achmenah, G
ebim: cisterns 1-2 m
i N of Jerusalem
.
32]N
ob = M
t. Scopus? P
riestly city destroyed by Saul (1 S
am 22:19) w
ithinsight of Jerusalem
.
33]P
anic: 2 Kgs 7:6, 7? Z
ech 11:1-3.
34]L
ebanon: Cf. E
zek 31:3. Mighty one: Isa 33:21. A
ssyria cut down after
seven centuries!
Ch
apter 11
A P
rop
hetic P
icture o
f Fu
ture K
ing
do
m(L
uke 1:31-32; Acts 15:15-16)
1]R
od: Job 14:7-9.
Stem
of Jesse (Root of D
avid: Rev 5:5; R
om 15:12; R
ev 22:16).B
ranch: Jeremiah 23:5; 33:15 - “K
ing”; Zech 3:8; 6:12 - “M
an.”Isaiah: N
etzer: sprout. Mt 2:23 =
“Nazarene.”
Groves: every green tree (2 K
gs 17:10); Baal; A
shtoreth; Chem
osh;M
oloch, et al.
Judah: Baalim
(2 Chr 28:2); B
razen Serpent, (2 K
gs 18:4; 2 Chr 31:1)
11](C
hapters 36-38 will detail.)
12]C
f. v.17. Israel is always at the center of the divine counsels earthw
ard(D
eut 32:8). Nations are perm
itted to afflict Israel in chastisement for her
national sins, but invariably retribution falls upon them: (G
en 15:13-14;D
eut 30:5-7; Isa 14:1-2; Joel 3:1-8; Mic 5:7-9; M
t 25:31-40).
14]C
f. Mt 13:4, 19, 32. B
irds are of the evil one.
16]“...w
ill send a wasting sickness am
ong his well-fed soldiers.” 2 K
gs19:35? 185,000 slain. [Fatness: R
om 11:17; D
eut 32:14; Hos 4:16.]
17]L
ight of Israel: name for G
od (Jn 1:9).
19]Isa 37:24. A
lso, Cf. D
an 4.
20]R
emnant: Shear-jashub.
That day: “the D
ay of the Lord” (Isa 2:10-22; R
ev 19:11-21). Shifts fromA
ssyria in particular to the final destruction of Gentile w
orld power at
the return of Christ. S
ee Arm
ageddon (Rev 16:13-16; 19:17-21); T
imes
of the Gentiles (L
k 21:24); Tribulation (P
s 2:5; Rev 7:14), et al.
21]A
(mere) rem
nant implied.
22]E
zra 2:64.
24]N
ote repeated comparisons: (1) w
ith Egyptian exodus (10:26; 22:16); (2)
Song of M
oses and Isa 12. See 11:16 notes.
26]O
reb: Gideon’s 300: Judges 7:19-25.
Destruction of S
ennacherib (2 Kgs 19:35); R
od of Moses: E
x 4:3, 4, 20;14:16, 27.
27]“A
nointing” = A
nointed One. H
ezekiah (2 Sam 19:21; 2 K
gs 11:12; Lam
4:20); Messiah!
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Ch
apter 12
Cf. E
xodus 15. Similar hym
ns: Isa 25:9; 26:1-6; 27:2-5; 14:3..
Fountain: Jer 2:13; 17:13; Ps 36:9; 87:7.
1]H
ow? G
uilt upon Christ!
2]1 C
or 10:4.
3]W
ater: John 4:10, 14; 7:37-38; Rev 22:17.
Prophecies concerning the nations: vv. 13 - 27.
13,14B
abylon15, 16
Moab
17D
amascus (S
yria)18
[U.S.?]
19E
gypt20
Egypt, E
thiopia21
Edom
, Arabia
22P
alestine?23
Tyre
24-27“L
ittle Apocalypse”
Ch
apter 13
Bab
ylon
[Chapters 13 &
14. Cf. Jer 50 &
51.]
1][100 years before the B
abylonian Em
pire!]
Babylon’s rise is revealed in C
hapter 39; 2 Kgs 20:12-19.
Sym
bol of the Enem
y of God: G
en 11:9 - Rev 14:8.
“Burden” (m
assa): a prophecy of impending judgm
ent. Since it describesa plurality of kingdom
s (v.4) attacking Babylon, including the M
edes(v.17), m
any assume it refers to fulfilled history (539 B.C., etc.); how
ever,careful analysis of the passage im
plies that this predicted destructionis yet to happen. [S
ee The M
ystery of Babylon for fuller treatm
ent.]
2]“Seven Spirits before H
is Throne” R
ev 1:4
Mt 3:16; L
k 2:40; 6:1, 14, 18; Jn 3:24.H
oly Spirit: 1 Cor 12:8-11; G
en 1:3. [See Spiritual Gifts; T
rinity briefingpackages.]
All good in Israel, 1 S
am 10:6; 16:13ff.
Em
powers for service, Isa 28:6
Craftsm
en, Ex 31:3; 35:31
Warriors, Judg 6:34; 11:29; 13:25; 14:6
Prophets, Num
11:25ffM
essiah, John 1:22,24; Col 2:9
Abides on H
im (C
f Judg 6:34; 1 Sam
11:7; 2 Sam
23:2; Ps 51)
Isa 61:1
4]R
ev 1:16; 2 Thess 2:8
6]C
urse lifted? Return to paradise? C
f. Isa 65:25; 66:22. Vegetation also
involved: Hos 2:20-22; Isa 30:23-26; E
zek 24:25.
10]Jn 3:14; 12:32; Phil 2:9; H
eb 7:26.
Ensign: Jer 50:2; gather troops: Isa 18:3; Jer 4:21. G
ather fugitives, Jer 4:6;people, Isa 5:26; 11:10,12; 49:22; 62:10.
11]“S
econd time” now
going on.
Egypt, H
os 9:3, 6; Isa 7:18.P
athros (upper, southern Egypt) Jer 44:1.
Cush (“E
thiopia”) Isa 18:1ff?C
oastlands: Joel 3:6; Gen 10:5; Z
eph 2:11.Shinar, G
en 10:10; 11:2. Babylon.
12]G
entiles assembling the dispersed of Judah: Isa 14:1, 2; 49:22, 23; D
eut22:12; Z
ech 8:23; Rev 7:1; D
eut 30:1.
16]H
ighway: Isa 40:3,4; 42:16; 49:11; 35:8.
New
Exodus: Jer 16:15ff. 23:7ff (31:8, 9?) Isa 40 - 55.
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19]C
haldeans = southern part of the country. L
ike Sodom
and Gom
orrah?H
asn’t happened yet.
20]Isa 47:1; R
ev 18:7.
When K
oldewey, the G
erman archaeologist, excavated in the 19th
century, he was able to hire local residents. S
addam H
ussein has spenthundreds of m
illions over the past 20 years rebuilding the key buildings.[S
hown on aeronautical charts as “num
erous large buildings” 14 miles
SE
of Al H
illah, about 62 miles S
of Baghdad. N
ot a military target in the
Persian Gulf W
ar.]
21]hao ‘oach, doleful creatures: how
ling animal; jackal; hyena.
hn:[}y ya‘anah: an unclean bird; owl, ostrich, literally translated as
“daughters of the owl”; perhaps an extinct bird, exact m
eaning unknown.
ry[Iv:, sa‘iyr: 59X: kid 28, goat 24, devil 2, satyr 2, hairy 2, rough 1. H
airy;he-goat, buck; as sacrificial anim
al; satyr, may refer to a dem
on pos-sessed goat like the sw
ine of Gadara (M
t 8:30-32). Term
s also used ofdem
ons (Lev 17:7; 2 C
hr 11:15).
22]W
ild beasts: howling creatures.
Coastlands: islands.
Cry: shriek.
Dragons: jackals.
Cf Jer 51:33.
Ch
apter 14
Bab
ylon
’s Defeat
2]“L
ed captivity captive”: Eph 4:8; P
s 68:18 (Cf. Judg 5:12).
Satan defeated: Heb 2:14; C
ol 2:14,15.
9]D
ead = R
epaim: “shades,” “giants”: D
eut 2:11, 20; 13:12; “feeble ones”Josh 12:4; 13:12.
Chief ones: he-goats: Jer 1:8; 51:40; Z
ech 10:3.
4]N
ote kingdoms (plural).
5]Includes the M
edes (v.17). The scope of the language seem
s to go farbeyond the conquest of the M
edes and Persians in 539 B.C. (w
hichoccurred w
ithout a battle and does not fit the detail).
6]“D
ay of the Lord”: final judgm
ent upon the earth (Cf. v.9).
Alm
ighty (Shaddai): rare use by prophets: Joel 1:15-2:1; Ezek 1:24; 10:5;
here.
8]“W
oman that travaileth”: Isa 21:3; Jer 31:8; P
s 48:6; 1Thess 5:3.
9]L
and desolate: cf. v.5.
10]Isa 24:21-23; E
zek 32:7; Joel 2:10, 31; 3:15; Mt 24:39; M
k 13:24; Lk 21:25.
Constellations, (“orions”) et al., w
orshipped by Nim
rod and his tower to
the heavens (Bab-E
l). (Cf. Job 9:9; 38:31; A
mos 5:8.)
11]P
unish the world: scope broader than just 539 B.C.
Pride of A
ssyria: Isa 10:7-11; of Moab: Isa 16:6;
Ultim
ate: Isa 14:12ff.
13]Isa 24:18-20; Jer 4:24; Joel 3:16; H
ag 2:6,7; Mt 24:29; H
eb 12:25-29; Zech
14:4,5; 2 Pet 3:10; Rev 6:9-17; 20:11.
Every m
an for himself. Jer 50:16; 51:9.
14][R
apture?]
16]C
ruelty: Hos 13:13; N
ah 3:10. Wives: D
eut 28:32; Zech 14:2 (C
f. Ps 137:9).
17]M
edes: in Isaiah’s day, were allies of B
abylon against Assyria! T
hey,allied w
ith the Persians w
ere to conquer Babylon in 539 B.C. T
hey areknow
n as the Kurds, presently hostile tow
ards Iraq. Also m
entioned inJer 51;11; 2 K
gs 17:6.
18]B
ow w
as chief weapon. H
erodotus: “Every youth w
as to learn to ride,draw
a bow, and speak the truth.” [“B
ows” to dash in pieces? K
ey-shethrefer to “launchers?”]
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Seed of the SerpentG
en 3:15Son of the M
orningIsa 14:12
Spoiler, Destroyer
Isa 16:4,5V
ile PersonD
an 11:21V
iolent Man
Ps 140:1, 10, 11W
icked, Wicked O
nePs 9:17; 10:2, 4; Isa 11:4; Jer 30:14, 23
Wilful K
ingD
an 11:26
New
Testam
ent (13)
Angel of the B
ottomless Pit
Rev 9:11
Antichrist, Pseudo-C
hrist1 Jn 2:22
Beast
Rev 11:7; 13
False ProphetR
ev 13Father of the L
ieJn 8:44; 2 T
hess 2:11L
awless O
ne2 T
hess 2:8M
an of Sin2 T
hess 2:3O
ne Who C
omes in his O
wn N
ame
Jn 5:43Prince of D
arkness1 T
hess 5Son of Perdition
2 Thess 2:3
StarR
ev 8:10; 9:1U
nclean SpiritM
t 12:43V
ine of the earthR
ev 14:18
He w
ill be:
An intellectual genius: D
an 7:20; 8:23; Ezek 28:3.
A persuasive orator: D
an 7:20; Rev 13:2.
A shrew
d political manipulator: D
an 11:21.A
successful comm
ercial genius: Dan 8:25; R
ev 13:17; Ps 52:7; Dan 11:38, 43;
Ezek 28:4,5.
A forceful m
ilitary leader: Dan 8:24; R
ev 6:2; Rev 13:4; Isa 4:16.
A pow
erful organizer: Rev 13:1, 2; 17:17.
A unifying religious guru: 2 T
hess 2:4 (“Allah”?); R
ev 13:3, 14, 15.
See also: Ps 10, 52, 55; Isa 10, 11, 13, 14; Jer 49-51; Zech 5; R
ev 18.
Man of Sin, R
ev 13:1-18; Son of Perdition, 2 Thess 2:3-4; L
awless O
ne, 2 Thess
2:8, 9; Little H
orn, Dan 7:8, 24-27; 11:36-45; In sheol, C
f. Rev 19:20 -> G
ehenna...C
f. Dan 10; R
ev 12.
(For further study do see B
ehold the White H
orse.)
Lu
cifer’s Prid
e and
Reb
ellion
12]“w
eaken” = prostrate. C
f Ezekiel 28; D
an 10.
Hellel: to how
l; shine.Ishtar, V
enus - Shining O
ne (also, Fatim
a).R
oar: 1 Pet 5:8 (Prov 28:15).S
atan: rebellion in Jn 8:44; 1 Tim
3:6.N
ot alone in rebellion: 2 Pet 2:4; R
ev 12:4; Gen 6:2; Jude 6; Isa 10:18?
Eph 6:12 (Isa 59:17).
Allu
sion
s to th
e An
tichrist
Old
Testam
ent (33)
Adversary
Ps 74:8-10; Isa 59:19; Lam
4:11, 12; Am
os3:11
Assyrian
Isa 10:5, 12B
elialN
ahum 1:15
Bloody and D
eceitful Man
Ps 5:6B
ranch of the Terrible O
nesIsa 25:5 (cf. 14:19)
Chief Prince
Ex 38:2
Crooked Serpent
Job 26:13; Isa 27:1C
ruel One
Jer 30:14, 23D
estroyer of the Gentiles
Jer 4:7E
nemy
Ps 55:3; Jer 30:14, 23E
vil Man
Ps 140:1H
ead over Many C
ountriesPs 110:6
Head of N
orthern Arm
yJoel 2:20
Idol ShepherdZ
ech 11:16, 17K
ing of PrincesH
os 8:10K
ing of Babylon
Isa 14:11-20; (cf. 30:31-33)L
ittle Horn
Dan 7:8-11, 21-26; 8:9-12, 23-25
Man of the E
arthPs 10:18
Merchant, w
ith Balances of D
eceitH
os 12:7M
ighty Man
Ps 52:1N
ailIsa 22:25
Prince that Shall Com
eD
an 9:26Prince of T
yreE
zek 28:2-10Profane W
icked Prince of IsraelE
zek 21:25-27Proud M
anH
ab 2:5R
od of God’s A
ngerIsa 10:5
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•E
ludes rule of Com
ing World L
eader, Dan 11:41.
•H
ence: superficially friendly initially; but like Edom
, became enem
yof Israel.
Cf. Jer 48.
2]B
ajith = T
emple of B
aal?
Dibon: N
um 21:30; 32:3, 34; Jos 13:9, 17; Jer 48:18, 22;
Where M
oabite Stone found, 3 m
i E of D
ead Sea: 1st alphabetic
characters; confirms B
iblical accounts.
Nebo: N
um 32:3, 38; 33:47; 1 C
hr 5:8; Jer 48:1, 22
Medeba: N
um 21:30; Jos 13:9, 16; 1 C
hr 19:7;
Baldness: during m
ourning (22:12); Micah 1;16.
4]H
eshbon: 20 mi E
of Jordan
5]Z
oar: spared for Lot’s sake (G
en 19:20-22); S tip of D
ead Sea?
Ch
apter 16
1]L
amb: under D
avid and Solom
on, they sent tribute of sheep and cattle(100,000+); revolted in Isaiah’s day; attacked w
ith Am
monites (2 C
hr 20).
Sela = Petra =
rocky parts of Moab. (S
ee The N
ext Holocaust briefing
package.)
3]H
ide the outcasts... Rem
nant flees to Petra?
4]H
iding from “the face of the spoiler...”
5]T
abernacle of David: cf. A
cts 15:16-17, Am
os 9:11-12.
14]W
ithin three years: Sennecherib.
Hireling: cf. 21:16.
13]Five “I w
ill’s”:
“Like the M
ost High”: often interpreted to “be G
od”; others, to be close(equivalent)—
and saw A
dam as a rival to be com
promised.
15]M
t 11:23.
16]C
f. Ezek 31:16-18.
20]U
nder Darius H
ystapis, pretenders (falsely) claimed descent from
Belshazzer’s father, N
abonidus.
23]d OpqI = qippow
d : bittern; porcupine, hedgehog; a shrinking animal?
Bittern =
waterbird? 36:11 w
ith 3 other birds; Zeph 2:4 =
bird.
25]T
he Assyrian: vv24-27; Isa 10:5-27; M
ic 5:5-6; Zeph 2:13.
Yoke...C
f Isa 10:27-32. Imposed by T
ilgath-Pileser (“Pul”) 2 Kgs 16:7-10,
and Sargon; throw
n off by Hezekiah, 2 K
gs 18:7; expedition bySennecherib, 2 K
gs 18:13-16.
26]D
ay of the Lord: D
an 11:45; Isa 30:31-33; Micah 5:4-7; D
an 8:23-26.
vv. 28-32: Syria of the P
hilistines: Lit. P
alestina.
29]“O
ut of the Serpent’s root...” C
f. Gen 3:15, “seed of the serpent.”
31]N
o stragglers at the rendezvous...
Ch
apter 15
Mo
ab•D
escended from eldest son of L
ot and his eldest daughter’s incest(G
en 19:37);•
King B
alak hired Balaam
, son of Peor (Num
31:15-16; 22:5; 23:8; Cf.
Rev 2:14);
•R
uth: Elim
elech and family during fam
ine in Bethlehem
;•
David: took his parents there w
hen pursued by Saul (1 S
am 22:3);
foreshadows Jer 48:47; Isa 16:4;
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“Peeled” fr:m:
mo-raw
t: polished; scoured; smooth; also, obstinate,
independent.
“Bulrushes” am<GO go-m
eh: swallow
, drink, absorbent, porous: bulrush;papyrus.
5]P
runing before harvest? Dew
: clear hint = bad.
Ch
apter 19
A P
rop
hecy o
f Eg
ypt
Egypt w
as in an (outwardly) alliance w
ith Judah. Through internal strife,
the dynasty was overthrow
n, and independent states formed; later
reunited.
Religion: outw
ardly monotheistic; nature w
orship: birds, bats, bull...C
at of Bubastes; reptiles: crocodile; asps.
Insects: Scarab, B
eelzebub (flies)....(downhill). “W
e become like the
gods we w
orship” (Ps 135:18). T
he Scarab is the dung beetle. L
ook atthe E
gyptian poverty today... Yet they once ruled the entire w
orld...
1]“C
loud”: Ps 18:10; N
ah 1:3; Dan 7:13, et al.
4]“C
ruel lord” = P
samm
ethichus? Arabs? O
ttoman T
urks?
5] - 10] Sky-L
ab II revealed the ecological disaster brought on by the Asw
anD
am. T
he lack of nutrients, from the traditional N
ile flooding, havedestroyed the fishing industry; snails, disease have destroyed the flaxand reeds. M
ore arable land has been lost than gained.
11]Z
oan: NE
border. [= T
annes? Location of the “L
ost Ark”?]
Mem
phis: Southern tip of the N
ile Delta.
18]H
eliopolis, Ir-Ha-C
heres = “C
ity of the Sun”; vs. Ir-H
a-Heres =
“City
of Destruction.” S
ee also Isa 35:8-10.
(Note: Isaiah 19:19, 20 w
ill be reviewed in greater detail in the next volum
e.)
Ch
apter 17
Dam
ascus (S
yria) will fall
7]A
t that day... Second C
oming. A
near fulfillment in S
ennacherib’sapproaching invasion, but vv. 12-14 look forw
ard to the final invasionand battle at A
rmageddon, et al.
9]vv. 9-11: Josephus: T
rees on Mt. O
lives and Mt. S
copus cut down by
Titus during siege of 70 A.D. D
uring Turkish m
isrule, land was denuded
of trees. Ottom
an taxed trees.
Restoration began by B
ritish and intensified by returning Jews. T
he landonly yielded to the Jew
s...
12]C
f. Isa 57:20, 21. Note use of “m
any waters” in Isa 17:12, 13; R
ev 17:1,15.
Ch
apter 18
Eth
iop
ia? O
r the U
nited
States?
1]“...beyond” the rivers of E
thiopia. Classic expositors have E
thiopia inview
; however, som
e suggest that this may refer to the U
nited States.
(Many regard this as rather specious; yet, even if one grants this view
,it reveals nothing relevant, other than it is ripe for judgm
ent. Indeed.)
2]T
raditional view: A
n embassy from
Egypt, resulting in the alliance
denounced in Chapters 30-31 and Jer 37:7-11. A
mbassadors by sea?
Acts 8:27 im
plies that ambassadors from
Ethiopia travelled by land.
“Rivers have spoiled” =
az:B: baw-za: divided, cleaved, cut through;
traversed.
“Scattered”: ^vm: m
aw-shak: 36X
: draw 15, draw
out 3, prolonged 3,scattered 2, draw
along 1, draw aw
ay 1, continue 1, deferred 1, misc 9.
Means =
to draw, drag, seize; to draw
(and lift out), drag along, lead along,drag or lead off, draw
down; to proceed, m
arch; to draw out or give (a
sound); to draw out, prolong, continue; to trail (seed in sow
ing); tocheer, draw
, attract, gratify; to be drawn out; to be draw
n out, bepostponed, be deferred; to be tall.
Page 35Page 34
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he New
Scofield Study Bible, (K
JV) O
xford University Press,
New
York, 1967.
Vine, W
.E., Isaiah, P
rophecies, Prom
ises, Warnings, L
amplighter B
ooks(Z
ondervan Publishing H
ouse), Grand R
apids, MI, 1971.
Wisem
an, Donald J. T
he Chronicles of the C
haldean Kings (626-556 B
.C.),
Trustees of the B
ritish Museum
, London, 1956.
Young, E
dward, T
he New
International Com
mentary of the O
ld Testam
ent- T
he Book of Isaiah, W
illiam B
. Eerdm
an’s Publishing Com
pany, Grand
Rapids, M
I, 1969.
Isaiah 19 (co
nt.)
19]M
any have viewed this as referring to the G
reat Pyram
id at Giza.
[For a m
ore complete discussion of the G
reat Pyram
id, as well as a
possible relationship with S
tonehenge in Britain and the apparent
“monum
ents” on the Planet M
ars, see also, Monum
ents: Sacred orP
rofane?, a briefing package on the subject.]
160 A.D.: Onias IV
, Jewish high priest (exiled), sought perm
ission from the
Egyptian K
ing, Ptolem
y, to build a temple, using this passage as his
authority. (Josephus Antiq. X
II 9,7.)
Supplem
ental Tape:
Mo
nu
men
ts from
Preh
istory
The G
reat Pyramid at G
iza.
Isaiah 19:19, 20; Jer 32:18-20 (“Altar” =
“lion”?)
Over 80 pyram
ids in total:
Gezeh =
Ar.: B
order (Upper &
Low
er Egypt)
Bib
liog
raph
y
Alexander, J.A
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rophecies of Isaiah, Zondervan P
ublishing House,
Grand R
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Anderson, S
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toughton, London,
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ub. House, G
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apids, MI, 1965.
Bullinger, E
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panion Bible, Z
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ruchtenbaum, A
rnold Israelology: The M
issing Link in System
atic Theol-
ogy, Ariel M
inistries Press, T
ustin, CA
, 1993.T
he International Standard Bible E
ncyclopedia (Gen E
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romiley), W
illiam B
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Ironside, H.A
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ieson, Rev. R
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erdman’s P
ublishing House, G
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ew Y
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eupold, H.C
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aker Book H
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apids, MI,
1968.M
arshall, Peter and D
avid Manuel, T
he Light and the G
lory, Flem
ing H.
Revell C
ompany, O
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J, 1940.P
ember, G
eorge Haw
kins, Earth’s E
arliest Ages; and their C
onnection with
Modern Spiritualism
and Theosophy, 4th ed., H
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toughton,L
ondon, 1887.P
ritchard, James B
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ear Eastern T
exts Relating to the O
ldT
estament, P
rinceton University P
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usey, Edw
ard B. D
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unk & W
agnalls, New
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Raw
linson, G., “Isaiah” from
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he Pulpit C
omm
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Page 37Page 36
1868: Prof. H
enry Mitchell, U
.S. S
urvey.
Page 39Page 38
Golden R
atio, phi = 1.618
Pi =
3.14159, ratio of circumference to diam
eterPi angle: 51
o51’14.3" [2 x ht/perimeter]
“Sq
uarin
g th
e Circle”
Ph
ysical
Base covers 13 acres; w
ithin 1 in. of level!
900,00,000 cu. ft. of masonry
755.75 ft. on a side; 454.5 ft. High
2,300,000 limestone blocks, 2.5 tons each stone, not bricks; covering;
polished limestone, 15 tons each.
Sir F
linders Petrie: 1/100 in accuracy; 5 X
8 X 12 ft: true w
ithin 1/100 in.over 71 inches! C
racks less than 1/50 in.
Aligned w
ith true north: only 3 arc minutes off of true north (P
arisO
bservatory = 6 arc m
inutes off!)
Descending P
assage: masonry part 1/50 in. w
ithin 150 ft; 200 ft. boredthru rock: 1/4 in. in 350 ft. [cf. L
aser drilling.]
Corner sockets: tem
perature compensating expansion joints; “ball and
socket” type engineering.
Orig
in
Manetho, E
gyptian priest: Great P
yramid non-E
gyptian: attributed tothe H
yksos, (“Shepherd K
ings”).
Archbishop U
ssher, et al: mind-control? T
emples closed, destroyed;
built Great P
yramid; established m
onotheism; left. 2623 B
C?
Herodotus: 100,000 m
en, 20 years; not a tomb, as later ones; no
hieroglyphics, etc.
Subsequent pyram
ids: deterioration of workm
anship; tombs under-
neath.
Math
ematical
Sacred C
ubit: 10,000,000 polar radius of earth,3949.89 m
i, = 25 pyramid in., (25.0265 in.)
Pyramid in. =
1/500,000,000 polar dia.
Page 41Page 40
As a M
od
el of th
e Earth
and
the S
olar S
ystem
365.242 days in solar year; perimeter =
36,524,235 in.K
ing’s Cham
ber: 3,652.423 in. center to outside edge.
Av. ht. O
f earth above sea level = 455 ft. =
ht. of pyramid.
Mean O
cean = 193' 7" below
baseline of pyramid; 2 x diam
eter of a circlew
hose circumference 365.242 (related to solar year, or base of circuit of
pyramid) =
2325.2" = 193’7".
Baseline curvature =
curvature of earth. Also, C
onvexity of base yieldsthree m
easures: Solar year: 365.24235 days betw
een vernal equinoxes;Sidereal year: 365.25986 days (20 m
in longer); Anom
alistic year: 365.25986betw
een perihelion (5 min longer due to m
otion of earth’s orbit).
Precession of equinoxes: 50"/yr. D
iff between sidereal and equinoctial
years: 25,827 years sum of tw
o diagonals of Pyram
id base = 25,826.54
pyramid inches.
Angle of clim
b: 10 ft, 9 ft higher: ht x 109 =
91,856,060 miles, distance of
Earth to the S
un.
As a “B
iblical” M
od
el
Page 43Page 42
Sarsen circle: 30 uprights, 30 (curved) lintles; m
ortise & tenons; tongue
& grooves; 30 &
7 tons each, resp. Sarsens are silicified sandstone from
Marlborough D
owns, 20 m
i. N.
30 x height = height of P
yramid; 10 x inner circum
ference = perim
eter ofPyram
id...
29 Z holes; 30 Y
holes; 56 Aubrey (x) holes.
Sun and m
oon alignments separated by 90
o only at one latitude in thishem
isphere: 51o51', the P
yramid A
ngle.
Gerald
Haw
kins
11 key positions, 16 X, to 10 of 12 extrem
es of the sun or moon; 56 A
ubreyholes: can be used to predict the 18.61 year eclipse cycle: 9, 9, 10 , 9, 9,10 years. 30 Y
& 29 Z
bluestones: calendar refinements for lunar eclipse
prediction.
Circular bank, 320 ft. D
iameter; 6 ft high, 20 ft w
ide. Rectilinear station
stones: 91, 92, 93, 94; 93-91: subtends 118o, directly to G
reat Pyram
id.
“Heel” stone: m
idsumm
er sunrise. (Welsh: hayil =
sun; Greek: helios =
sun.) Leans 300 tow
ard monum
ent; Azim
uth: 51o51', sam
e as Pyram
idA
ngle.
When sun rises, sets along 94-C
and F-93, that day is first day of spring.
When m
oon arrives at the main archw
ay, 30-1, it is Passover. T
he azimuth
of 94-F is 112
o, directly toward Jerusalem
. The angle w
ith Passover
moonrise is 26
o18’9.7", the “Christ A
ngle” of the Great P
yramid.
Bluestone horseshoe: 19, 8 standing, 4 fallen, 7 m
issing
Trilithon horseshoe: 5 total; 50 tons; m
ortise & tenon system
.
Bluestone circle: 20+
(60?); from P
rescelly Mountains in southern
Wales, 240 m
iles. 5 tons each.
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Page 47Page 46
Conjectures: Intergalactic colony/staging area?
So
lar System
Mo
del
Earth
Head of a pin.
Sun
Grapefruit size, 50 feet aw
ay.P
luto40X
the sun: ½ m
i (2000 ft).N
earest star:800 m
iles; (Alpha C
entari = 3 star system
).
Oth
er Ho
spitab
le Plan
ets?
Mercury:
Hot enough to m
elt lead; airless.V
enus:U
nbreathable carbon dioxide, 100 atmospheres; sulfuric
acid; 900oF.
Outer:
Unbreathable, crushing atm
ospheres; no place to stand:oceans of superheated liquid hydrogen and helium
.E
arthS
prawling paradise of chlorophyll, open rolling oceans,
highly oxygenated air.M
arsS
mall glaciated w
orld, dying desert beneath the unfilteredultraviolet of a searing sun, breaking dow
n the very air;carbon dioxide; barren, cratered w
orld.G
ravity = 1/3 of Earth.
Earlier C
ultu
res Beg
an w
ith a L
egacy?
Sumerian, = M
esopotamia (G
r), Akkadians, etc. G
reek writers: A
lexanderP
olyhistor, Abydenus, A
pollodorus: Apkallu; B
erossus (priest of Bel-
Marduk, living in B
abylon at the time of A
lexander the Great).
Egyptian: W
allis Budge, translator of O
ld Egyptian; H
enry Frankfort, inlinguistics; A
lexander Badaw
y, architecture; Robert T
emple, m
ythology&
astronomy. D
ecimal system
for routine affairs; Sexagesim
al (60) forreligious affairs, sam
e as Sum
er. Cairo: E
l-Kahira; E
l-Kahir =
Mars.
Bib
lical Persp
ective
Mars =
Baal; T
he Host of H
eaven, 2 Kgs 21:3-5 [M
ars’ near passby: re:Jonathan S
wift. (S
ee Signs in the Heavens)]
If you torture the data enough, it will confess to anything! C
ontrivedrelationships; R
utherford, et al.
Page 49Page 48
2]E
lam: C
yrus = “K
ing of Ansan” (M
edia, not Persia; P
ersian not known
in Isaiah’s day! Gen 10:22; 14:1,9; Isa 11:11; 22:6). P
ersian + M
ediaconquers C
haldea, Ecbatana, B
orsippa, Babylon (D
an 5).
5]C
f. Dan 5.
7]“C
hariot” = troop, 2x2. T
roops mounted, not in chariots.
8]“...as a lion: M
y Lord...”: D
an 7? Of Judah? R
ev 5:4.
9]M
ounted; not chariots.
“Babylon is fallen, is fallen”: R
ev 18:2.C
yrus did not destroy their idols! He restored them
, repaired theM
erodach temple, prayed to B
el and Nebo for long life. S
on Cam
byses:new
year celebration.
This reference m
ust be yet future.
10]“T
hreshing”: Cf. R
uth, chapter 3?
Wo
e to E
do
m
[Babylon, D
umah (E
dom), and A
rabia each became an enem
y of Judah.]
11]S
ilence; “dumb”=
Edom
= A
-Dom
.
400 km E
of Petra: oasis of D
umah.
Seir =
SS
E of D
ead Sea.
Wo
e to A
rabia
13]D
edan, Tem
a, Kedar (G
en 25:13) = A
rab tribes. Dedanites: chief traders
on Arabia peninsula (E
zek 27:21; in tents, Ps 120:5; jer 49:29; villages,
42:11). Cf. Jer 49.
16]“Y
ears of a hireling”: carefully counted.
Fetish R
isk: Brazen S
erpent: Nu 21; 2 K
gs 18:4; Shroud of T
urin, et al.
The D
arker Side: Satan’s Goal =
deception; Mazzeroth =
> Z
odiac; ( SeeSigns in the H
eavens).
Nephilim
= “F
allen Ones”: P
rogeny were m
onstrous. Naphal =
to fall;L
XX
: “Gigantes” =
“earth-born” Genesis 6:1-4; L
XX
: B’nai E
lohim =
“Angels of G
od” (4x in OT
: Job 1:6; 2:1; 38:7). Anakim
: Gen 6:4, “and also
after that...” Num
13:33; Deut 3:11; G
oliath & 4 brothers, etc. A
ncientm
ythology: Titans: origin =
partly terrestrial, partly celestial: Titan (G
r)=
Sheitan (C
hald.) = S
atan (Hebrew
). (See also R
eturn of the Nephilim
and The F
lood of Noah.)
Strong Delusion: T
he Lie; 2 T
hess 2:11; Mt 24:24.
Defensive R
esources: Eph 6:10-17; also, C
ombat F
aith, by Hal L
indsey,B
antam B
ooks, 1986.
(This supplem
ent was excerpted from
Monum
ents: Sacred or Profane?
Briefing Package.)
Ch
apter 20
Imp
end
ing
Co
nq
uest o
f Eg
ypt an
d E
thio
pia
1]T
artan: title of the comm
ander-in-chief of he Assyrian arm
y (2 Kgs 18:17).
Ch
apter 21
Med
es to take B
abylo
n
Cf. Isaiah 12, 14 and Jerem
iah 50, 51; Revelation 17, 18.
Cf. F
all of Babylon: D
an 5; Isa 44, 45.
1]W
hirlwinds: C
f. Zech 9:14; Job 37:9.
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Shebna: Shebna w
as a foreigner and a man of considerable influence,
displaced by Eliakim
(vv20-25); later he apparently became H
ezekiah’sscribe (36:3; 37:2).
15]“T
his”: contemptuous.
Syriac nam
e!? No father listed.
Sepulcher of pride.
Treasurer: once by king’s son (2 C
hr 26:21; job created in days ofSolom
on, 1 Kgs 4:6; 18:3).
20]E
liakim: “G
od will raise up.”
[Tw
o ancestors of Christ (M
t 1:12; Lk 3:30); 1 priest, contem
porary ofN
ehemiah (N
eh 12:41); 1 king of Judah (2 Kgs 23:34; 2 C
hr 36:4).
Hildkiah: “M
y portion in Jehovah.”
21]G
irdle: priest.
22]H
ere the prophecy looks forward to C
hrist (Rev 3:7).
23]Peg: prince (Z
ech 10:4? Ezra 9:8).
24]“...over his house”: Joseph, G
en 41:40; 45:8.
25]C
ut-off? Dan 9:26.
Burden: 1 P
et 2:24; 1 John 2:2; 2 Cor 5:19; E
ph 2:16; Col 2:14.
Ch
apter 23
Th
e Fall o
f Tyre (P
ho
enicia)
Tyre =
Sidon =
Phoenicia; S
ea comm
erce; invented first alphabet, etc.
1]T
arshish: source of tin; some think B
ritannia. (Archeological discov-
eries confirm w
orld trade about 1500 B.C.). Solom
on’s ships broughtgold, silver, ivory, apes, peacocks, etc., from
all over the world in ships
of Tyre, belonging to S
olomon.
Ch
apter 22
Th
e Valley o
f Visio
n: W
oe u
po
n Jeru
salem
Preparation agree w
ith 2 Chr. 32:3-5, 30.
Hezekiah vs S
ennacherib (4th year).
2]R
esults of a blockade.
4]“Spoiling:” to Sennacherib, 70 gold, 800 talents of silver (2 K
gs 18:15,16).
6]K
ir (2 Kgs 16:9): T
iglath-Pileser transported captives of D
amascus;
Am
os 9:7 = orig of S
yrians.
8]A
rmory m
entioned in 1 Kings 7:2-5; 10:17; 14:27; 39:2.
9]H
ezekiah’s Tunnel: reservoir N
of city (2 Chr 32:4); H
ezekiah had a tunneldug for 1750 ft to bring w
ater underground through Ophel to the P
oolof S
iloam. C
an be traversed today when visiting Jerusalem
.
12]B
aldness: prohibited to priest (Lev 21:5; C
f. Ezek 44:20; Job 1:20.
13]C
f. Paul: 1 Cor 15:32.
[Cf. Isaiah 36 and 37.]
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20]A
mos 5:2. (See also, D
on Patten Catastrophism
and the Old T
estament).
21][Spooky stuff...] E
ph 6:12; John 12:31; Col 2:15. K
ings of the earth wage
war! P
s 2; Acts 4:26, 27; R
ev 17:14.
22]2 P
et 2:1; Jude 6; Mt 8:29.
23]S
un “ashamed”? D
elayed, dry...
Ch
apter 25
So
ng
- Praise o
f Go
d’s S
alvation
5]R
ev 19.
7]E
ph 4:18.
8]1 C
or. 15:54-55; Rev 21:4.
10]M
oab = false profession?
Ch
apter 26
2]R
estored and converted Israel
3]Phil 4:5, 6.
4]L
ord God =
YH
WH
; I AM
. Rom
5:1; 8:28.
12]E
zek 36:25, 26.
17]R
ev 12?
Rem
arkable Passage: Isa 26:19-21.
19]E
liminate supplied w
ords, “men”, “together w
ith.” Body is in the plural:
bodies. 1 Thess 4:16, 17: the dead first, then w
e... Ezek 36, 37; R
om 11:25.
10]D
aughter of Tyre: T
artessus in Spain? Cartagena? C
arthage (N. A
frica)?C
ittim? (C
yprus).
17]H
ere and Ps 45:12; new
city raised on ruins of Tyre.
Isaiah’s “L
ittle Ap
ocalyp
se”: Ch
apters 24 - 27
Cf. Jer 4:23-31; Isa 45:18C
hap
ter 24
5]E
verlasting covenant? 16X on O
T.
“Broken” =
frustrated.N
ot Sinai: now
here declared “everlasting.”C
ontrast Galatians...
Abraham
: unilateral; can’t be broken; God is only party to it.
David: M
essiah rejected; cut off (Dan 9:26).
Israel rejected (“frustrated”) Everlasting C
ovenant....w
ill make a “covenant w
ith sheol” (28:15)N
oah!? “Hum
an government” under G
od.F
ailure: “except those days be shortened...”C
all for nations?
[Christopher (“C
hrist Bearer”) C
olumbus: Isa 49:1, 6; see Peter M
arshalland D
avid Manuel, The Light and the G
lory (Deut 7:6-9; 8:7-9; 2 C
hr 7:14).E
ratosthenes, 600 B.C., Greek geographer, calculated circum
ference ofthe earth ±
10%!]
6]D
eut 28:15; 29:19; Lev 26:14; R
om 1:18-3:20. Z
ech 5:3; Isa 1:31; 5:24; 9:18;10:16, 17; 29:6; 30:27.
13]Isa 17:5, 6.
16]Isa 21:2. L
eanness = m
isery
17]R
ev 9?
18]G
en 7:11.
Page 55Page 54
Left desolate, 27:10;
City of chaos, 24:10;
Anim
al pasture, 27:10.G
od praised for its destruction, 24:14ff;M
anifests justice, 26:7ff; 27:11;F
aithfulness to promises, 25:1;
Zeal for his people, 26:11.
13]T
rumpet: Joel 2:15, 16. C
f. Isa 19.
Ch
apter 28
Prophetic W
arning concerning Ephraim
and Judah, Chapters 28-35.
Wo
e to E
ph
raim: A
ssyrian C
aptivity P
redicted
(Isaiah mainly prophet to Judah, or the S
outhern Kingdom
. Northern
Kingdom
called House of Israel, or often E
phraim.) L
uxury of Sam
aria:A
mos 3:1ff; 4:1; 6:1, 6.
1]1st of six w
oes (Cf. C
hapter 5). (Here +
29:1, 15; 30:4; 31:1; 33:1).
2]C
f. Dan 9:26.
4]F
ig before summ
er?
5]T
he Day of the L
ord.
9]M
ilk is for infants; meat for adults.
10]T
he truth of God is distributed throughout the S
cripture. This is the
strategy that a comm
unications engineer would adopt if he w
ere design-ing it. [H
ologram analogy: a Fourier T
ransform of an im
age. Distributed
redundancy; no desirability detected in “natural light;” however, illum
i-nated by the (laser) light that originated it, it reveals an im
age. Rem
ovinga portion does not lose the im
age (only resolution); etc.]
11]1 C
or 14:21. Assyrian.
12]M
t 23:37; Acts 17:18 (too late?).
20]“C
ome”: C
f. Rev 4:1.
“Cham
bers”: John 14:2.“U
ntil” ...what? T
he indignation is past! Rev 3:10. A
lso, Zeph 2:3.
Ch
apter 27
Resto
red Israel
1]“hard,” “great,” “strong”: 3 qualities=
> 3 enem
ies? Deut 32:41, 42; Isa
34:5, 6; 66:16.
Leviathan =
“piercing serpent?!” The R
ed Dragon (R
ev 12:9) at thecross? P
s 74:14: “heads” of Leviathan? S
erpent with seven heads
(Babylonian m
ythology); sea monster: P
s 74:14; 104:20; Job 3:8 (vs.40:25).
2]C
f. Song of the V
ineyard, Chapter 5.
3]Ps 121:4.
4]“fury” =
wrath.
5]Psalm
2.
6]Israel is now
the 4th largest exporter of fruit. (Only 1/3 the size of S
anB
ernardino County in C
alifornia.)
8]E
ast wind: sirocco.
9]A
mos 3:2; Isa 17:8.
Mystery C
ity (Un
nam
ed)
Exalted, 26:5.
Inhabitants rejoice, who love w
ine, 24:7-9;H
aughty, 25:2;B
rave, 25:2; 27:10R
obust people, 25:3.Im
pregnable?R
azed to the ground, 26:5;
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“Whisper” =
chirp (8:19); only in Isaiah.
7]T
he insatiableness of her enemies. M
any nations (Zech 12).
9]G
od’s reasons for discipline (Cf. E
zek 36:22ff).
10]“D
eep sleep”: Cf. A
dam, A
bram (G
en 2:21; 15:12, et al.).
11]R
ev 1:3; 22:7 (Cf. C
hapter 5; 2 Cor 3:15,16).
13]A
nd deep hypocrisy of the Jews (C
f. 2 Thess 2:11).
15]W
oe # 3 of 6 (28:1; 29:1, 15; 30:4; 31:1; 33:1).
16]C
f. Rom
9:19-22; Job 33:13; 1 Cor 1:26.
17]A
promise of sanctification to the godly.
Ch
apter 30
Th
ey Tu
rn to
Th
eir Old
En
emy, E
gyp
t (the W
orld
)
Even now
...
1]W
oe #4 of 6 (28:1; 29:1, 15; 30:4; 31:1; 33:1).
Rebellious: D
eut 21:18-21 (rebellious son: stoned to death?)
4]H
anes is Tanis.
5]Isaiah is talking to H
ezekiah about the futility of making an alliance w
ithE
gypt against the Assyrians. (Y
et, we do the sam
e thing; i.e., making
alliance with the W
orld for our defense!)
7]Som
e texts read, “I have called her Rahab, w
ho sits still...” Rahab =
pride,arrogance (old nam
e for Egypt, do not confuse w
ith Rahab of Joshua)
Job 26:12; Ps 87:4, 89:10.
12]O
ppression = extortion.
13]B
ackward: G
en 49:10.
15]Job 5:23; H
os 2:18; Dan 9:27 (m
ay be same covenant).
16]T
herefore... Adoni... B
ehold... Cf. 7:14.
Stone (in Zion): G
en 49:24; Deut 32:4; Isa 8:14,15; Ps 118:22; R
om 9:33;
Eph 2:20; 1 Pet 2:6-8.
21]B
aal Perazim
, 2 Sam
5:20. Strange w
ork: judgment of sin.
Valley of G
ibeon: Joshua vs. Canaanite kings.
Josh 10:8-14. Hail vs sw
ord...
22]D
etermine...w
hole earth: Cf. 10:23; D
an 9:27.
24][C
f. “field” of Mt 13?]
25]D
ill (“fitches”): nigella satua (aromatic seeds).
Cum
min: cum
inum stainum
; ~fennel, condiment seeds.
Spelt, rie: cussem
eth: poor man’s bread w
heat.
Note L
ev 19:19: do not mingle seed...
Affection m
atched to needs; not to crush.
Ch
apter 29
Jerusalem
Warn
ed
1]Second of six w
oes (28:1; 29:1, 15; 30:4; 31:1; 33:1).
God’s heavy judgm
ent upon Jerusalem.
Ari-E
l = L
ion of God. U
sed as idiom for Jerusalem
.“D
welt” =
tabernacled. John 1:14.“L
et them kill...” F
alse worship?
2]Z
ech 14.
4]C
f. Necrom
ancy (Lev 19:31; 20:6), et al.
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Often, E
gypt is used as an idiom for the “w
orld”, pharaoh being an idiomfor the ruler of this w
orld, Satan.
1]W
oe #5 of 6 (28:1; 29:1, 15; 30:4; 31:1; 33:1).
Chariots: 600 of Pharaoh (E
x 14:7); 1200 of Shishak (2 Chr 12:3).
Sennacherib =
means sin m
ultiplies its brothers. (Sin w
as their name for
the moon god.)
5]H
overing versus flying.
8]sw
ord of Angel (2 K
gs 19:35) slaughtered 185,000! (Cf. E
lisha, servant:S
yrian host 2 Kgs 6:17.)C
hap
ter 32
1]Y
et future, reminder of K
ingdom age (righteous K
ing is Jesus).
5]K
JV “T
he vile person shall be no more called liberal.”
Vile =
foolish.L
iberal = generous (noble).
Chirl =
empty.
9]W
omen (versus m
en) at ease (in the bad sense). Careless m
eansconfident
15]S
pirit is one which Joel talks about in great detail (Joel 2:28,29)
Ch
apter 33
Fo
cus o
n Jeru
salem an
d its D
eliverance.
1]W
oe #6 of 6 (28:1; 29:1, 15; 30:4; 31:1; 33:1).
Keep your prom
ises. Alludes to covenant H
ezekiah made w
ith Assyria
to be left alone (2 Kgs 18:18ff) .
8]S
ennechreb in local sense, yet also broader sense applies to Com
ingW
orld Leader.
13]B
reach in the wall (graphic idiom
for their time: their cities depended
upon the walls for defense).
14]R
om. 9; P
s 2. Pottery not only broken, but rem
aining pieces too small for
any secondary use.
18]“D
on’t let the tyranny of self-sufficiency rob you of the miraculous.”
(Pastor Rom
aine)
22]Idolatry w
as encouraged by Ahaz (H
ezekiah’s predecessor). Hezekiah
forbids idolatry (2 Kgs 18:4)
“Unclean cloth” is polite K
JV for used “m
enstrual cloths!”
26]M
illennial?
27]D
evouring fire. Cf E
x 24:17; Deut 9:3, 19, 10:7, 29:6, 33:14.
28]B
ridle like the hooks in the jaw (C
f. Ezek 38).
29]“M
ighty” is Hebrew
word “rock” (C
f. Deut 32:4).
31]W
hile the term “A
ssyrian” here specifically denotes the leader of theA
ssyrians here conquering the Northern K
ingdom. H
owever, there are
places where the term
“Assyrian” is used as an idiom
of the Com
ingW
orld Leader.
33]T
ophet = low
est part of the Valley of H
innom (place of burning) also
located the altar to idol Molech (child sacrifice). C
f. 2 Kgs 23:10; Jer 7:31,
19:6, 11. Later becam
e the place of the “city dump” w
here they threw their
refuse which gave rise to an idiom
“Gehenna” (w
hich denotes the lakethat burneth w
ith fire and brimstone).
King =
Melech (yet sam
e consonants for Moloch)
Ch
apter 31
Isaiah is a prophet in the court of Hezekiah, the king. T
hey are fearfulof the A
ssyrians, which have been conquering the country. Judah,
headquartered in Jerusalem, has turned to E
gypt for help.
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5]E
dom - traditional enem
ies of Israel (God). M
ight be used idiomatic or
synecdoche (specific for the general).
Ed
om•
Moses - denied passage (N
um 20:14-21);
•D
avid subdues them (2 S
am 9:14);
•R
evolt under Jeroboam (2 C
hr 21:8-10);•
Sm
ote Judah under Ahaz (2 C
hr 28:17);•
Ready to shed blood (E
zek 35:5);•
To be cut off (O
bad 18).
From
Esau, tw
in of Jacob. Obadiah 3 attributes sin of pride to E
dom (Jer
49:16). Cursed in A
mos 1:11,12. R
ejoiced under Nebuchadnezzar’s
captivity (Ps 137:7; Obad 10-14; L
am 4:21, 22; E
zek 35:10-13).
Esau to serve Jacob (G
en 25:23, 27:40).E
dom: P
ossession for Judah (Num
24:18).
(See also, T
he Next H
olocaust Briefing P
ackage.)
6]B
ozrah or Petra (A
mos 1:11, 12; Jer 49:13). S
ee Isa 63 for discussion.
10]M
alachi (300 years after Isaiah) 1:3,4.
11]C
ormorant =
pelican? Bittern =
porcupine.
“Confusion” and “em
ptiness” = “tohu v’bohu” from
Gen 1:2 (gap
theory, see Isa 45).
12]N
obles in Horim
, Edom
took land from the H
orites.
13]Jackals =
“howling ones.” O
wls =
“daughters of screaming.”
14]W
ailers and howlers.
Screech ow
l - tyliyli - “lileth” which also m
eans female dem
on.P
erhaps idioms are not zoological but dem
oniacal in vocabulary.
15]“G
reat owl” m
ight be arrow and snake.
9]M
ost beautiful regions:
Lebanon
- Leban =
white. (N
orthern mountains, 120 m
iles of snowcovered w
ith cedars and firs.)
Sharon - (Foot of Mt C
armel to Shefelah, know
n for flowers and forests.)
Carm
el - (Divides S
haron from E
schaelon, the rocky hills.)
Bashan
- (Trans-Jordan upland from
Herm
on to Gilead w
ith high plains,forests of O
ak and known for w
ild cattle.)
Idiomatically describing the desolation to com
e.
14]D
evouring fire (Cf. D
eut 4:24).
17]Ps 15:1-3.
22]Judge, law
giver, king (our judicial, legislative and executive branches)w
ill be covered by Jesus.
Ch
apter 34
Th
e Natio
ns
Shift of emphasis to nations, not Jerusalem
or Israel and not their specificim
mediate enem
ies.
2]Indignation =
wrath of G
od. Rev 19:19 through C
hapter 21; Zech 14.
3]C
ast out: refused burial (Jer 22:19).
4]L
anguage of Rev 6:13, 14.
(Gerald S
chroeder, Genesis and the B
ig Bang, B
antam B
ooks, 1990.M
aimondes discovered in G
en 1:1 that the universe has 10 dimensions,
4 knowable, 6 unknow
able! See B
eyond Perception.)
Mt 24:29; 2 Pet 3:10; R
ev 19:11-21; Ps 102:26; Heb 1:11.
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2]“R
abshakeh” - not a name, but a title of the chief officer under the king
of Assyria, sent to intim
idate and request surrender from Judah.
Lachish - field capital (actually capital w
as Ninevah).
3]S
hebna, may not be the sam
e as the Shebna of Isa 22:15.
6]B
ruised reed - loses its compressive strength and bends.
Who do you trust?
7]R
abshakeh is misinform
ed! Data is correct, yet interpretation is w
rong.H
ezekiah had torn down all the idols, groves, altars. T
hey misunder-
stood and thought that he had torn down the field altars to force w
orshipat Jerusalem
. They didn’t realize the difference in gods and G
od; thusthey thought that the tearing dow
n of altars had offended the gods theyw
orshiped.
8]R
abshakeh is speaking in Hebrew
. Hezekiah’s m
en wish he w
ould speakin A
ramaic so the m
en on the wall w
ould not understand the remarks
being made about the arm
y (see v. 11-12).
12]R
abshakeh wants the people to know
that if they do not surrender theyw
ill be under siege. The strength of the w
all was the m
ain factor in a citiesstrength. A
siege would seal a city for as long as it w
ould take to starveout the people, the R
omans w
ould be prepared to camp around a city for
15-20 YE
AR
S!
When R
abshakeh says, “That they m
ay eat their own refuse and drink
their own w
ater” he is being literal and graphic, as sieges are horribletim
es for the people, forcing them to turn to cannibalism
for survival!
20]H
ezekiah’s men w
ere well instructed, they w
ere to receive Rabshakeh,
but not respond to his words.
22]“...torn their cloths” - classic Jew
ish gesture of anguish (the first steptow
ards sackcloth and ashes).
Ch
apter 35
Kin
gd
om
Blessin
gs fo
r Israel
2]P
oetic idioms from
Chapter 33 on positive side, restoration.
6]H
art - like a deer.
8]H
igh-way =
the way of G
od, the way of holiness. “T
hey that walk in the
Way.”
Ch
apter 36
Histo
rical Paren
thesis (C
hap
ter 35-39)
Narrative (parallels 2 K
ings 18:9-21:16).
One Isaiah, but tw
o different stylistic renderings, style will change
drastically in Chapter 40. P
lenty of evidence which show
s the book tobe of a unified design, clearly one Isaiah. 2 C
hronicles 32-33 are also ofthis period.
Histo
rical Co
ntext
Ahaz w
as a bad king; his successor was H
ezekiah whom
Isaiah served.In general, H
ezekiah did well, in that he tore dow
n the idols throughoutthe land and reestablished w
orship to the true living God in Jerusalem
.T
his was m
isunderstood by his enemies. H
ezekiah’s anxiety comes from
the imm
inent attack by the Assyrians, lead by S
ennacherib. A m
ajorm
otivation in the battles of this day was the victory over foreign gods,
proving conquering nation’s god/idol was “better” than loser’s god.
Hezekiah had paid to be left alone, yet this w
as ignored by the Assyrians
so Hezekiah turns to E
gypt.
Hezekiah
’s Trou
ble: A
ssyrian In
vasion
Th
reat
1]O
ther cities of Judah fallen.
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Ch
apter 38
Hezekiah
’s Illness
1]H
ezekiah’s sickness: boil (v. 21) [See E
x 9-11 (6th plague of boils), Lev
18:18-23 (this term used of a leprous ulcer), D
eut 28:21, 35 (“botch ofE
gypt”), Job 2:7 (Job’s predicament).]
5]P
s 106:15 “And he gave them
their request; but sent leanness into theirsoul.”
Hezekiah got his request, but it m
ay not have been a good idea becausethey w
ere not good years. Som
e scholars point out that this particularsickness m
ay have been the sign of divine displeasure (Job 15:32, 22:5,16; Ps 55:23, Prov 10:27).
Manasseh w
as not yet born (2 Chr 33:1, 2 K
gs 21:2) and he was the m
ostw
icked king (he repents at 50!). Manasseh’s son A
mon w
as also bad.Josiah how
ever, brought great revival.
8]2 C
hr 32:31 (parallel account notes that they requested the sun to gobackw
ards, not forward.)
All calendars changed in 701 B.C. (See “T
he Long D
ay of Joshua” in Signsin the H
eavens or Joshua comm
entary series.)
Jonathan Sw
ift: Gulliver’s T
ravels described the two m
oons of Mars in
precise detail, 150 years before they were discovered! M
ight have beendraw
ing upon legends which w
ere really eye-witness accounts! (Im
ply-ing near passby of M
ars!)
Were the 15 years a good idea?? T
hese years bring nothing but grief.
Tw
o years later Manasseh w
as born; when H
ezekiah dies he takes over(at age 12). H
e put up the idols in the high places. According to T
almudic
sources, Manasseh m
artyrs Isaiah, apparently sawing him
in half with
a wooden saw
(also alluded to in Heb 11)! (F
or reference see our articlein June 1996 “P
ersonal UP
DA
TE
.”)
14]C
rane - sWs (soos) - crane or swallow
, also refers to leaper. (Cf. Jer 8:7, E
x14:9, E
zek 38, 39.)
Ch
apter 37
Hezekiah
’s Prayer
1]Ps 50:15 (com
mandm
ent or prophecy?). Ps 55:22 “Cast thy burden upon
the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: H
e shall never suffer the righteousto be m
oved.”
2]H
ezekiah will pray, but his answ
er will com
e through Isaiah. Ps 121:4
“Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slum
ber nor sleep.”
Gen 12:3 “A
nd I will bless them
that bless thee, and curse him that curseth
thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.”
6]“T
hus saith the Lord” - as grave an em
phasis as possible.
“Servants” - m
inions, derogatory term.
12]C
ities all through Middle E
ast which have fallen.
(Letter vs. verbal)
16]“D
wellest betw
een the cherubim” - Isa 6, E
zek 1, 10; Rev 4. Four cherubim
so why “betw
een” verses “among”? G
od viewed here by H
ezekiah asdw
elling between the cherubim
of the Ark of the C
ovenant and the Holy
of Holies.
17]U
se of verbs resembles D
an 9.
20]O
nly one thing God puts higher than H
is Nam
e: His W
ord (Ps 138:2).
Truth is w
hen the Word and deed becom
e one.
29]C
f. Ezek 38 (hooks in the jaw
s).
35]N
ote he references for His and for H
is servant David’s sake, not for
Hezekiah, nor the people. E
zek 36:21 “... I do not this for your sakes, butfor M
y holy Nam
e’s sake..”
37]S
ennachrib went all the w
ay home, N
inevah, not Lachish.
38]S
ennachrib, assassinated by his own sons.
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39 books in the Old T
estament and 27 in the N
ew T
estament. (B
ut don’tm
ake too much of this; the chapter divisions as w
e know them
were
added in the 13th century.)
Th
e Deu
tero-Isaiah
Th
eory
The “textual critics” have insisted that the B
ook of Isaiah is a compilation
of two different w
riters, each calling himself Isaiah but w
riting at differenttim
es. This “D
eutero-Isaiah” theory is surprisingly prevalent in many
modern (“liberal”) com
mentaries. (T
here are some that even advocate
a three-Isaiah theory.)
(Tradition suggests that Isaiah w
as sawn in tw
o. 2 The critics certainly
have done that to his writings!)
The first section of the book deals w
ith God’s approaching judgm
ent onthe nation of Judah. In som
e of the most striking passages in all the B
ible,the prophet announces that G
od will punish H
is people because of theirsin, rebellion, and w
orship of false gods.
While this section includes m
any references to the coming M
essiah,including H
is virgin birth3 and his rule on the throne of D
avid4, the style
of this section is distinctive and certainly fits the subject matter.
The last section, in contrast to the first, is noticeably different. It
emphasizes the M
essianic expectation and an ultimate com
fort for God’s
people5. T
he heart of his stunning prophecy occurs in Chapter 53, as
Isaiah presents the role of the coming M
essiah in its highest point. Som
ecall this passage the “H
oly of Holies” of the O
ld Testam
ent. The
Servant’s suffering and death and the redem
ptive nature of His m
issionare clearly foretold. A
lthough mankind deserved G
od’s judgment
because “we have turned, every one, to his ow
n way,” (53:6) G
od sentH
is Servant to take aw
ay our sins. According to Isaiah, it is through H
issuffering that w
e are reconciled with G
od, since “the Lord has laid on H
imthe iniquity of us all.”
6
It is principally on the basis of the stylistic changes between the tw
osections that critics have developed the D
eutero-Isaiah theory. Those
who assign C
hapters 40-66 to a “Second Isaiah” point out that the tw
om
ajor sections of the book seem to be set in different tim
es. Chapters
1 -39 clearly belong to the eighth century B.C., a turbulent period in thehistory of Judah.
21]B
oil: See E
x 9-11 (6th plague of boils); Lev 18:18-23 (this term
used ofa leprous ulcer); D
eut 28:21, 35 (“botch of Egypt”); Job 2:7 (Job’s
predicament).
Old T
estament had a lim
ited view of death (H
ezekiah was 39). Jesus
brought life and imm
ortality to light (2 Tim
1:10), freed us from bondage
(Heb 2:14, 15), death becam
e absent from the body, present w
ith the Lord
(2 Cor 5:8), for better (P
hil 1:23), “never see death” (Jn 8:51).
Ch
apter 39
Hezekiah
’s Fo
lly
Babylon at this tim
e is a small tow
n, a pawn of A
ssyrian politics.
1]M
erodachbaladan - name/title of a god they w
orshiped.
(The flatterers)
2]A
mazing w
hat we’ll do on an ego trip!
3]Isaiah unsent for, just w
ent to ask a few questions. P
ride.
4]Isaiah asks: W
ho were they? W
here are they from? W
hat did you showthem
?
7]H
appens 100 years later! (2 Chr 36:18).
Dan 1:3 (H
int of royal blood? Captives did include royal seed.)
“Ends so-called Isaiah 1.” T
here is only one Isaiah!
Ho
w M
any Isaiah
s?
With its 66 chapters, Isaiah is the largest and m
ost eloquent propheticbook of the O
ld Testam
ent. 1 Most scholars agree that the book falls
naturally into two m
ajor sections, Chapters 1-39 and C
hapters 40-66.
The first section has a distinctive style w
hich changes noticeably in thefinal section. It is easy to rem
ember since it parallels the B
ible itself, with
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Th
e Disco
very in Jo
hn
12
What a precious chapter! It has m
any marvelous insights, but am
ongthe dearest to m
e personally are verses 37-41:
37]B
ut though he had done so many m
iracles before them, yet they believed
not on him:
38]T
hat the saying of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, w
hich he spake,L
ord, so hath believed our report? And to w
hom hath the arm
of the Lord
been revealed?39]
Therefore they could not believe, because that Isaiah said again,
40]H
e hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they shouldnot see w
ith their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be con-
verted, and I should heal them.
41]T
hese things said Isaiah, when he saw
his glory, and spake of him.
In this passage we first encounter a quote, in verse 38, fam
iliar to many
of you, that begins the famous chapter of Isaiah 53. T
his would be in the
section attributed to the “Second Isaiah.”
In verse 40 we have a quote from
Isaiah Chapter 6, 8 as verse 41 also
highlights what occurs w
hen Isaiah beholds the throne of God. T
his is,of course, in the first section of Isaiah.
Oh, how
I am grateful for verse 39! N
otice that John tells us that “thatIsaiah said again” w
hen he links the two passages, and thus, the tw
osections and attributes them
both to “that” (same) Isaiah!
If you take John seriously, and recognize the inspiration of the Holy
Spirit, then you need not doubt the authorship of Isaiah - both “sec-
tions.”
But there is even m
ore for the diligent student. In the New
Testam
ent,Isaiah is m
entioned 21 times, in six different books, as the author. T
hisoccurs 10 tim
es regarding “Isaiah I,”9 and 11 tim
es for “Isaiah II.”10 In
fact, 61 separate passages are quoted or referred to 85 times in the N
ewT
estament: 23 passages from
“Isaiah I” and 28 passages from “Isaiah II.”
It is fascinating to me to notice that there is no heresy—
or controversy—that hasn’t been anticipated by the H
oly Spirit w
ithin the Scripture itself.
If we recognize the reality that w
e have 66 books penned by 40 authorsover thousands of years that are an integrated w
hole, and that every
But Isaiah 40-66, according to these scholars, seem
s to be addressed tothe citizens of Judah w
ho were being held as captives in B
abylon abouttw
o centuries after Isaiah lived and prophesied. These scholars also
point to the differences in tone, language, and style between the tw
om
ajor section as proof that the book was w
ritten by two different authors.
Th
e Trad
ition
al View
There are, how
ever, conservative scholars who insist the entire book
was w
ritten by the famous prophet Isaiah w
ho ministered in the southern
kingdom of Judah for 40 years, from
about 740 -700 B.C. They point out
that the two sections of the book have m
any similarities, although they
are dramatically different in tone and them
e. Many phrases and ideas
that are peculiar to Isaiah appear in both sections of the book. 7
The appearance of these w
ords and phrases can be used to argue justas convincingly that the book w
as written by a single author. T
here areover 300 w
ords and expressions comm
on to “Isaiah 1” and “Isaiah II”w
hich are not found in Daniel, H
aggai, Zechariah and M
alachi.
In the second section of his book, Isaiah looked into the future andpredicted the years of the C
aptivity and the return of the Covenant
People to their hom
eland after the Captivity ended. If the prophet could
predict the coming of the M
essiah over 700 years before that happened,he could certainly foresee this m
ajor event in the future of the nation ofJudah.
The style of each section deliberately m
atches its subject matter.
Th
e Valley o
f Do
ub
t
Doubts about the authorship and authenticity of any book in the B
iblecan have tragic consequences for those w
ho are attempting to take the
Bible seriously. A
s I look back on my ow
n spiritual journey, I recall them
any years that these views introduced a subtle doubt in m
y mind and
hampered m
y real growth in the W
ord.
Is there a way to resolve this w
ithout getting drawn into the distressing
debates and arrogant displays among erudite scholars and “textual
critics”? Indeed, there is. I only wish I had discovered it earlier in m
yow
n travels through God’s w
ondrous Word.
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Th
e Pu
rpo
se of P
eace (Ch
. 40-48)
1]C
omforter.
Father: 2 Cor 1:3.
Holy Spirit: Jn 14:16, 26; 15:26, 16:7 (4x called C
omforter).
Son: Isa 61:2 (“advocate” w
ith the Father - 1 Jn 2:1 =
paraclite!).
2]W
hy double for all her sins? Seem
s unfair? (vs. Elihu in Job 34).
Tw
o concepts:
1)Israel is spoken of as G
od’s firstborn. Firstborn is entitled to a
double portion, both of good and bad.2)
Another possibility it is that it is a com
mercial term
for debts “paidin full.”
3]M
t 3:3 (Matthew
highlights Old T
estament prophecies w
hich are beingfulfilled.)
6]“A
ll flesh is grass” (in sense that it is transitory, here today gonetom
orrow. A
lso, introduces symbolism
used in Revelation.)
9]“G
ood tidings” = gospel (2 C
or 15:1-4; 1 Pet 1:21-25) N
ot appreciatedunless one realizes w
hat we are saved from
.
10]“Strange w
ork” - Work is the D
ay of the Lord (or T
ime of Jacob’s T
rouble,or the G
reat Tribulation) and his rew
ard is with him
.
11]“S
hepherd”: Cf. Jn 10:11, 14-16; H
eb 13:20; 1 Pet 2:25; 5:4.
12]E
mphasis on quantitative design (not qualitative), calling our attention
to God’s precision. (S
ee Genesis, or B
eyond Coincidence B
riefingP
ackages.)
Anthropic P
rinciple - every parameter that you m
easure is in delicatebalance. (S
ee Beyond C
oincidence or Creator B
eyond Tim
e and SpaceB
riefing Packages; H
ugh Ross, T
he Fingerprint of G
od, Prom
ise Pub-
lishing Co., O
range, CA
, 1989; See B
eyond Perception for further
information on a finite universe; G
erald Schroeder, G
enesis and the Big
Bang, B
antam B
ooks, New
York, 1990.)
detail has been the result of careful and skillful engineering, then thereis no need to stum
ble over the erudite skepticism and arrogance by
scholarship falsely so called.
Isn’t God w
onderful? If we w
ould just learn to take Him
at His W
ord.
Endnotes:
1)Isaiah’s vocabulary includes 2186 different w
ords, more than any other
book of the Old T
estament.
2)T
his is supposed to have occurred in King M
anasseh’s reign with a
wooden saw
. (Pseudepigraphya: T
he Martyrdom
of Isaiah, Chapter 5.)
It seems to support H
ebrews 11:37.
3)Isaiah 7:14.
4)Isaiah 9:6.
5)M
ost of Handel’s M
essiah was draw
n from this section of the B
ook ofIsaiah.
6)Isaiah 53:6.
7)A
good example of this is Isaiah’s references to G
od as “The H
oly One
of Israel (Isaiah 1:4; 17:7; 37:23; 45:11; 55:5; 60:14).”8)
The quote is from
Isaiah 6:10. John 12:41 also highlights that thisoccurred w
hen Isaiah beheld the throne of God.
9)M
t 4:14, (9:1,2); 13:14, (6:9); 15:7, (29:13); Mk 7:6, (29:13); Jn 12:29, (6:9);
12:41, (6:9); Acts 28:25, (6:9); R
om 9:27, (10:22,23); 9:29, (1:9); 15:12,
(11:10).10)
Mt 3:3, (40:3); 8:17, (53:4); 12:17, (42:1-3); L
k 3:4, (40:3-5); 4:17, (61:1,2);Jn 1:23, (40:3); 12:38, (53:1); A
cts 8:28, (53:7,8); 8:30, (53:7,8); Rom
10:16,(53:1); 10:20, (65:1,2).
Ch
apter 40
Note style change: C
oncepts, vocabulary, perspective dramatically
oriented in New
Testam
ent terms.
Chapters 1-35
Chapters 36-39 (historical interlude)
Chapters 40-end
See: Mt 8:17; L
k 4:17,18; Jn 12:38-40. All w
ritten by the prophet Isaiah.
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9]G
od has NO
T cast off Israel (R
om 8, 9, 10).
10]G
od’s righteousness, not ours.
11]G
en 12:3. Unconditional covenant w
ith Abraham
.
14]“T
he Lord and thy redeem
er” sounds like more than one.
“Redeem
er”: goel—kinsm
an redeemer (see R
uth, Rev 5). T
wo roles:
levirate marriage and restores land, other role is the goel, the avenger of
blood! First com
ing, redemption. S
econd coming, avenger of blood.
19]C
edar, acacia, myrtle, oil - all indigenous to Judea. O
ther trees show up
after Babylonian captivity. T
hus, the use of these trees helps demon-
strate the timing of the book being prior to the B
abylonian captivity.
21]G
od challenges evil spirits! (vv. 21-24). Prophets of G
od are right 100%
of the time. G
od describes things to come to prove that H
e is God.
25]N
ote that Cyrus cam
e from a region northeast. T
hus, sometim
es he isspoken of as com
ing from the east (v. 2) and som
etimes from
the north(v.25).
“My nam
e” - Ezra 1:3. “H
e is (the) God.”
Ch
apter 42
Jesus C
hrist th
e Servan
t
Mt 12:17-21; quote Isa 42:1-4.
1]S
ervant: utterly obedient (Jn 4:34; Heb 3:2), upheld by the F
ather (Jn5:26), m
ine elect (1 Pet 2:6), Spirit upon Him
(Lk 2:40; 3:22; 4:18-21).
“Nations” =
Gentiles.
2]“N
ot cry nor lift up” (Cf. M
t 8:4; 9:30; 12:19; 14:13; Jn 5:13; 6:15; 7:3,4: 8:59;10:40).
3]“B
ruised reed” - Cf. E
gypt by Sennechrib, 36:6. F
lax, not quenched -feeble lights: tended, trim
med, freshened (tending lam
ps).
13]H
oly Spirit: G
en 1:2 (order - negative entropy - out of chaos! Prov 3:19.)
17]V
anity: tohu (Gen 1:2).
22]C
ircle or sphere of the earth (declared two centuries before C
hrist!).“S
tretches out the heavens as a curtain”—m
odern scientists nowdescribe the universe as being uncurled (black hole, ultim
ate of theuncurl; G
en 1:4; Cf. Isa 34:4).
25]G
od does not argue for Him
self in Genesis. B
ible opens on thepresum
ption of the existence of God. Isa 2, G
od articulates His O
wn C
ase.
26]“C
alleth them all by nam
e”; Cf. P
s 147:4,5.
27]Jacob’s nam
e was changed to Israel. G
enerally, once changed it stayschanged (ex. A
bram to A
braham, S
arai to Sarah). H
owever, Jacob is an
exception, the name “Jacob” is used w
hen he is being carnal, and “Israel”w
hen he is being spiritual. The sam
e with the nation Israel. H
ere Isaiahuses both term
s.
(“God of A
braham, Isaac and Jacob” - should give us com
fort!)
28]P
s 121: 4 (“He that keepeth Israel shall neither slum
ber nor sleep.”)
31]N
ot in climatic order. (R
eal test, endurance, the walk.)
Ch
apter 41
Cyru
s
2]C
yrus predicted. Note that C
yrus came from
a region northeast. Thus,
sometim
es he is spoken of as coming from
the east (v. 2) and sometim
esfrom
the north (v.25).
4]“first and the last” - R
ev 1:8, 17; 22:13.
8]A
braham - one of his titles is ‘friend of G
od’ (Gen 18, part of friendship
was a disclosure of the future, also G
en 22) Cf. 2 C
hr 20:7; Isa 2:23.
One prophet called “beloved”: D
aniel. (New
Testam
ent: John called“beloved”; C
f. Jn 15). Both w
rote apocalyptic books.
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od is outside our time dom
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13]Jealous - C
f. Ex 20:5, 34:14.
“Roar” - shout.
14]T
he Day of the L
ord.
19]R
om 11:25.
24]“W
e” - identity of the prophet with his people (D
an 9, Ezra 9).
Ch
apter 43
3]“T
hy Savior” - appears 8x in Isa (8 is the num
ber of new beginnings).
6]W
e see this happening, the gathering back into the land. Initially inunbelief, but an event w
ill happen which w
ill change their hearts.
7] ar;B; (to create) G
en 1 uses “bara”:rxy: (to form
).hc;[; (to m
ake).
All three w
ords used here.
10]N
otice use of duet.
11]C
f. Jn 14:6; Acts 4:12. N
o other way, G
arden of Gethsem
ene Jesus askedthree tim
es if there was another w
ay.
14]Illusion to B
abylon which does not rise until one century later.
16]“P
ath in the sea” - James F
ontaine Marey, father of oceanography. H
ew
anted to find these pathways spoken of here in Isa 43:16.
21]“P
raise” - Jewish w
ord for praise is Judah.
25]“B
lotteth” out of a book (Ps 56:8; R
ev 20:12).
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Ch
apter 44
1]Jacob and Israel, tw
o names used antithetically. Jacob’s nam
e was
changed to Israel. Generally, once changed it stays changed (e.g.,
Abram
to Abraham
, Sarai to Sarah). How
ever, Jacob is an exception, thenam
e “Jacob” is used when he is being carnal, and “Israel” w
hen he isbeing spiritual (faith, the one of the prom
ise). The sam
e with the nation
Israel. Here Isaiah uses both term
s. Not tw
o people, but two sides of
the same nature. “Jacob” m
eans supplanter. (And even Jacob is
justified, Rom
8:30.)
2]Jeshurun - poetical nam
e for Israel (Deut 32:15; 33:5, 26). M
eans “theupright ones.”
3]“P
our my S
pirit” - Joel 2:28, 29. Happened at P
entecost, and is yet tohappen to Israel.
6]“T
he Lord, the K
ing of Israel, and his redeemer” - sounds like tw
o!
“First and the L
ast” - Isa 41:4; 48:12; Rev 1:8, 17; 22:13.
10]C
f. Jer 10 (idol worship).
12]W
orks on an idol and gets thirsty, yet idol does not provide water.
20]“Is there not a lie in m
y right hand?” - Cf. Z
ech 11:17 (contrast to “goodshepherd”). (F
or further study see Behold A
White H
orse Briefing
Package.)
25]“T
okens” - prognostications or forecasts of the seers.
1 Cor 1:20-25, 18.
27]M
arks next section. Babylon.
Co
nq
uest o
f Jerusalem
Nebuchadnezzar, son of N
abopolassar, sets up Neo-B
abylonian Em
pire.B
abylon rises to power and lays three sieges upon Jerusalem
. The first
siege in 606 B.C., setting up Jehoiakim of Judah as a vassal king. Jehoiakim
revolts three years later (2 Kgs 24:1; D
an 1:1,2). Nebuchadnezzar’s first
expedition was before he ascended to the throne; N
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There are also passages in L
eviticus that indicate that if Israel doesn’tobey the first tim
e, God w
ill multiply her punishm
ent by seven (Lev 26:18,
21, 24, 28). 360 years times 7 equals 2520 years. W
e’ve pointed out thatthe B
ible seems to deal in 360-day years (S
ee Daniel’s Seventy W
eeks).C
onverting the 2520 years360 results in 2483 years
365 plus 9 months and
21 days:
2483 years365
906,295 daysplus, for leap years
614 days9 m
onths 270 days
21 days 21 days
2520 years360
907,200 days
But w
here does one apply this interval?
Th
e Servitu
de o
f the N
ation
If one starts with the first siege of N
ebuchadnezzar, which began the
“Servitude of the N
ation” in 606 B.C., the seventy years of servitudeended in 537 B.C. W
ith July 23, 537 B.C. as the release from servitude, then:
-537 y 7 m 23 d
1 (N
o “year 0”)2483 y 9 m
21 d—
——
——
——
——
—1948 y 5 m
14 d = M
ay 14, 1948
On M
ay 14, 1948, David B
en Gurion, citing the book of E
zekiel as hisauthority, proclaim
ed Israel as the new Jew
ish homeland. T
he nationIsrael w
as reestablished on the very completion of this interval from
theend of the “S
ervitude of the Nation” under B
abylon.
What a “coincidence.”
Th
e Deso
lation
s of Jeru
salem
If one starts with the third siege of N
ebuchadnezzar, which began the
“Desolations of Jerusalem
” in 587 B.C., the seventy years of desolationsended in 518 B
.C. W
ith August 16, 518 B.C. as the com
pletion of thedesolations of Jerusalem
, then:
first year was concurrent w
ith Jehoiakim’s fourth year (Jer 25:1). T
hisinitiated a 70-year period know
n Biblically as the “servitude of the
nation.”
It was in this first siege that D
aniel and his three friends were deported
as teenagers to be educated there and to serve at the Babylonian court.
These “hostages” m
ight help assure the continued loyalty of the vassalking in Jerusalem
.
Despite Jerem
iah’s warnings, Jehoiakim
rebelled three years later afterthe E
gyptians had beaten the Babylonian arm
y in open battle.N
ebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem a second tim
e, seized Jehoiakim,
and appointed a king of his own choice, Z
edekiah (2 Kgs 25:1; Jer 39:1;
52:4: Ezek 24:1). (B
abylonian Chronicle, as quoted in D
.J. Wisem
an,C
hronicles of Chaldean K
ings (626-556 B.C.) in the British M
useum,
1956. The capture of Jehoiachin and his substitution by a B
abyloniannom
inee, Mattaniah-Z
edekiah, accords with the B
iblical accounts of thesam
e events (2 Kgs 24:10-17; 2 C
hr 36:5-10; Jer 37:1).
Skilled craftsm
en from Judah w
ere deported to assist the imm
ensebuilding program
then current at Babylon, w
here in Esagalia and other
temples, the spoils of w
ar were dedicated to be displayed on state
occasions (2 Chr 36:7; D
an 5:3). Tablets from
the vaulted rooms by the
Ishtar Gate include four listing rations given to “Y
au’kin of Judah”. Fivesons of Jehoiachin are also m
entioned as well as five carpenters from
Judah, presumably captives from
the siege of Jerusalem.
Again, despite Jerem
iah’s repeated warnings, Z
edekiah also rebelled,w
hich led to the third siege by Nebuchadnezzar, and the com
pletedestruction of Jerusalem
. This initiates the period know
n as the“desolations of Jerusalem
” that also lasted exactly 70 years. Many
comm
entators make the m
istake of treating the “servitude of the nation”and the “desolation of Jerusalem
” as synonyms since they both w
erepredicted to be 70 years in duration. T
he “desolation of Jerusalem” w
asa punishm
ent for not yielding to the “servitude” (Jer 27:6,8,11; 38:17-21;C
f. Jer 29:10; Dan 9:2).
Ezekiel’s 430 Y
ears
There is a puzzling prophecy in the book of E
zekiel that speaks of 430years of judgm
ent pronounced upon Israel. (Ezek. 4:1-8) 70 years are
clearly accounted for by the Babylonian C
aptivity. But that leaves 360
years that do not seem to fit any specific interpretation of history.
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In the last year of Nabonidus, the B
abylon Chronicle (B
ritish Museum
)records that the idols of the cities around B
abylon, except Borsippa,
Kutha, and S
ippar, were brought in , an action taken only at the sign of
impending w
ar. A cylinder, one of four bearing the sam
e text found atthe corners of the ziggurat at U
r, is inscribed in Babylonian cuneiform
:prayer to the m
oon-god Sin, to w
hom the Z
iggurat is consecrated;m
entions “Belshazzar, the son first (born) the offspring of m
y heart(body).” Inscriptions designate D
aniel as “the 3rd Ruler in the kingdom
”(D
an 5:29).
Th
e Rise o
f Cyru
s
Cyrus II (“the G
reat,” 559-530 B.C.) was the founder of the A
chaemenid
Persian E
mpire that continued for tw
o centuries until the time of
Alexander the G
reat (331 B.C.).
Cyrus’ father, C
ambyses I (600-559 B.C.), w
as king of Anshan, a region
in eastern Elam
. His m
other was M
andane, a daughter of Astyages, king
of Media (585-550 B.C.). W
hen Cam
byses died in 559 B.C., Cyrus inherited
the throne of Anshan and, after unifying the P
ersian people, attacked thew
eak and corrupt Astyages. T
he Median general H
arpagus, whom
Astyages had previously w
ronged, deserted the king and brought hisarm
y to the side of the young Cyrus. A
styages was soon captured and
the Persians took the capital city of E
cbatana in 550 B.C. without a battle.
(This w
as also to be the result at Babylon 11 years later.)
Cyrus succeeded in w
elding the Medes and P
ersians into a unifiednation. M
oving swiftly to the w
est, he absorbed all the Median
territories as far as the Halys R
iver in Asia M
inor. When C
roesus, thefabulously w
ealthy king of Lydia, refused to recognize the sovereignty
of Medo-P
ersia, Cyrus defeated him
in battle and took over his empire
in 546 B.C. Seven years later, he w
as ready to launch the great assaultagainst B
abylon itself.
Babylon w
as in no position to resist a Medo-P
ersian invasion in the year539 B.C. D
uring the preceding fourteen years, Nabonidus the king had
not so much as visited the capital city, leaving the adm
inistration of them
etropolis to his profligate son Belshazzar, to w
hom he also “entrusted
the kingship.” (“Verse A
ccount of Nabonidus,” Pritchard, A
ncient Near
Eastern T
exts, 313.) Nabonidus further w
eakened the empire by incur-
ring the displeasure of the powerful B
abylonian priesthood.
-518 y 8 m 16 d
1 (N
o “year 0”)2483 y 9 m
21 d--------------------1967 y 6 m
7 d = June 7, 1967.
On June 7, 1967, as a consequence of the “S
ix Day W
ar,” the Old C
ityof Jerusalem
fell under Israeli control for the first time since Jesus’
prediction:
“...Jerusalem w
ill be trampled on by the G
entiles until the times of the
Gentiles are fulfilled.”
Luke 21:24
Israel regained Jerusalem at the very com
pletion of this same interval
since the “Desolations of Jerusalem
” under Babylon.
What a “coincidence.” (T
he rabbis say, “Coincidence is not a kosher
word.”)
Neb
uch
adn
ezzar’s Su
ccessors
Nebuchadnezzar’s death w
as followed by a steady w
eakening of theregim
e. His successor, A
mel-M
arduk (“Evil-M
erodach” of 2 Kgs 25:27;
Jer 52:31), ruled but two years and w
as replaced in 560 B.C. after an army
coup by the comm
ander in chief, Neriglissar (N
ergal-Sharezar of Jer 39:3),son-in-law
of Nebuchadnezzar. A
fter frequent absences from active
service, he was, in turn, ousted, and his w
eak son Labashi-M
arducklasted only a few
months before another coup d’etat brought N
abonidusto the throne.
Soon after his election, N
abonidus led the army to P
alestine andN
orthern Arabia, leaving his son B
elshazzar as co-regent in Babylon.
Nabonidus’ decision to stay in A
rabia resulted from his unpopularity at
home as m
uch as from his desire to found a settlem
ent there with exiles
from Palestine.
In Babylon there had been inflation brought on both by the continuing
military expenditure and by the extensive program
of public works begun
by Nebuchadnezzar. T
his inflation rate amounted to 50%
between 560
B.C. and 530 B.C., resulting in widespread fam
ine.
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Mene: N
umbered, reckoned. “G
od hath numbered thy kingdom
andfinished it.” Y
our number is up.
Tekel: W
eighed. “Thou art w
eighed in the balances, and art foundw
anting.”
Peres (rendered ‘upharsin’: ‘u’ is A
ramaic for “and”; “pharsin” is the
plural form of “peres”): B
roken, divided. “Thy kingdom
is divided, andgiven to the M
edes and the Persians.” (B
y implying a different vow
el,“paras” rather than “peres.” It also becom
es a play on words; paras w
asthe w
ord for Persia.)
This sam
e night the Persians conquered B
abylon! There w
as no battle!A
nd the Tem
ple services were not interrupted, C
yrus’ attitude was to
honor the gods of his conquered. For 200 years B
abylon was the
secondary capital of the Persians. B
abylon was not destroyed. W
hileprophecies predict that B
abylon will be destroyed (Jer. 50, 51; Isa 13, 14;
Rev 17, 18). It w
ill be destroyed like Sodom
and Gom
orrah, with
hailstones of fire. Babylon w
ill again rise to power. Saddam
Hussein has
been rebuilding Babylon.
Go
d’s P
erson
al Letter to
Cyru
s
Cyrus w
as able to boast that the conquest was alm
ost bloodless with no
significant damage to the city. D
aniel (who lived until the third year of
Cyrus) presented C
yrus with the w
ritings of Isaiah (Josephus, Antiq. X
I,I.2) that includes a letter addressed to C
yrus by name, w
ritten 150 yearsearlier: Isaiah 44:27 - 45:7.
27]D
ry up thy rivers - method used to conquer B
abylon.
28]C
yrus predicted by name. A
lso study Josiah in 1 Kgs 13:2 w
ritten 300years before his birth, and D
an 11 300 years before its events.
My shepherd - C
f. Ezra 1:2-4.
When Isaiah w
rote this Jerusalem had not yet been destroyed. Y
et, herehe notes that even the foundation w
ill be rebuilt (implying at the tim
e ofw
riting that it will be destroyed).
Tow
ard the end of Septem
ber, the armies of C
yrus, under the ablecom
mand of U
gbaru, district governor of Gutium
, attacked Opis on the
Tigris R
iver and defeated the Babylonians. T
his gave the Persians
control of the vast canal system of B
abylon. On O
ctober 10, Sippar w
astaken w
ithout a battle and Nabonidus fled.
Tw
o days later, on October 12, 539 B.C, U
gbaru’s troops were able to
enter Babylon w
ithout a battle. Herodotus describes how
the Persians
diverted the River E
uphrates into a canal up-river so that the water level
dropped “to the height of the middle of a m
an’s thigh,” which thus
rendered the flood defenses useless and enabled the invaders to march
through the river bed to enter by night (Herodotus 1.191).
Th
e Han
dw
riting
on
the W
all
Daniel 5: T
he Talm
ud suggests that the writing w
as vertical andbackw
ards: (Aram
aic, like Hebrew
, reads from right to left. W
e’vereversed the chart to read backw
ards for Western readers):
MeN
e,M
eNe,
Tek
el,P
eres.
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Th
e Gap
Th
eory
18]G
en 1:1-2: “was” is an active verb, not passive. S
hould be “became.”
(Used in G
en 19:26, “Lot’s w
ifebecam
e..”)
“tohu” - Whto - desolation, vain, confusion.“v” - w - and“bohu” - WhBo - em
ptiness.
Apparent contradiction! T
he gramm
ar and the link between G
en 1:2 andIsa 45:18 suggests that a gap occurred betw
een Gen 1:1 and G
en 1:2.
First w
ord of Gen 1:2, “and” should be “but” (ex. G
en 2:17; 17:21). The
structure implies adversative, contrast. A
lso, when this w
ord is used itim
plies a time delay or tim
e sequence (Ex 2:1-2, 8 year period; D
eut 10:5-6, 38 year period; 1C
hr 10:14; 11:1, 7 year period; Ezek 6,22, 7:1, 58 year
period) “but” implies a reversal and a delay.
Another issue, w
hen did Satan fall? Somew
here before Genesis C
hapter3. S
ome scholars conjecture that this happened betw
een the first two
verses (Cf. E
zek 28).
“Tohu v’bohu” appears elsew
here, always suggesting desolation as a
result of judgment (C
f. Isa 34:11; Jer 4:23-27). Some suggest that is w
hatis m
eant in Gen 1:2, perhaps in response to the judgm
ent of Lucifer. T
hisin no w
ay deals with the issues of dinosaurs or fossils (fossils are dead
and therefore after Adam
). (For further study on the possibility of light
slowing dow
n see Beyond T
ime and Space or G
enesis and the Big B
ang;G
.H. P
ember, E
arth’s Earliest A
ges, Hodder &
Stroughton, L
ondon,1887; D
onald Barnhouse T
he Invisible War, Z
ondervan Pub. H
ouse,G
rand Rapids, M
I, 1967.)
19]C
f. John 18:20.
21]N
ote reference to two: a just G
od AN
D a S
aviour.
22]C
f. Num
21:8-9; and John 3:14-15 (brass = judgem
ent, serpent = sin:
symbolic of O
ne who w
as made sin for us).
23]C
f. Phil 2:10 (every knee, S
atan included).
His R
ighteousness, not ours!
Ch
apter 45
Cyru
s, the L
ord
’s An
oin
ted
1]A
nointed - used for a Gentile king!
Subdued nations - 46 nations (among w
hich were the M
edes, Babylonians,
Lydians, C
arians, Caunians, L
ysians, Bactrians, S
acae, Parthians,
Hyracanians, C
horasmians, S
ogdians, Arians of H
erat, Zarangians,
Arachosians, S
atagydians, Gandarians).
“Loose the loins of kings” - C
f. Dan 5:6.
“Gates not being shut” - w
as the key to their battleless victory.“T
wo-leaved gates” - the double gates of B
abylon.
4]W
ritten 150 years before and calls Cyrus by nam
e, and outlines tacticsused to conquer city. H
istory records Cyrus’ response: he reversed the
policies of his predecessors by releasing the captives to go to their own
homelands (see E
zra, Nehem
iah for study of those who return to build
Tem
ple). See D
aniel’s Seventy Weeks for details on the prophecy
starting with decree to rebuild the T
emple and the w
alls of Jerusalem.
6]N
one other. In contrast to Zend-A
uesta (Zoroustrian dualism
- as in StarW
ars, etc.).
7]G
en 1:4 separated light from darkness.
“Evil” - [r> -m
eans “adversity,” calamity. T
he consequences of sin. God
didn’t create sin (Hab 1:13; 2 T
im 2:13; T
it 1:2; Jas 1:13; 1 Jn 1:5), but heassures the consequences of sin.
8]“drop dow
n” or distill. Sounds like a description of a black hole!
9]Israel is w
arned not to question God (C
f Jer 18:1-10; Rom
9:20, 21; Ps 2:9).
11]G
od uses His authentication of H
is message by describing things yet to
happen, prophecy. Precisely, right 100%
of the time!
12]“stretched out the heavens” - like a curtain, space-tim
e curvilineardom
ain. (See B
eyond Perception for further inform
ation about theuniverse and 10 dim
ensions.)
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3]Idiom
s seem strange w
ithout Rev 17, 18 w
hich describes Babylon as the
harlot.
5]“L
ady of kingdoms” - R
ev 18:7, note plural kingdoms (C
f. Isa 13:19).
9]M
ystery Babylon read: R
ev 17, 18, Isa 13, 14, Jer 50, 51, and Isa 47.
Seventieth W
eek of Daniel, T
he Day of the L
ord detailed: Rev 6 thru 19.
Rev 17, 18 details the judgm
ent of Mystery B
abylon. Rev 18:4 echoes
letter to Thyratira. R
ev 18:7 describes her boast that she is not a widow
contrasted with Isa 47:8. B
abylonian religious system started in G
en 11at the tow
er of Babel and can be tracked throughout history and into our
society. Mystery B
abylon appears to be more than the religious system
.In R
evelation she brags, “I am no w
idow” and in Isa 47:8 she claim
s notto know
the loss of children. Could this be a post-rapture brag? (F
orfurther study see M
ystery of Babylon and T
he Kingdom
of Blood
Briefing P
ackages and the Revelation C
omm
entary series.)
Rev 18 describes three groups of people that bem
oan her judgment:
kings, merchants and shipcaptains. S
he must be a w
orld trade center.S
he is the harlot which rides the beast and it consum
es her!
Ch
apter 48
Rem
emb
er Go
d’s P
rom
ises
1]N
ote here the use of Jacob and the note that they are “called by the name
of Israel.”
4]“Iron sinew
” - that’s stiff-necked!
9]F
or His nam
e’s sake
12]“I am
the first, I also am the last.” C
f. Isa 41:4; 44:6; Rev 1:17; 22:13.
14]C
oncept of Babylon is linked to the C
haldeans, not an allegoricalreference.
16]W
ho is speaking? See v. 12, “A
lpha and Om
ega,” Jesus Christ. “I have
not spoken of in secret” matches Jesus’ w
ords in John 20:18.
Ch
apter 46
Th
e Po
wer o
f Go
d vs. Id
ols
2]“C
aptivity” - free to make choices yet w
e will becom
e enslaved to thesechoices. W
e will becom
e captive to our own appetites. Y
ou will also
become like the gods you w
orship. Make sure that you w
orship Jesus!
3]Jacob used verses Israel.
“Carried from
the wom
b” can be speaking of the 12 tribes of Israel or thenation as if it had been born in E
gypt. Israel is often spoken of as God’s
firstborn.
6]Idol fabrication described in contrast to G
od. “To w
hom w
ill ye likenm
e...” (v.5).
7]Idol, m
an-made yet m
an looks to it to get him out of trouble. T
oday, we’ve
invented a more insulting idol to w
orship: nothingness, randomness,
chance!
10]“D
eclaring the end from the beginning...” G
od authenticates theseassertions by pointing out that H
e is outside time all together. T
ime is
not linear, it is a physical property relative to mass, acceleration and
gravity. (See also B
eyond Tim
e and Space, Beyond P
erception, andC
reator Beyond T
ime and Space briefing packages; G
erald Schroeder,
Genesis and the B
ig Bang, B
antam B
ooks, New
York, 1990.)
God is outside tim
e and therefore, can declare the end from the begin-
ning!
13]“M
y righteousness” - God’s not ours!
Ch
apter 47
Jud
gm
ent u
po
n B
abylo
n
Babylon, m
ore than the local, also the pride of the Chaldeans.
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11]“A
way” - C
hristianity was called “the w
ay” in Acts.
12]“S
inim” - C
hina, Far E
ast.
15]G
od has not forgotten Israel! God has a destiny for Israel.
16]R
efer to nail prints? Probably not, as nails w
ere in the wrists not the
hands (however, on E
mm
aus Road it appears that they recognized him
by the nail prints. Also, T
homas...)
19]“T
oo narrow by reason of the inhabitants” - G
en 15:18. Land given to
Abraham
, promised land should go to the W
est Bank of the R
iverE
uphrates (not Jordan)!
25]P
s 121: “He that keepeth Israel shall neither slum
ber nor sleep.”
Ch
apter 50
Messian
ic Th
eme C
on
tinu
ed.
1]Idiom
of the nation of Israel. Spoken of as the w
ife that is unfaithfulbecause she w
ent whoring after false gods.
Implies that the L
ord would be justified in divorcing her, but notes that
He hasn’t.
“Bill” - C
f. Deut 24:1; Jer 3:8; H
os 2:2.
3]C
f. Jer 4:28, Ezek 32:18; Joel 2:10; 3:15; M
t 24:29; Mk 13:24; L
k 21:25; Rev
6:12. Contrast w
ith Gen 1:3.
4]“L
earned” - or disciple. John 8:28 (e.g., Philip in Acts w
ith the Ethiopian).
“Weary” - M
atthew 11:28.
“Morning by m
orning” is actually Hebrew
way of expressing “continu-
ally.”
5]“O
pened” - pierced.
Three people involved in v. 16: F
irst is the speaker, Jesus. Second, “the
Lord G
od.” Third, “and his S
pirit.” Old T
estament evidence for the
Trinity.
The N
ew T
estament is in the O
ld Testam
ent concealed. The O
ldT
estament is in the N
ew T
estament revealed!
22]P
hrase echoed later in Isa 57:21.
Ch
apter 49
Th
e Prin
ce of P
eace
Isaiah is starting to build toward w
hat is called the “Holy of H
olies” ofthe O
ld Testam
ent, Isaiah 53, the suffering servant.
2]“M
outh like a sharp sword” - the sw
ord of the Spirit. Cf. H
eb 4:12, Hosea
6:5; Rev 1:16; 2:16; 19:15.
“Shadow
of His hand H
e hath hidden me” - John 10 (tw
o handsinvolved!)
5]L
iteral Israel? Or “servant”?
6]V
erses 1 and 6 were very influential for som
e parents, he was called from
the wom
b with a destiny, given as a light to the nations. S
o they named
him, “C
hrist bearer,” Christopher C
olumbus (C
f. The Light and the Glory
by Peter M
arshall and David M
anuel, published by Flem
ing H. R
evellC
ompany in O
ld Tappan, N
ew Jersey, copyright 1990).
Gentile W
omen as “T
ypes”:
1)Syro-phoenician w
oman (M
k 7:25-30)2)
One w
ith issue of blood (Mt 9:18-26; M
k 5:21-43; Lk 8:40-50).
7]T
hree involved.
10]“H
unger and thirst” might refer to R
ev 7 where 144,000 Jew
s are uniquelysealed for H
is ministry.
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“Earth-dw
eller” excludes you as a Christian. W
e are pilgrims.
New
Heaven, E
arth: Isa 65:17; 66:22; 2 Pet 3:13; R
ev 21:1.
9]F
irst of three references to “Aw
ake, Aw
ake” (51:9; 51:17; 52:1).
“Rahab” - P
roud one - Egypt (P
s 87:4; 89:10).
“Sea m
onster” - leviathan (Job).
10]C
f. Isa 63:11-13
12]“G
rass” - Isa 40:6-7; Jas 1:10.
17]Second of three: “A
wake, aw
ake” (51:9; 51:17; 52:1).
18]L
eaders fled - Jer 43:5-7.Ch
apter 52
Visio
n o
f Kin
gd
om
Ag
e
1]L
ast of three: “Aw
ake, awake” (51:9; 51:17; 52:1).
3]R
edeemed w
ithout money. R
edemptive coin w
as always silver, silver
speaks of blood (linked as symbols). H
ere, redeemed not w
ith money but
with blood. P
redicted early in Torah w
hen Adam
and Eve m
ade theircloths of fig leaves G
od replaced them w
ith cloths of skin, teaching thatit w
as by the shedding of innocent blood they would be covered. A
llprophetically pointing to the C
ross.
4]A
ssyrian - Ex 1:8; A
cts 7:18 (oppressed by Pharaoh w
ho did not knowJoseph).
Exam
ple- Stephen’s speech in A
cts 7. His point is that Israel alw
aysscrew
s up the first time. H
e was im
plying that Israel screwed up the first
time w
ith Jesus, but they will recognize H
im the second.
In Greek tw
o ways to say “another”: one of the sam
e kind, or one of adifferent kind. H
ere (Acts 7:18) another m
eans one of a different kind.
Th
e Bo
nd
slave
Piercing of the ear alludes to a procedure. In those days, if you w
ere indebt you w
ere in service until either the debt was paid or the Jubilee year.
At that point you w
ould be free to go; however, often by this point, the
servant so enjoyed the hospitality of the household that he would
voluntarily choose to serve the house for the rest of his life. This kind
of a servant was called a “B
ond-Slave” which w
as a position of merit. T
hecerem
ony which established the relationship w
as to take an awl (like an
ice pick) and pierce the ear of the slave to the doorpost of the house. The
symbolism
was that the person becam
e bonded to the house (and thehousehold). (B
oth Paul and John use the term
“Bondslave” of them
-selves to Jesus C
hrist.) [Coeur d’A
lene = “heart of the A
wl” or
Bondslave!]
Wh
y Did
n’t T
hey R
ecog
nize H
im?
Luke 24:16,37 - O
ld testament prophecy B
ible study taught by Jesus onE
mm
aus road.
John 20:14, 21:12. Mary didn’t recognize Jesus til H
e spoke. Cf. R
ev 5:6.
6]T
hey plucked off His beard! (e.g., N
eh 13:25). Zech 13:6 (T
homas’
doubt?)
Does Jesus C
hrist bear the scars of His hum
iliation? Yes, see the G
ospelsand R
ev 5:6, “the Lam
b as it had been slain.” “Tetelestai” =
paid in full!
Ch
apter 51
Go
d’s R
emn
ant E
xho
rted
2]“H
im alone” as one.
3]“E
den” - Gen 13:10; Joel 2:3; E
zek 28:13; 29:8,9,16,18. Cf. R
ev 5:8; 14:2;15:2.
6]C
f. Isa 13:13; Mt 24:35; 2 Pet 3:10-12; Ps 102:26; Isa 24:19-20; H
eb 1:10-12.
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Ch
apter 53
1]R
om 10:16; Jn 12:88.
2]“T
ender” = “fresh sprout.” U
sed as “only” in Gen 22.
“Plant” =
sapling (Jn 8:16; 14:7; 15:30; Ps 80:12; Ezek 17:22; H
os 14:6).
“Root” - root of a fam
ily tree - 11:10; Rev 5:5; Jn 15:1-6.
No form
nor majesty (to the eye). (O
nly physical description we have
of Jesus!)
Tab
ernacle
(Portable sanctuary)
Every aspects speaks of Jesus C
hrist:
One gate -one door - “I am
the door.”B
razen altar - alter of sacrifice - Cross.
Brazen laver- E
ph 4 - Word of G
od. “I am the living w
ater.”M
enorah - “I am the vine, ye are the branches.” “I am
the Light of the
world.”
Shew
bread - “I am the B
read of life.”A
ltar of incense - Jesus’ role today as intercessor for our prayers.P
lanks of acacia wood w
rapped in gold - humanity and deity
rests on silver sockets (silver linked to blood).
Four covering layers:
1)L
inen (blue - Levitical, purple - royal, scarlet -death) - E
x 26:12)
Goat’s hair - sin bearer - L
ev 16:19-22 - scapegoat.3)
Ram
’s skins dyed red - Gen 3:21; 22:13 (shedding of innocent blood they
would be covered).
4)B
adger (porpoise) skins - Ex 16:10 - shoes m
ade out of during wilderness
wanderings (D
eut 8:4; 29:5; Neh 9:21) shoes did not w
ear out for 40 years!
Outer C
ourt - Body
Place of F
ellowship - S
oulH
oly of Holies - S
pirit
(See also A
rchitecture of Man, W
ay of Agape, B
e Ye T
ransformed and
Mystery of the L
ost Ark.)
Isa 52:4 notes that the Pharaoh w
as not Egyptian, but A
ssyrian!
7]C
f. Rom
10:15; Eph 6:15 (arm
or from Isa 59:17).
8]“W
atches” - angels?
“Ho
ly of H
olies o
f the O
ld T
estamen
t Pro
ph
ecy”
Isaiah 53 is so provocative that Ashkenazi Jew
s removed the chapter
from their B
ibles, however Sephardic Jew
s did not. The discovery of the
Dead S
ea Scrolls in 1947, w
hich included a copy of Isaiah with C
hapter53 included, created som
e controversy.
Written 700 B.C. Isaiah 53 is m
entioned to in all four gospels (Mt 8:17; M
k15:28; L
k 22:37; Jn 12:37,38) and in Acts (Philip and the E
thiopian, 8:32-35), R
omans (10:16); and 1 Pet 2:21-25.
Background: P
s 22 - from the cross....the bones, thirst, piercing of the
hands and feet, the humiliation, ridicule, casting of lots....first w
ords andlast w
ords correspond with Jesus’ first and last w
ords on the cross. Zech
12:10 - “whom
they have pierced.”
Isa 53 - (to/before) the Cross.... T
he Lam
b slain in our stead.
Starts at 52:13 (chapter divisions w
ere instituted 14-15th century).
Th
e Cru
cifixion
of Jesu
s Ch
rist
13]“B
ehold my servant.”
Extolled =
“lifted up” (Jn 3:14; Num
21:5-9) made sin for us! (2 C
or 5:21).
14]S
hould read: “so marred from
the form of m
an was his aspect that his
appearance was not that of a son of m
an” (Isa 50:6).
15]“Sprinkle” - (L
XX
- “marvel”) in L
ev 14:7; 4:6; 8:11 same w
ord is used for“ritual sprinkling” that is done by one w
ho is pure and innocent.
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study.) We are pardoned because our debts have been paid in full. A
lldone to satisfy a righteous G
od.
11]Phil 2:7-11.
We are justified by C
hrist’s righteousness, not our own!
No m
an ever saved by animal sacrifice (H
eb 10:4).N
o man ever saved by deeds of the law
(Rom
3:20).N
o other way but Jesus, or G
ethsamene prayer w
as in vain!
All this description predicted eight centuries in advance!
Cities o
f Refu
ge
Num
35:11-30. (No state police force.)
No help for a m
urderer (Gen 9:6; E
x 20:1-17; 21:12-13). 1st murderer: Satan
(John 8:44). Avenger of B
lood (Goel); (B
edoins today..)
Six cities (of the 48 given to the L
evites): three east of the Jordan, threew
est of the Jordan. Cities of R
efuge: available to all (sojourners also);sanctified (set aside). A
lways open; w
ays, bridges, repaired each spring.D
eut 19:3.
Typ
e of C
hrist
(Heb 6:16-20)
[Acts 3:12-18; L
uke 23:34; 1 Cor 2:7-8]
Wages of sin is death, R
om 6:23;
God’s appointed refuge, A
cts 4:12;E
asy reach; “way”, D
eut 19:3;O
pen to all, Rev 22:17;
Doors never locked;
Stocked w
ith provisions;N
o other help available (Heb 10:28-29);
Until the death of the H
igh Priest (H
eb 7:23-27)
Differences:
Only innocent saved; w
e know w
e’re guilty!C
hrist more available (John 6:37; R
ev 3:20).
3]M
t 8:17; 1 Pet 2:24.
4]12x pronouns: vicarious sufferings (M
t 20:28; Jn 11:50-52; Rom
3:25; 5:6-8; 8:3; 2 C
or 5:18-21; 8:9; Gal 3:13; E
ph 1:7; 1 Pet 2:24).
“Carried our sorrow
s” - (Mt 8:17?)
5]“C
hastisement of our peace” - E
ph 2:15-17; Col 1:20.
“Stripes” - 1 P
et 2:24.
6]“A
ll...all.” 2 Cor 5:21.
7]O
pened not his mouth (P
s 38:13, 14; 39:2,9).
Brought as the L
amb (Jn 1:29).
8]“C
ut-off” - snatch - gazar (seen also in Daniel).
9]T
hey assigned Him
his grave. Impersonal passive voice, w
ord “wicked”
is in the plural (active voice, “rich” in singular).
In verse 12 we find he w
as “numbered w
ith the transgressors.” And w
eknow
that He w
as hung between tw
o thieves.
Joseph of Arim
athea was rich w
ith rank and may have been related (next
of kin legally allowed to take body). R
ich in His death (1 K
gs 13:31; Ps
6:5).
“No violence,” “no w
rong” (Jn 8:46; Heb 7:26-28; 9:14; 1 Pet 2:22; 2 C
or5:21; 1 Jn 3:5; M
t 27:4). Basis for N
ew C
ovenant over Old.
10]“It pleased the L
ord” because of what it w
ould bring us!
“Thou” - Jn 14:10.
Soul, not body. D
ifferent levels: bodily, soul (something deeper
happening...).
Seed - P
s 22:30; Rom
6:9.
“Prosper” - how
? - resurrection! Feast of firstfruits is celebrated on the
morning after S
habbat after Passover. (S
ee Feasts of Israel for further
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Last year, B
righam Y
oung University researchers apparently isolated a
bit of dinosaur DN
A from
some bony rem
ains in an 1,800-foot-deep coalm
ine in Provo, U
tah. The genetic m
aterial matches no living m
amm
al,bird, or reptile.
The discovery is only a sm
all fragment of one gene and S
cott R.
Woodw
ard, lead microbiologist of the team
from B
righam Y
oung Univer-
sity, said he has no plans to follow the plot of Jurassic P
ark and attempt
to clone a living animal. B
ut the very idea has interesting Biblical
implications to the astute observer.
Six Is th
e Nu
mb
er of M
an
At the cellular level, an intact hum
an imm
une system w
ill virtually always
recognize and reject a nonhuman transplant as foreign. W
hat is theunderlying characteristic w
ithin humanity that speaks of our unique-
ness?
Located on virtually every nucleated cell in a hum
an body are small
markers (lipoproteins to be precise) called antigens. T
heir officialdesignation is “histocom
patibility antigen” or “human leukocyte anti-
gen (HL
A).” T
hese particular antigens are the same in every hum
an andare only found in hum
ans, although given individuals may have different
arrangements and collections of these m
olecules. (For exam
ple, theseantigens are responsible for the different A
BO
and Rh system
s impor-
tant in blood transfusions.)
The irony is that in every person, on virtually every cell, this m
arker ofm
ankind is a product of one certain chromosom
e: Chrom
osome #6!
Resu
rrection
Bo
dies?
The very idea that an ancient living anim
al can be recreated from its
genetic history encoded in a single DN
A m
olecule should give us aprovocative insight into the potential technology of im
mortality and the
resurrection!
The specific atom
s that make up our bodies are, of course, subject to
decay after death. The proverbial dilem
ma of C
hristians eaten bycannibals is also a case in point. O
ur physical bodies are made up of
about 17 elements—
the same 17 that are found in the ground. [“..from
the dust of the ground...” How
did Moses know
that?]
Go
el - Kin
sman
Red
eemer
Tw
o roles:1) K
insman redeem
er, to take the bride and redeem the land.
2) Avenger of blood.
(Ex. Isa 61:1+
Jesus read and it is recorded in Luke 4. L
ook where Jesus
stopped reading, at a comm
a!)* * *
Supplem
ental Tape:
Th
e Ph
ysics of Im
mo
rtality
Jurassic P
ark Feasib
le?
Michael C
richton’s book (and blockbuster movie) Jurassic P
ark ex-plored the feasibility of cloning prehistoric anim
als from the D
NA
captured by a prehistoric mosquito encapsulated in am
ber.
Each of the hum
an body’s 75 trillion cells (except for the red blood cells),has a full com
plement of chrom
osomes in its nucleus. E
ach nucleus has46 chrom
osomes in 23 pairs. In each chrom
osome is a w
added-up strandof D
NA
which includes hundreds of m
illions of base pairs. Stretched outstraight, it w
ould measure 3 - 9 feet long and about 20 atom
s across.
The D
NA
code is universal: the human, the rat, the bat, the m
ouse, thew
orm, or the fruit fly. T
hus, all the codes of life came from
the same
“software house.” [F
or further background on DN
A see T
he Grand
Adventure and B
eyond Tim
e and Space briefing packages, and also thenotes from
the Genesis com
mentary, V
olume 1.]
Din
osau
r DN
A R
ecovered
Beijing U
niversity scientists have obtained some gene fragm
ents fromthe D
NA
of a fossilized dinosaur egg in China’s H
enan province. They
have found 305 nearly intact dinosaur eggs and 20,000 shell piecesrecovered from
24 nests.
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Th
e Ph
ysics of Im
mo
rtality
Frank J. Tipler, Professor of M
athematical Physics at T
ulane University,
is a major theoretician in the field of global general relativity, that rarefied
branch of physics created by Stephen H
awking and R
oger Penrose. In
devising a mathem
atical model of the end of the universe, T
ipler (aprofessed atheist) cam
e to two stunning conclusions:
•U
sing the most advanced and sophisticated m
ethods of modern
physics, relying solely on the rigorous procedures of logic thatscience dem
ands, he has created a proof of the existence of God. (N
okidding...)
•H
e also now believes that every hum
an being who ever lived w
ill beresurrected from
the dead.
He claim
s he arrived at these conclusions about God and im
mortality “in
exactly the same w
ay physicists calculate the properties of an electron.”H
is book explains why he now
believes that the central claims of Judeo-
Christian theology are in fact true, and that these claim
s are straight-forw
ard deductions of the laws of physics as w
e now understand them
. 2
(While I personally disagree w
ith much of his recent book, this turnabout
for a professed atheist is interesting.) But you can learn m
ore about theresurrection from
the most im
portant chapter in the Bible...
1 Co
rinth
ians 15
This chapter is the centerpiece of C
hristianity. It faces the ultimate
enemy of m
ankind: death. [For a m
ore complete exposition, see our
comm
entary on 1 Corinthians V
ol. 2.]
Wh
at Is “Th
e Go
spel”?
The “G
ood New
s” can be summ
ed up in five words: Jesus died and rose
again!
Jesus died: He did not just “disappear.” T
he authorities (both Jewish
and Rom
an) made sure that his death w
as undeniable! They outw
ittedthem
selves when they took so m
any precautions to make sure Jesus w
asdead and rem
ained in the grave! (Their story that the body w
as stolenw
as an admission that the sepulcher w
as indeed vacant.)
Obviously, all hydrogen, carbon and oxygen atom
s are fungible: God
doesn’t have to use any specific ones, even if He had in m
ind a life cyclesuch as the one that presently sustains us. A
ll He w
ould need is a codew
hich represents your (genetic) history: your DN
A, and perhaps a little
bit more. P
aul deals with som
e of these issues in what m
any considerto be the m
ost important chapter in the B
ible: 1 Corinthians 15.
Believing in the resurrection is no m
ore difficult than believing in aharvest. A
seed is buried and subsequently brings forth new life—
infact, new
life far more glorious than the hom
ely seed that was buried!
Another fam
iliar example is the low
ly caterpillar, struggling in what is to
him is a tw
o-dimensional universe until he is finally reconciled to a
humble cocoon, only to reem
erge as a glorious butterfly, able to enjoya truly three-dim
ensional existence!
Misco
ncep
tion
s Fro
m P
oo
r Ph
ysics
How
many of us learned in school that there are alw
ays 180 degrees ina triangle? W
hat if I told you that some triangles have 270 degrees?
(Plane vs. solid geom
etry; curvature alters the angles so it’s possible tohave a triangle >
180 degrees.)
Tim
e lines. Linear and absolute? E
instein proved that time is a physical
dimension. It varies w
ith mass, acceleration, and gravity. (A
tomic
clocks, 1:1016/m
eter. 1971 U.S. N
aval Observatory experim
ent: eastward
plane lost .06 microsecond; w
estward gained .27 m
icrosecond.) Hypo-
thetical experiment w
ith twin astronauts, one goes to A
lpha Centari; @
1/2 c; returns to earth tw
o years younger!
The G
eometry of E
ternity: Is God subject to gravity, m
ass, etc.? He is
the one who “inhabits eternity.” H
e “knows the end from
beginning”:H
e uses prophecy as an authentication.
Th
e Ph
ysics of S
oftw
are
A blank com
puter diskette weighs .7 ounce. L
oad it with hundreds of
dollars of software and it still w
eighs .7 ounce. Softw
are has no mass.
It can even be transmitted invisibly through the air w
aves. 1 The real you
(soul, spirit, whatever) is softw
are, not hardware. It is tem
porarilyresident in your present hardw
are: your present body. Since the real you
is “software” not hardw
are, it has no time dim
ension. It (you) are eternal.T
hat’s the problem. W
here will you spend it?
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Wh
y Wasn
’t He R
ecog
nized
After H
is Resu
rrection
?
Mary in the G
ardenJn 20:11-18
Em
maus R
oad?L
k 24:13-32U
pper Room
?L
k 24:36, 37Shore of G
alilee?Jn 21:12
OT
Descriptions:
Ps 22; Isa 53 (52:14); Isa 50:6; R
ev 5:1-5.
It will take an eternity for us to understand w
hat it cost Him
that we m
ightlive.
He w
as born of a wom
anso that w
e could be born of God;
He hum
bled Him
selfso that w
e could be lifted up;H
e became a servant
so that we could be m
ade coheirs;H
e suffered rejectionso that w
e could become H
is friends;H
e denied Him
selfso that w
e could freely receive all things;H
e gave Him
selfso that H
e could bless us in every way.
Do you belong to H
im? A
re you sure? Have you received H
is salvation?If you have, w
hat have you done with it?
Paul identifies the believer’s baptism
with C
hrist’s death, burial, andresurrection (R
om 6:4; C
ol 2:12). Baptism
also follows the pattern:
Something in us m
ust die when w
e become C
hristians. And it m
ust beburied. N
othing that hasn’t died can be resurrected.
Wh
at Is the “B
od
y of C
hrist”?
We are baptized into one B
ody. The church is a living organism
called“T
he Body of C
hrist” (Eph 1:22-23). It’s not just a “figure of speech,” but
an actual organic reality. Every believer is m
ystically joined into a livingunion w
ith Jesus Christ (and each other! 1 C
or 12:12-28; Gal 3:27-28).
Th
e Rap
ture o
f the B
od
y of C
hrist
Paul’s 15th chapter of 1 C
orinthians concludes with an allusion to “the
Jesus’ death was not an afterthought. P
aul says twice in three verses
“according to the Scriptures (O
T).” [T
he Gospel is hidden in the
genealogy of Noah, found in G
en 5!]
Jesus died for our sins (not just died...); He w
as buried; He w
as raisedon the third day; H
e appeared... If you take any piece away, you have
no Gospel. (It is interesting that P
aul does not mention a w
ord about thelife of Jesus: H
is teachings; His m
iracles; His exam
ple.)
Jesus’ Burial: O
nly Paul m
entions this. It points backward to the reality
of death and forward to the character of the resurrection. T
he empty
tomb em
phasizes that Jesus’ resurrection was physical (em
phasized inall four gospels: M
t 28:5-6; Mk 16:5-6; L
k 24:3-4; Jn 20:6-8).
If the Rom
an or Jewish authorities could have produced the body of
Jesus, all rumors w
ould have quickly stopped, and it all would have
ended. But they could not.
Jesus’ R
esurrectio
n B
od
y
•C
ould appear and disappear at will: L
k 24:31; Jn 20:19.
•C
ould move through solid w
alls: Jn 20:19, 26 [11 dimensions?].
•C
ould be seen and felt; palpable: Mt 28:9; L
k 24:36-42.
•H
e could eat food, although it wasn’t apparently necessary: L
k24:41-43.
•T
hough glorified, He could be recognized: L
k 24:30-31.
•N
o more experience of death, aging, crying, m
ourning, sorrow, or
pain: Rev 21:4.
Jesus’ resurrection body was transform
ed to transcend time and space.
All believers w
ill be given new bodies like the glorious body of the L
ord:P
hil 3:21; 1 Jn 3:2. [See also B
eyond Perception briefing package.]
Paul also presents the argum
ents that belief in the resurrection is anessential to the faith...but there is another aspect of our L
ord’s resurrec-tion w
e also need to explore. He did not com
e for a manger but the C
ross.
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9]N
oah before Moses! “Israel” in M
essianic sense (redeemer prom
ise)begins at G
en 3:15 thru Rev 12!
“Over the earth” - global flood, C
f Gen 9.
11]“W
ith antimony” - eye shadow
, purpose was to create a setting for the
eye. (Cf 2 K
gs 9:30; Jer 4:30; Ezek 23:40).
“Stones” R
ev 21:19-20, echoes breastplate stones (24 each).
Sapphire: M
oses, Aaron - 70 E
lders - Ex 24:10; E
zek 1:26; 10:1.
12]“A
gates” - rubies.
“Gates” - R
ev 21:21, pearls?
13]“T
aught of the Lord” - referred to by Jesus Jn 6:45.
14]“O
ppression” should be anxiety...
17]“T
heir righteousness is from M
e” - not a New
Testam
ent doctrine!
Ch
apter 55
Go
d’s P
rovisio
n fo
r Salvatio
n
1]“T
hirsteth” - John 7:37, 4:14; Rev 22:17. “C
ome...com
e” - we m
ust follow- m
ode available by His death.
2]“S
pend money” - “w
eigh silver” - Levitical overtone, silver =
blood Cf.
Zech 11:12; R
uth 4.
Chapter 55 m
ust follow C
hapter 53, His death allow
s these things to beavailable!
3]C
f. Acts 13:34; Isa 24:5.
“Everlasting covenant” - new
covenant. Cf. H
eb 9:15; Hos 2:18-20; Isa
42:6; 49:8; 54:10; 55:3; 56:4,6; 59:21; 61:8; Jer 31:31-33; 32:40; 50:5; Ezek
16:60-62; 34:25; 37:26-28.
rapture.” Com
pare this with 1 T
hess 4:15-17. (This topic is actually one
of ecclesiology, not eschatology.)
(This supplem
ental tape was extracted from
the From
Here to E
ternity Briefing
Package.)
Ch
apter 54
Israel, the R
estored
Wife
1]Israel is the restored w
ife of Jehovah (Hos 2:1 - 3:5). Idiom
s describeIsrael’s relationship to Jehovah, adultress w
ife, widow
ed, divorced.S
ome scholars note these as a reference for this verse, how
ever, read itcarefully. R
ev. 12 wom
an with the m
an-child, not the Church because
she is pregnant, therefore not the Church, m
ust be Israel! Yet, this is one
“who did not bear,” so not Israel! C
hurch is virgin Bride of C
hrist.
2]B
orders - Gen 15:18.
3]“N
ations” - another clue to Church, G
entiles. James (A
cts 6:17) = A
mos
9:12 = all G
entiles.
4]B
roader scope - “The G
od of the Whole E
arth (Rom
3:29).”
Plural use - “E
lohim (Jer 3:14; 31:32; H
os 9:2).”
7]L
k 19. Rom
11:25 - God is not through w
ith Israel! (Rev 2:9, 3:9).
24 Gap
s(24 refers to K
ings and Priests, R
ev 4,5)
Dan 9?
Isa 61, Luke 4
Dan 9:25-27
(24 gaps: Gen 1:1, 2; Ps: 22:21, 22; 118:22; Isa 9:6; 53:10; 61:2; L
am 4:21-
22; Dan 9:26-27; D
an 11:20,21; Hos 2:13, 14; 3:4, 5; A
mos 9:10-11; M
icah5:2, 3; H
ab 2:13, 14; Zeph 3:7, 8; Z
ech 9:9, 10; Mt 10:23; 12: 20; L
k 1:31,32; 4: 18-20; 21:24; Jn 1:5, 6; 1 Pet 1:11; R
ev 12: 5,6.)
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Ch
apter 57
Ido
laters Reb
uked
1]“R
ighteous are gathered in out of the way of evil.”
4]C
f. 2 Pet 2:7.
5]M
oloch, set up altar in the Valley of H
inom (2 K
gs 3:27; Micah 6:7, 2 K
gs17:7 by Israel). C
hild sacrifice. Ahaz (2 K
gs 16:3; 2 Chr 28:3). M
anasseh(2 K
gs 21:6).
6]“S
mooth stones” - “B
ethels” = houses of G
od.
8]“T
hy remem
brance” - phallic talisman?
9]“K
ing” = “M
elech” in Hebrew
- same letters as M
olech.
False w
orship described idiomatically as adultery.
15]“E
ternity” - error in our mathem
atics, time is a physical property. G
odis outside of tim
e (Cf. P
s 90:2).
“Place” - Heaven of H
eavens (1 Kgs 8:27, Solom
on). Light w
hom no m
ancan approach (1 T
im 6:16). H
oly habitation (Zech 2:13).
Contrite =
crushed
17]“Sm
ote” - repeated action (140 years between accession of H
ezekiah andcom
pletion of captivity).
19]“P
eace, peace” = perfect peace.
20]“T
roubled sea” - here and Jude 13.
Gentile nation as a large is depicted as the sea. D
an 7, four beasts riseup out of the sea; R
ev 13, beast rises out of sea, another out of earth.
21]Isa 48:22.
“Mercies of D
avid” - promises that M
essiah from his seed, sit on H
isthrone, and set up an everlasting K
ingdom (P
s 89:2-5; 19:37). Trium
phover death and sheol (P
s 16:9,10). Peace and happiness to Israel (P
s132:15-18).
4]“H
im” - C
f. Jer 30:9; Hos 3:5.
“Leader” - N
agid - Dan 9:25
5]Ps 18:43.
10]“R
ain..sower...w
ord” - Mt 13.
11]C
f. Eccl 1:7
“Expositional C
onstancy” - idioms used throughout the B
ible are usedin the sam
e way.
“My W
ord ... shall not return unto me void.”
12]C
f. Rom
8:16; Ps 98:8.
13]“T
horn” - Acacia bush (E
x 4)
Ch
apter 56
Practical R
esults fro
m P
rop
hecy
4]E
unuchs - Levitical law
requires them to be cut off from
congregation(D
eut 23). How
ever, here through Isaiah God is giving them
grace.H
ezekiah’s son (2 Kgs 20:8); D
avid, et al (Dan 1:3).
6]“S
abbath” - 1st day?
7]“H
ouse of prayer for AL
L peoples” - quoted M
ark 11:17.
Situation there in Israel, yet even fits today!
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10]“N
oonday” - Ps 91.
15]T
ragic nature of sin and the lack of justice.
16]“M
an” - Rev 5!
17]C
f. Eph 6:13-17.
19]“F
lood” - Dan 9.
20]“R
edeemer” - A
cts 15:14-17. (Com
es after Church com
pletion of Church!)
Goel - L
ev 25:25,48; Gal 4:5; E
ph 1:7,11,14; Ruth 3:12-13; 4:4-6; Jer 50:34;
Jn 10:11,18.
21]“C
ovenant” - Ct. Jer 31:31-34; Joel 2:20.
Ch
apter 60
Kin
gd
om
Ag
e(R
ead Luke 4)
1]R
ecognize from H
andel’s Messiah
2]“D
arkness” - Am
os 8:11 - famine of W
ord of God.
Ten plagues of E
gypt:
3 - under rod of Aaron
3 - no rod3 - under rod of M
oseslast being firstborn
Patterns, very designed (E
x 10:22).
3]“N
ations” - Gentiles.
5]“T
hine heart shall fear” - throb.
“Forces” - riches.
Ch
apter 58
Th
e Pro
gram
of P
eace
1]“C
ry” - “groan.”
“Trum
pet” - Hos 8:1; Joel 2:1.
False fasting (fasting see L
ev 23).
5]Fasting w
as always voluntary, except for D
ay of Atonem
ent (which w
asa m
andatory fasting day, Lev 16:29, 31). Israel fasts, self-im
posed (1 Sam7:6; Judg 20:26; 1 K
gs 21:12; Jer 36:9).
To appear not as fasting (M
t 6:10-18), between you and the L
ord.
6]F
reedom in C
hrist.
11]“A
watered garden” - C
f. Jer 31:12.
13]“S
abbath” - Cf. Isa 56:2; Jer 17:21-27; M
k 2:27.
14]R
eal joy in life is doing His W
ill, not ours!
Ch
apter 59
Acco
un
tability o
f Sin
2]T
he real issue is the accountability of sin.
4]“V
anity” = “chaos” = randomness - entropy. Isa 30:12; Jer 2:4, 8. R
eligionof today is random
ness, evolution.
5]A
dder - does not lay eggs. Seed of the serpent?
“Spider’s w
eb” - not silk, but a trap.
7]“Feet” - C
f. Prov 1:16; Rom
3:15.
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20]R
ev 20, 21.
21]“B
ranch” - sprout.
Ch
apter 61
Th
e Tw
o C
om
ing
s of C
hrist
Start at L
uke 4:16 in the synagogue at Nazareth. V
erse 18 starts a quotefrom
Isaiah 61, note verse 19 where Jesus stops at a period. N
ote in Isaiah61, that Jesus stopped at a com
ma!
1]“A
nointed me” - L
uke 1:35 in the wom
b.
2]Jesus did N
OT
read: “And the D
ay of Vengeance of our G
od” Cf. 1 P
et3:12; P
s 34:16(a). Day w
ill come w
hen this phrase will be fulfilled.
Jesus is our Kinsm
an-redeemer, the goel. R
ole of redeemer of the land
and of the Bride, yet there is another role of the goel: the avenger of
blood!
The com
ma equals 1900+
years between com
ings! (Dan 9:26; R
ev 12:5-6.)
Kin
gd
om
Blessin
gs
4]Isaiah builds up the K
ingdom blessings.
6]“N
amed the P
riests of the Lord” - E
x 19:6.
10]“R
obe of righteousness” - Isa 64:6; Gen 3:21; R
ev 19:8.
Called by H
is name, Jehovah - tsidkenu - Jer 23:5,6 vs. R
om 10:3.
“Bride and B
ridegroom” - in M
ishna, the Bridegroom
wears a crow
n.
Ch
apter 62
Picks up end of Chapter 61 w
ith Kingdom
Age, yet it points out that there
will be divine unrest until the tim
e for the King to be established.
6]“G
old and incense” - notice no myrrh, because his death at this tim
e will
be behind him.
First time: brought m
yrrh, frankincense, and gold speaking of His com
ingroles of P
rophet, priest and king.
Kingdom
age they bring: only frankincense and gold: priest and king. No
Myrrh, as it speaks of em
balming, death.
7]“K
edar” - second son of Ishmael, he settled in w
hat is now K
uwait
(sealands). Saddam
Hussain attributes his genealogy also to the second
son of Ishmael. A
nother descendant of the tribe of Kedar is M
ohamm
edw
ho started Islam. (F
or further study on this subject see The Sw
ord ofA
llah.)
9]“T
arshish” - many argue is B
ritian. Ex. Jonah.
Note duo of “thy G
od” and “the Holy one of Israel.”
“The place w
here He has set H
is Nam
e.”
10]“S
ons of foreigners” - Cyrus (E
zek 3:7), Artaxerses L
ongimanus (N
eh1:3; 2:5-8). (S
ee Daniel’s Seventy W
eeks.)
11]“F
orces” = w
ealth.
12]M
t 25.
14]F
ulfills the dreams of Joseph (G
en 37:7).
16]“S
uck the milk” - C
lassic elegant expression which alludes to providing
for someone. S
haddai = A
lmighty in provisional sense.
“Suck the breast” - d Ov - breast.
“Nations” - G
entiles.
19]S
hekinah Glory - S
ee in Exodus, m
ight also be present in Genesis (G
en1:3).
“Sun..m
oon” - Rev 21:23; 22:5. A
lso, in Rev 12 w
here sun and moon are
alluding to Israel.
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to perform the second part of H
is duty as Kinsm
an, that of the Avenger
of Blood! H
ere in Isa 63 we see a glim
pse of Jesus in this role.
1]E
dom - location and pun “red” [traditional enem
ies of Israel (God)]:
Histo
rical Review
In Edom
: Moses - denied passage (N
um 20:14-21); D
avid subdues them (2
Sam 9:14); revolt under Jeroboam
(2 Chr 21:8-10); sm
ote Judah under Ahaz
(2 Chr 28:17); ready to shed blood (E
zek 35:5); to be cut off (Obad 18).
From
Esau, tw
in of Jacob. Obadiah 3 attributes sin of pride to E
dom (Jer
49:16). Cursed in A
mos 1:11,12. R
ejoiced under Nebuchadnezzar’s
captivity (Ps 137:7; O
bad 10-14; Lam
4:21, 22; Ezek 35:10-13). E
sau toserve Jacob (G
en 25:23, 27:40). Edom
: Possession for Judah (Num
24:18).
“Bozrah” or P
etra (Am
os 1:11, 12; Jer 49:13).
“Apparel” usually speaks of righteousness or lack there of.
Who is this? T
he Meshiach N
agid, Jesus Christ.
2]T
reading grapes, clothing would get stained red.
3]G
od’s wrath - spoken of as B
owls of w
rath, wrath som
etimes spoken of
as the wine of H
is wrath.
Whose blood? H
is enemies!
Rev 14:15-20; 19:15.
Joel 3;13; Lam
1:15.
5]“N
one to uphold” - Lk 18:8?
6]R
ev 5 (Scroll is the title deed to that w
hich Adam
forfeited) throughC
hapter 19 describes details which Jesus perform
s as our kinsman-
redeemer.
Why is H
e in Edom
? Shouldn’t He be in A
rmageddon? (Isa 66:16; 10:27;
Rev 19:17; G
en 36:1). Hos 5:15, w
hat offense? Not recognizing their
Messiah (Z
ech 9:9; triumphal entry not recognized).
2]N
ames are im
portant: His N
ame (E
x 3:14; 20:7; Ps 25:1; Mt 23:19; Jn 17:11),
object of praise (Heb 13:15; R
ev 15:4; Rom
15:9), God assigns nam
es (Rev
3:12), God chooses to change nam
es (Abram
-Abraham
; Sarai to Sarah..).
“New
name” - v. 4, 13; Isa 65:15; R
ev 2:17.
4]“T
ermed” - nam
ed.
“Hephzibah” =
my delight is in thee. T
he name of the w
ife of Hezekiah,
also name of a daughter of Isaiah, and of the m
other of Manassah.
“Beulah” =
married. Isa 54:5 (as a verb, m
eans “to lord over”).
Who’s the B
ridegroom - G
od.W
ho’s the Bride - H
is people.
8]“Sw
orn by His right hand” - O
nly place where it is by his right hand. O
therplaces sw
orn by: Him
self (Gen 22:16; 45:23; Jer 44:13; 51:14; A
mos 6:5);
His H
oliness (Ps 89:35; Am
os 4:2); His G
reat Nam
e (Jer 44:26); Excellency
of Jacob (Am
os 8:7).
Curse foreseen by M
oses that Israel would labor and another w
ould eatof their labor. T
his saying that the curse is lifted, reversal of what M
osesprophesied.
11]Isa 40:10.
12]R
ev 22:12.
Ch
apter 63
Th
e Day o
f Ven
gean
ce
For further study see T
he Next H
olocaust Briefing P
ackage.
Hos 5:15. “O
ffense” is singular, not sins in a generic sense, but a specificoffense.
Jesus performed his duty of K
insman-redeem
er at the cross by payingfor our sins. (S
ee Rom
ance of Redem
ption for a study of Ruth.) H
as yet
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4]“S
wine’s flesh” - unclean (L
ev 11:5,6). Cf. 2 C
or 6:17; 14; 15. Be ye
separate...
10]“A
chor” - sign of worldly disobedience. S
in of Achan in Joshua 7 (Josh
7:24, 26; Hos 2:15).
“Troop” - cryptic illusion to tribe of G
ad?
13]T
ribulation?
14]R
ev 4,5. Luke 21:36!
New
Heaven
and
New
Earth
17]R
ev 21:1; 2 Pet 310-13; Heb 1:10-12; 12:26, 27. C
f. Matt 24:35.
“Create” - “bara” to create out of nothing (verses “asa” w
hich means to
make).
19]R
ev 7:17; 21:4.
20]N
ot eternity, millennial conditions. S
ee Rev 20:1-3. E
denic conditions?L
ong lives, yet death, therefore not eternity.
21]D
eut 28:30 curse lifted?
25]D
ust is serpents’ food: still!
Ch
apter 66
1]C
f. 1 Kgs 8:27; 2 C
hr 2:6.
“Where is the house” - C
f. Rev 11.
3]“D
og’s neck” - Deut 13:18.
7]“T
ravailed” - Jer 30:7. Man-child: R
ev 12.
Jerusalem
in th
e Kin
gd
om
Ag
e
12]“F
lowing stream
” - “overflowing torrent.”
One view
is that the remnant flee to B
ozrah and recognize their need tocall upon H
is Nam
e, and Jesus then returns to fight for them in B
ozrah.
8]“M
y people” - Ex 1:9 vs 3:7.
Passage speaks of Israel.
9]“A
ngel of his presence” - only reference. See D
eut 33:16.
16]“Father” - E
x 4:22-23.
“Our redeem
er” - 14x in Isaiah (Jn 19:25; Ps 19:14; 78:35).
18]“O
ur adversaries have trampled dow
n thy sanctuary” - could be Babylon
or Rom
ans in 70 A.D.
Ch
apter 64
Prayer fo
r Deliveran
ce
2]“M
elting fire” - Mic 1:3,4.
4]= W
ho hath worked for him
who hath w
aited for him. C
f Isa 65:17; Jn 14:2;1 C
or 2:9; Rev 21:1 (quoted in 1 C
or 2:9 in different context).
6]“F
ilthy rags” = really m
eans “used menstrual cloths”!
Righteousness as a garm
ent - Mt 6:33; G
en 3:21; Rev 19:8.
Ch
apter 65
Israel’s Reb
ellion
and
a New
Win
e
1]“S
ought by those who asked not for m
e” - echoes Rom
10:20-21; 11.G
entiles!
3]S
peaking of idol worship. T
he altars of God w
ere of unhewn stone, no
tool was to touch it. V
erses brick used here.
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“Chariots” - P
s 68:17; Hab 3:8.
19]“T
arshish” - to the West.
“Pul” = “Phut” - southward (N
orth Africa) G
en 10:6; Jer 46:9; Ezek 27:10;
30:5.
“Lud” - (L
ydia?) Jer 46:9; Ex 27:10; 30:5 (A
frica?) Gen 10:13 = subdivision
of Egyptians.
“Tubal” - R
ussia; “Javan”- Greeks; “C
oasts afar off” - northward. G
en10:2; E
x 27:13.
24]“W
orm shall not die” - M
k 9:43-48.
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hich is to come,
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ighty (Revelation 1:8).” T
he center design element sym
bolizesthe W
ord of God Incarnate, illum
inated by the Holy S
pirit.
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e “Back” co
ver: (the “fro
nt” to
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er)
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ebrew border: “H
ear O Israel: T
he Lord our G
od is one Lord:
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eut 6:4-5).”
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