repeated purges and cleansing people. But there will still always be among God’s a remnant of good. The holy seed is the stump which still remains no matter how often the tree may be cut down, may be destroyed, and may be purged. So Isaiah is given this general vision to encourage him to go on and to find that though things are bad, they are not nearly as bad as he feared after call because call God’s God’s stressed mostly one side--destruction. And yet he did give him his final word that there would be a remnant of grace after all. A Glance at the Predictions in Isaiah 9 to 11 [8:47] Now I thought when I started this course that I was going to divide it into two going to speak first of Isaiah one to six and then go onto part two parts. I’m which would be the last ten chapters of the book. But I think that it is better to touch on certain matters in between because in looking at one to six already we’ve referred to chapters nine and eleven, and in going into the latter chapters we need something of background. So not going to make two parts but make it all one I’m part, and simply have Roman numerals labeling the parts, so the next will be at the predictions in Isaiah nine to Under that, number eight, “A glance eleven.” capital A will be and if you will look in your Bible at Isaiah 9, to which “Isaiah 9” we have already made reference in connection with chapter 4, you find that the relation to what precedes is very interesting. Chapter 8 ends with a picture of calamity, the people are being punished for their look into the sin. Verse 22: “They earth and are bold, trouble and darkness, dimness and anguish and they shall be driven to And in the context Isaiah is predicting the attack by the darkness.” Assyrian army, which came during time of ministry. And these Assyrian Isaiah’s armies came marching in from the northeast and as they marched there and attacked the land, they brought terrible darkness and misery to the people there. Now the first verse of chapter 9 in the King James the begins, “Nevertheless, dimness shall be not such as was in her vexation when at first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulon and the land of Naphtali and afterward will more grievously
repeated purges and cleansing among God’s people. But there will still always be a remnant of good. The holy seed is the stump which still remains no matter how often the tree may be cut down, may be destroyed, and may be purged. So Isaiah is given this general vision to encourage him to go on and to find that though things are bad, they are not nearly as bad as he feared after God’s call because God’s call stressed mostly one side--destruction. And yet he did give him his final word that there would be a remnant of grace after all. A Glance at the Predictions in Isaiah 9 to 11 [8:47] Now I thought when I started this course that I was going to divide it into two parts. I’m going to speak first of Isaiah one to six and then go onto part two which would be the last ten chapters of the book. But I think that it is better to touch on certain matters in between because in looking at one to six we’ve already referred to chapters nine and eleven, and in going into the latter chapters we need something of background. So I’m not going to make two parts but make it all one part, and simply have Roman numerals labeling the parts, so the next will be number eight, “A glance at the predictions in Isaiah nine to eleven.” Under that, capital A will be “Isaiah 9” and if you will look in your Bible at Isaiah 9, to which we have already made reference in connection with chapter 4, you find that the relation to what precedes is very interesting. Chapter 8 ends with a picture of calamity, the people are being punished for their sin. Verse 22: “They look into the earth and are bold, trouble and darkness, dimness and anguish and they shall be driven to darkness.” And in the context Isaiah is predicting the attack by the Assyrian army, which came during Isaiah’s time of ministry. And these Assyrian armies came marching in from the northeast and as they marched there and attacked the land, they brought terrible darkness and misery to the people there. Now the first verse of chapter 9 in the King James begins, “Nevertheless, the dimness shall be not such as was in her vexation when at first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulon and the land of Naphtali and afterward will more grievously