Biblical Theological Seminary, 1976 © Dr. Allan MacRae, 2014 Answer to Prayer (Isa 65-66) God’s Review [0:0] going to put the last two chapters under the heading I gave to you last I’m time which covered the first few verses of chapter 65. That heading was "God's answer to the prayer." The answer covers chapters 65 and 66. But I think it will be better to study them together as a unit. This covers answer to the prayer God’s that came in the previous chapter and a half. We noticed last time the contrast in verses one and two of chapter sixty-five. And we noticed in Romans 10:20-21 how the apostle Paul said that the first of these verses describes the fact that God was going to call into his kingdom those who had not been known "by his name." Paul implies this was predicted by Isaiah. Isaiah is very bold and says was “I found of them that sought me not. I was made manifest to them who asked not after Now, of course, it would be all together reasonable if instead of saying, me.” was to say, let myself be because, after all, anything that is “I found,” “I found,” done to God is only done to him because he permits it to be done. As we noticed hardly reason enough to make up a new grammatical form and say that this that’s is the "Niphal Tolerativum." Any verb form that is passive that is related to God must imply permission, but this is never true of anything any human being God’s does. But God predicts that he will bring the gentiles into a relationship with Himself even though they had not been called by his name, and even though they have not sought him in the past. But Paul goes on and says in verse 21, to “But he says, day long have I stretched my hands onto a disobedient and Israel,” “all gainsaying And thus Paul spoke from these first two verses of chapter people.” 65 as being fulfilled in what was happening in his own day.
Biblical Theological Seminary, 1976 © Dr. Allan MacRae, 2014 God’s Answer to Prayer (Isa 65-66) Review [0:0] I’m going to put the last two chapters under the heading I gave to you last time which covered the first few verses of chapter 65. That heading was "God's answer to the prayer." The answer covers chapters 65 and 66. But I think it will be better to study them together as a unit. This covers God’s answer to the prayer that came in the previous chapter and a half. We noticed last time the contrast in verses one and two of chapter sixty-five. And we noticed in Romans 10:20-21 how the apostle Paul said that the first of these verses describes the fact that God was going to call into his kingdom those who had not been known "by his name." Paul implies this was predicted by Isaiah. Isaiah is very bold and says “I was found of them that sought me not. I was made manifest to them who asked not after me.” Now, of course, it would be all together reasonable if instead of saying, “I was found,” to say, “I let myself be found,” because, after all, anything that is done to God is only done to him because he permits it to be done. As we noticed that’s hardly reason enough to make up a new grammatical form and say that this is the "Niphal Tolerativum." Any verb form that is passive that is related to God must imply God’s permission, but this is never true of anything any human being does. But God predicts that he will bring the gentiles into a relationship with Himself even though they had not been called by his name, and even though they have not sought him in the past. But Paul goes on and says in verse 21, “But to Israel,” he says, “all day long have I stretched my hands onto a disobedient and gainsaying people.” And thus Paul spoke from these first two verses of chapter 65 as being fulfilled in what was happening in his own day.