Patrick Griffiths ONE STORY - UNIT 4 | LESSON 4D The Major and Minor Prophets of Israel [and Post-Exilic History] [Fall 2019]

God is a Promise Keeping God God 1) PROMISES a KING who 2) RESCUES His people, 3) DEFEATS His enemies, and 4) RESTORES them to the LAND 5) so that His people shall be with Him for their JOY.

“The Spirit of the LORD is Upon Me” Isaiah 61:1-4

Them / Then

THE IMMEDIATE CONTEXT :

 Literary Context (preceding and following paragraphs):

The Section

• The Greatness Of God [40-48 {The Promise of Peace}] • The Key Text Is 44:8 • The Work Of God [49-57 {The Prince of Peace}] • The Key Text Is 53:5-7 • The Kingdom Of God [58-66 {The Program of Peace}] • The Key Text Is 62:11, 12 (Cf. 65:17)

• Zion’s Peace and Prosperity (ch. 60) • The Lord’s Favor (ch. 61) • Zion’s Restoration and Glory (62:1—63:6)

 Historical Context (what is happening to the nation and to the prophet):

Isaiah wrote during the stormy period marking the expansion of the Assyrian empire and the decline of Israel. Most of the events referred to in chs. 1–39 occurred during Isaiah’s ministry (see 6:1; 14:28; 36:1), so these chapters may have been completed not long after 701 b.c., the year the Assyrian army was destroyed (see note on 10:16). The prophet lived until at least 681 (see note on 37:38) and may have written chs. 40–66 during his later years. In his message to the exiles of the sixth century b.c., Isaiah was projected into the future, just as Ezekiel was in Eze 40–48.1

1 THE STRUCTURE or Outline of the Paragraph (What appears to be thought breaks in your paragraph?):

I. The LORD’S Anointed (v. 1)

1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me

II. The LORD’S Message (vv. 1b-3a) to bring good news to the poor; [a] he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; [b] 2 to proclaim the year of the LORD 's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; 3 to grant to those who mourn in Zion— to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit;

 The good news is that there is hope for the hopeless.  The good news is that there is liberty from bondage.  The good news is that there is grace for the debtor.  The good news is that there is joy in place of sorrow.

III. The LORD’S Outcome (vv. 3b-4)

A. The land shall be repaired - 3rd person plural

that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD , that he may be glorified. [c] 4 They shall build up the ancient ruins; they shall raise up the former devastations; they shall repair the ruined cities, the devastations of many generations.

B. The people shall be renewed - 1st person singular

10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD ; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress,

2 and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. 11 For as the earth brings forth its sprouts, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to sprout up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to sprout up before all the nations.

THE EMPHASIS / Primary Idea taught by the Paragraph (In a couple of sentences. You can take your lead from the heading the Bible provides):

The anointed of the LORD has a very distinct message of hope, healing, and wholeness with a corresponding outcome in the land.

Gospel [If applicable, how does thi s New Testament use this passage?]

BIG PICTURE (Are any or all of the following concepts present? How so?)

 Land – Garden

The land shall be repaired.

 Seed – JESUS

It is the LORD who anoints His servant and it is the LORD who repairs the Land and renews His people.

 Blessing – Global

The people shall be renewed.

Us / Now

VISUALS:

MEMORY VERSE:

Isaiah 62: Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the end of the earth: Say to the daughter of Zion, “Behold, your salvation comes ;

3 behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.” 12 And they shall be called The Holy People, The Redeemed of the LORD ; and you shall be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.

APPLICATION (US/NOW): (If you find no application, that is perfectly fine )

RESOURCES: (Articles or links that you found helpful)

1 https://www.biblica.com/resources/scholar-notes/niv-study-bible/intro-to-isaiah/

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