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DUPAGE AME CHURCH STUDY – APRIL 2021

A STUDY OF THE BOOK OF

ISAIAH WEEK 3 – Wednesday, April 21, 2021 Pastor James F. Miller & Rev. Morgan Dixon HOLD ON … HOPE IS COMING!

ISAIAH (, , Jotham, ) • Destruction of • Foreign exile • Restoration of Judah

Isaiah 39:5-7 First Isaiah consistently claims that Judah’s only appropriate ally is the Lord alone.

Messianic Hope: • Messiah as King (Ch 1–37) • Messiah as Servant (Ch 38-55) • Messiah as Anointed Conqueror (Ch 56-66)

Isaiah 40 – 55 (6th century BCE)

Second Isaiah was written in the sixth century BCE, in the years just before the fall of the mighty Babylonian Empire, by an anonymous whom history has erroneously identified with the real Isaiah (born ca. 765 BCE). Scholars know Second Isaiah was written by someone other than Isaiah because the contexts of these prophecies are so very different. When Second Isaiah was written, the prophet believed that 's time of suffering was drawing to a close. There was, he insisted, a new age upon them, a time of hope, peace, and renewed national prosperity. The main thrust of the prophet's argument was intended to rally the spirits of a people devastated by war and conquest. One of the most famous examples of this optimistic tone is the well-known and beloved Song of the Suffering Servant, which is found in Chapters 52-53, and about which Blenkinsopp has some challenging new ideas. (Joseph Blenkinsopp)

Primary themes in this section are the reconciliation with Israel with the deity and the restoration of the people to their land.

Isaiah 40:1-5 :16-19

Isaiah 41:8-10 MSG :24-28

DUPAGE AME CHURCH BIBLE STUDY – APRIL 2021 :

Isaiah 42:1-4 Psalm 2:7 Galatians 1:15 I Corinthians 15:58 Galatians 2:2; 4:11 :1-6 :16 Paul I Thessalonians 3:5 :47 Revelations 1:16 :67; 27:30 :4-9 Mark 10:34; 15:19-20 Luke 18:32 :13 – 53:12 Suffering & Resurrection of

Isaiah 55

Major Themes in ISAIAH

 God is a GOD of JUSTICE

 Personal relationship with God is in community with others

 Hope … is coming!

CONSULTED SOURCES: The New Interpreters Study Bible, 2003 Book of The Month: Isaiah Outline by Raquel S. Lettsome, PhD Isaiah 40-55: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary by Joseph Blenkinsopp