Isaiah's Call to Action

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Isaiah's Call to Action

• Text
• Isaiah 61-13

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• Isaiah's Resume
• Name means Yahweh is salvation
• Lofty vocabulary (educated)
• Ties to the rich and powerful (73-4)
• Ties to important people (priest 82)
• Rabbis taught he was a member of the royal
  family (Jewish Encyclopedia)
• Married a prophetess (83)
• Two sons Shear Jashub a remnant shall
  return (73) Maher Shallel Hash speed the
  spoil (83)

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• Served Kings Uzziah, Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manasseh?
• Cost of answering the call
• Isa 201-16 barefoot and naked for 3 years
• Tortured and sawn in to by Manasseh with a
  wooden saw (Early Christian tradition)
• Mentioned in the NT more than any other prophet

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• Vision of Inspiration - Isa 61-13
• Saw the Lord on His throne
• Seraphim - "fiery beings, angels"
• - proclaim God's holiness
• Smoke - wrath of God? (Psa 187-8)
• Saw a need to humble himself
• Psa 141 Rom 310
• Lk 1810-13

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• Vision of Inspiration - Isa 61-13
• Saw a need for redemption
• Psa 5110, 14 Ats 2216 Psa 243-5
• Saw a need for action
• Ezek 2230 Isa 14, 9, 18-20 520-21

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• When we see God clearly - Isa 465, 6
• We see only one treasure Matt 1345-46
• We see one hope
• Eph 118
• We see one goal
• Phil 38