86: Kingdom in Isaiah (Kingdom of God 3)

The prophet Isaiah spoke more about the kingdom than any other prophet in the Hebrew bible. Consequently, his book is a phenomenal place to begin developing our understanding of what the kingdom will be like.  Stitching together his various snapshots, we encounter a magnificent collage detailing a new world full of peace, justice, and healing.

This is lecture 3 of the Kingdom of God class, originally taught at the Atlanta Bible College.  To take this class for credit, please contact ABC so you can do the work necessary for a grade.

Notes:

God will make everything wrong with the world right.

Isaiah 2.1-4

• all nations will go to God’s mountain to learn how to live
• God will settle disputes between nations and peoples
• weapons of war will turn into tools of agriculture
• no more learning or waging war

Isaiah 9.2-7

• human child will shoulder the government
• no end to the increase of his government
• he will reign on the throne of David
• uphold kingdom with justice forever
• Yahweh’s zeal will get this done

Isaiah 11.1-10

• the spirit of God will rest upon the king
• his delight will be in the fear of Yahweh
• he won’t judge by eyes and ears
• he will make just decisions for the poor and meek
• with the “rod of his mouth” and “the breath of his lips” he will kill the wicked
• he will be righteous and faithful
• animals will live in peace w/ each other and humanity
• no one will hurt or destroy in God’s holy mountain
• the earth will be full of the knowledge of Yahweh as waters cover the sea
• the nations will inquire of the “root of Jesse”

Isaiah 25.6-9

• reach feast of well-aged wine and choice meats
• he will swallow up death forever
• the Lord Yahweh will wipe away tears from all faces
• he will wipe away the reproach of his people from the earth
• people will be glad and rejoice in his salvation

Isaiah 35.1-10

• desert will blossom abundantly
• they will see the glory and majesty of our God
• God will come with vengeance and recompense
• he will come and save you
• the disabled will find healing (blind, deaf, lame, mute)
• singing and “everlasting joy” coming to Zion
• sorrow and sighing will flee away

Isaiah 51.3-8

• God will make Zion’s waste places like Eden, the garden of Yahweh
• thanksgiving and voice of song will be found in Zion
• God’s salvation and righteousness will be forever

Isaiah 60.1-22

• wealth of the nations will come to Jerusalem
• foreigners will build up Jerusalem’s walls
• Jerusalem’s gates will be open continually (24/7)
• any nation that refuses to serve Jerusalem will perish, utterly laid waste
• Yahweh will be Jerusalem’s everlasting light instead of the sun
• all the people will be righteous
• they will possess the land forever
• all so God might be glorified

Isaiah 61.1-7

• good news to the poor
• liberty to the captives
• comfort those who mourn
• call people oaks of righteousness to God’s glory
• repair ruined cities
• strangers/foreigners will tend flocks and work land
• you will be priests of Yahweh
• possess a double portion

Isaiah 65.17-25

• create new heavens and earth
• God will rejoice in Jerusalem and his people
• no more will people hear the sound of weeping or the cry of distress
• mortals will live very long lives (no more infant deaths)