31. THE
OLD FAMILY TREE
Let us turn to the eleventh chapter of Isaiah, and begin our study with
the first verse.
Isa. 11:1---"And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse,
and a Branch shall grow out of his roots."
32. FATHERS
PREFERRED
DECEIT THEIR CHILDREN GIVEN GRACE
We shall study the thirteenth chapter of Isaiah, beginning with the
very first verse.
Here, as in other chapters of Isaiah's prophecy, you will notice that
a part of the chapter (in this instance, the first seventeen verses) speaks
of the sins of ancient Israel, the fathers of antitypical Israel, and of
their fall from power. But the remainder of the chapter speaks of Israel
in the latter days, the days in which antitypical Israel rises to power.
Let us now consider--Isa. 30 :1, 2--
33. THE
DISPERSION THE TIME AND THE DELIVERANCE
This afternoon we are to study Isaiah, chapters 31 and 32. In these
chapters we shall see the cause of Zion's captivity by the Gentiles, their
time limit, and antitypical Israel's deliverance:
34. THE
SPOILER'S SPOILS TAKEN BY
THE LAME AND THE WEAK
This subject is found in Isaiah 33. We shall begin our study with--
Isa. 33:1---"Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled- and
dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when
thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make
an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee."
35. NATIONS
SEE EDOM PERISH, DESERT BLOSSOM, AND A HIGHWAY TO ZION
Our subject for this afternoon is found in Isaiah 34 and 35. Last week,
you recall, we studied the thirty-third chapter, the Lord's burden concerning
the church as she approaches the time of "harvest,"-the time the "wheat"
is put into the barn and the "tares" burned (Matt. 13:30); the time the
"good fish' are put into "vessels" and the "bad fish" cast out (Matt. 13:47-
49) as are those who have not the "wedding garment" on (Matt. 22:1-13).
Continuing now into the thirty-fourth chapter, we there see that God invites
the nations of the world to draw near and to hear His mighty work of refining:
36. "COMFORT
YE, COMFORT YE, MY PEOPLE"
Last week we finished studying the thirty-fifth chapter of the book
of Isaiah. And now since, as can be readily seen, chapters 36-39 inclusive,
interrupt with historical data the theme of Isaiah's prophecy, we shall
continue where Inspiration picks up the thread of thought in chapter 40
with a tender plea to God's message-bearing people:
37. THE
END OF YOUR LONG AND TRYING JOURNEY
Our subject for this afternoon is found in the fifty-first chapter of
Isaiah, beginning with the first verse.
"Hearken to Me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the
Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit
whence ye are digged. Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that
bare you...." Isa. 51:1, 2.
38. IF
NOT AWAKED NOW, THEY MAY SLEEP FOREVER
Our subject for this afternoon is found in Isaiah, chapter 52. We shall
begin with the first verse.
Isa. 52:1---"Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful
garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more
come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean."
39. THE
CHILDREN OF THE BARREN MORE THAN THE CHILDREN OF THE BEARING WOMAN
Before we begin our study verse by verse of Isaiah fifty four, we shall
read verse one.
Isa. 54:1---"Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into
singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more
are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife,
saith the Lord."
40. ZION
IN THE HEIGHT OF HER GLORY
Our study for this afternoon is from the sixtieth chapter of Isaiah.
There we read: "Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the
Lord is risen upon thee." Isa. 60:1.
41. THE
FRUITS OF THE ANOINTED ONE
We shall study the sixty-first chapter of Isaiah, beginning with the
first verse:
Isa. 61:1, 2---"The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me; because the Lord
hath anointed Me to preach good tidings unto the meek; He hath sent Me
to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and
the opening of the prison to them that are bound; to proclaim the acceptable
year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that
mourn."