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July 29th
The bible reading today is in Isaiah chapters 49-53.
Our reading is God using Isaiah to prophesy about the coming Savior...the Messiah...Jesus Christ.
I agree with CH Spurgeon when he said, “There is no greater declaration of the gospel of Christ in the Old Testament than what we find in Isaiah’s writings...especially Isaiah 53.” But before we get there, let’s look in chapter 49 and learn of Christ’s mission, from heaven to earth and back.
“Listen to me, O coastlands, and give attention, you peoples from afar. The Lord called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name. He made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me a polished arrow; in his quiver, he hid me away.
Then the Father says: “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”
