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)
