Start with the familiar lines—Holy, Holy, Holy; a child is born; pierced for our transgressions—and then step into the full sweep of Isaiah’s world. We kick off a guided journey through one of the Old Testament’s richest books, where God exposes false security, confronts injustice, and still speaks comfort to a weary people. Against the roar of empires and the tug of clever alliances, Isaiah presses one question: will we trust the living God or our own schemes?
We walk through the book’s architecture to make sense of its scale. Chapters 1–39 place us in Judah’s crisis under Assyria, with Ahaz and Hezekiah modeling two very different responses to pressure. Chapters 40–55 speak to an exiled people who need more than pep talks; they need a servant who suffers, bears guilt, and brings peace to the nations. Chapters 56–66 reframe the rebuilt community, shifting the temple from stone to contrite hearts and pushing our hope toward new creation. Along the way, we explain how prophets work—not as fortune-tellers, but as God’s messengers who hear, feel, and declare his word to reorder life now.
To help listeners read with confidence, we introduce Isaiah’s “three horizons”: immediate events in his day, the messianic fulfillment in Jesus, and the ultimate renewal of the new heavens and new earth. That lens resolves common confusions and shows why the New Testament echoes Isaiah so often. Whether you’re skeptical, new to faith, or seasoned, you’ll find a steadying vision of a holy and compassionate God who keeps promises and calls us to trust him when powers rise and fall.
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