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Week 17. Day 3. Isaiah 7-10.
7:1-3 the situation: Syria and Israel attacking Jerusalem. This introduces a key set of questions in Isaiah:
- Who should we trust?
- Who should we fear?
King Ahaz feared the Syrian army (not God) and so he trusted in human alliances (not God). The book of Isaiah will paint a huge view of God, to wean God’s people off trusting in idols, and causing them to trust in him.
Ch 7 and Ch 9 contain two key prophecies of Christ:
- 7:14 ‘the virgin will bear a son’
Note that the answer to the problem of scary enemies is found in the name of this child: Immanuel (God with us)
- 9:1-7 ‘to us a child is born’
How is the coming king in 9:1-7 described?
In the rest of ch 9-10 notice that before the blessings of the coming king, judgment must first fall. Note the repeated phrase:
Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
his hand is still upraised. (Isaiah 9:12, 17, 21; 10:4)
NOTE: Days 1-5 of each week contain the scripture reading for that week. Day 6 has just the 'key chapters'. If you want a briefer version of this plan that still takes you through the whole Bible, you could just read the key chapters featured on day 6. Day 7 has the podcast video where we discuss the week's reading.
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The Bible OverBrew is a friendly virtual book group, helping you read the Bible in big chunks, preferably with a mug of tea! Maybe you've tried to read through the Bible before, but gave up when it felt confusing or too intense? We are here to help you! We provide notes and questions to guide your reading, and note ‘key chapters’ if you don’t have time to read it all. In our podcast at the end of each week we draw out the key themes, and how it all points to Christ. We’d love you to join us!
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