Chapter fifteen concludes the teaching portion of Paulās letter. The final topic he needed to address was the resurrection. His opening statement, that he wanted āto make clearā¦the gospel,ā reminds us that some of these believers were still āinfants in Christā (3:1) and that they were uncertain on the basic doctrines of the faith. It was […]
Chapter thirty-five concludes this section with further description of the changes Messiah will make during his reign. In what Jesus called āthe regenerationā (Matthew 19:28), the curse of āthorns and thistlesā (Genesis 3:18) will be lifted from the land, and it will produce all kinds of vegetation unhindered, the way God intended in the original
Chapters thirteen through twenty-three contain a series of prophecies against specific nations. Isaiah preached these from Israel, not in those foreign countries, for at least two reasons. First, Israel needed to remember that Jehovah was not just their tribal god; he is the God over all nations. Second, Israel needed to hear that these nations,
