CHAPTER 45 YAHWEH WILL RAISE CYRUS TO DO HIS WILL, TO RESTORE JERUSALEM AND ENABLE ALL EXILES TO RETURN FROM WHEREVER THEY MAY BE. The point of raising the name of Cyrus before the attention of his readers is that the house of Cyrus is to inaugurate the new beginning. That is why God had ‘anointed'... [ Continue Reading ]
CYRUS HAS BEEN CALLED IN ORDER TO ASSIST GOD'S SERVANT, HIS CHOSEN ONE (ISAIAH 45:1). Isaiah 45:1 ‘Thus says Yahweh to his anointed, To Cyrus whose right hand I have held, To subdue nations before him, And I will ungird the loins of kings, To open the doors before him, And the gates will not... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH COUNTERS ANY POSSIBLE OPPOSITION THAT WHAT HE HAS SUGGESTED IS UNACCEPTABLE AND DECLARES YAHWEH'S SOVEREIGN POWER TO ACCOMPLISH HIS WILL (ISAIAH 45:9). Having earlier in Chapter s 7, 9, 11 referred to the raising of one supernaturally born from the Davidic house to bring about God's final re... [ Continue Reading ]
YAHWEH'S FINAL VICTORY FOR HIS TRUE PEOPLE (ISAIAH 45:14). After his brief moment of glory Cyrus is now left behind and Isaiah moves on to the final victory of God's people through the work of the Servant. There is no limit as to time. Isaiah sees a patchwork of events that will occur, but is in no... [ Continue Reading ]
SO YAHWEH CALLS MEN AROUND THE WORLD TO REPENT (ISAIAH 45:18). God then points out that He did not create the world to be empty, but to be inhabited. It was not just Jerusalem that He wanted to be inhabited with His own (Isaiah 44:26), it was the world. Nor did He proclaim His word in secret, as in... [ Continue Reading ]