Isaiah 2:2 When Christ came and took possession of His own house, it could not be but that some great changes would take place in its economy and its condition. And such there were. It was exalted and established above all earthly power, and became a refuge and home for all ages. It remained what i... [ Continue Reading ]
Isaiah 2:4 We are asked how, with such passages written in sunbeams in the Book which we hold to be divine, we can regard with any complacency the acts and character of a warrior. I. The old prophet, it is often said, was anticipating the Gospel or Christian age of the world, and was pointing out w... [ Continue Reading ]
Isaiah 2:11 I. In the day of judgment will be fulfilled, once and for ever, all the sayings and prophecies of our Lord and His Apostles concerning the exaltation of the lowly and the humiliation of the high and lofty ones. Recollect what are the things which we naturally most admire in this world, a... [ Continue Reading ]
Isaiah 2:12 Party spirit discomfited by Christ's advent. I. In every age in which religion has not been utterly disregarded, perhaps even when it has been practically set aside by the great majority of men, there is usually some one strong tendency at work, which either divides into two great port... [ Continue Reading ]