CHAPTER XVI THE SERVANT OF THE LORD Isaiah 41:8; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 42:18; Isaiah 43:5; Isaiah 49:1; Isaiah 1:4; Isaiah 52:13 With chapter 42, we reach a distinct stage in our prophecy. The preceding Chapter s have been occupied with the declaration of the great, basal truth, that Jehovah is the... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER XVIII THE SERVICE OF GOD AND MAN Isaiah 42:1 WE now understand whom to regard as the Servant of the Lord. The Service of God was a commission to witness and prophesy for God upon earth, made out at first in the name of the entire nation Israel. When their unfitness as a whole became appar... [ Continue Reading ]
BOOK 3 THE SERVANT OF THE LORD HAVING completed our survey of the fundamental truths of our prophecy, and studied the subject which forms its immediate and most urgent interest, the deliverance of Israel from Babylon, we are now at liberty to turn to consider the great duty and destiny which lie... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER I THE DATE OF Isaiah 40:1; Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 43:1; Isaiah 44:1; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 48:1;... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER VIII THE PASSION OF GOD Isaiah 42:13 AT the beginning of chapter 42 we reach one of those distinct stages, the frequent appearance of which in our prophecy assures us, that, for all its mingling and recurrent style, the prophecy is a unity with a distinct, if somewhat involved, progress of... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER XVI THE SERVANT OF THE LORD Isaiah 41:8; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 42:18; Isaiah 43:5; Isaiah 49:1; Isaiah 1:4; Isaiah 52:13 With chapter 42, we reach a distinct stage in our prophecy. The preceding Chapter s have been occupied with the declaration of the great, basal truth, that Jehovah is the... [ Continue Reading ]