{"id":1972,"date":"2016-06-19T10:47:42","date_gmt":"2016-06-19T17:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/?p=1972"},"modified":"2016-06-19T10:47:42","modified_gmt":"2016-06-19T17:47:42","slug":"isaiah-7-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/?p=1972","title":{"rendered":"Isaiah 7 &#8211; 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Isaiah 7 &#8211; 12<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Remember, we are not covering every verse and every chapter.<\/p>\n<p>This next section of Isaiah groups together chapters 7 \u2013 12 as chapters that groups prophecies about the threats of the Aramean and their alliance with Israel (the 10 northern tribes) against Judah and the rejoicing over the deliverance from the Assyria.<\/p>\n<p>NASB listed the chapter breakouts as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chapter 7 \u2013 Ahaz is warned not to fear the North or the Aramean, or their alliance with the North Tribes.<\/li>\n<li>Chapters 8 &#8211; 9:7 \u2013 Isaiah and his son come to Ahaz<\/li>\n<li>Chapter 9:8 \u2013 10:4 God\u2019s Judgment against Israel (the Northern tribes)<\/li>\n<li>Chapter 10 \u2013 12\n<ul>\n<li>The destruction of Assyria (Isaiah 10:5 \u2013 34)<\/li>\n<li>The establishment of the Davidic Kingdom (Isaiah 11)<\/li>\n<li>Songs of joy for deliverance (Isaiah 12)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Key Verse<\/h3>\n<h3>7:14<\/p>\n<p>Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.<\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Chapter 7<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3>This chapter contains a prophecy about the preservation of the kingdom of Judah from its enemies; a confirmation of that preservation by a sign; and a prediction of various calamities that will come to Israel.\u00a0 The enemies of Judea are named and the attack of Jerusalem by them.\u00a0 The prophecy of the child in verse 14 tells the timing of the coming attack, before he can tell \u201cgood from evil\u201d. \u00a0Isaiah 7:3 the orders are given by the Lord to the Prophet Isaiah, to take with him his son and meet Ahaz, at a certain place. \u00a0Isaiah 7:3 was to comfort Ahaz and exhort him to take care and calm since the conspiracy formed against him would not stand. Isaiah 7:11 is where the king is told to ask for a sign of the Lord for confirmation God\u2019s protection.\u00a0 \u00a0Ahaz refuses to ask or test the Lord under the pretense of testing the Lord.\u00a0 Ahaz is reproved because by refusing to obey, he is actually trying the patience of God.\u00a0 A sign is given nevertheless \u2013 which holds true in two different time frames, one which we are most familiar with is that of the birth of the Messiah of a virgin, who would be truly God, as his name Immanuel shows.\u00a0 The other is a child during the life of Isaiah and would prove to the nation that God was in control of all things. Language is selected such that \u00a0while partially applicable to the immediate event, receives its fullest, most appropriate, and exhaustive accomplishment in Messianic events.<\/h3>\n<h3>Isaiah 7:10 suggests that the deliverance of Judea from the two kings of Syria and Israel should be quick, \u00a0even before the young child Isaiah had with him was capable of knowing to refuse evil, and chose good.\u00a0 Isaiah 7:16 is \u00a0a chastisement of the house of David for their unbelief in this matter and slight of the divine goodness, various things are threatened to befall them, before the birth of the named son, even such as had not been since the revolt of the ten tribes; as that their enemies, the Assyrians and others, should come upon them in great numbers, and fill all places, so that they would be in the utmost distress, and not be able to escape.<\/h3>\n<h3>In Isaiah 7:17 there would be a great consumption of men of all sorts, high and low, signified by shaving off the hair of the head, beard, and feet so that the few that remained would enjoy plenty.\u00a0 Isaiah 7:20 speaks of the lack of men to till the land so it would be covered with thorns and briers.\u00a0 Naming the cause of wild beasts, the few men in it would be obliged to defend themselves with bows and arrows.\u00a0 Isaiah 7:23 after this the land should become fruitful again before the Messiah&#8217;s coming, Isaiah 7:25, as some interpret it.<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Comment about verse 14 &#8211; Language is selected such as, while partially applicable to the immediate event, receives its fullest, most appropriate, and exhaustive accomplishment in Messianic events.\u00a0 In the Hebrew, which is how it was originally written, the word could mean young woman or virgin.\u00a0 In the Septuagint, it was precisely virgin.\u00a0 And in fact, as Matthew uses it, it is precisely virgin.<\/h3>\n<h3>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Here are some things to think about from Isaiah 7. (<em>Please reference 2 Chronicles 27\u201328 for more about Ahaz.)<\/em><\/h3>\n<h3>a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As you read this passage, keep in mind that Ahaz sacrificed his own children at an altar of a foreign god.<\/h3>\n<h3>b.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As terrible as Ahaz might have been, God still had a promise to keep since the Messiah would come through the house of David.\u00a0 Matthew 1:9.\u00a0 The lesson is this: That God\u2019s promise in the case of the house of David was not dependent on the people in the line, but it was made and kept by God.<\/h3>\n<h3>c.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The pretense of refusing a sign and quoting scripture to hold that position was not godly although Ahaz would have liked it to look that way.\u00a0 God commanded him to ask and he told God no.\u00a0 But God did it even though Ahaz wanted to refuse it. Again we see how the belligerent religious non-believer responds to God.<\/h3>\n<h3>Chapter 8 is remarkable if read the passage and put it into today\u2019s modern world.\u00a0 Read verses 8:11-17.\u00a0 Think about all the discussion we are exposed to regarding a plan to destroy this nation or that \u2013 what is boils down to is that God is in control and we are not to fear what the rest of the people of the world fear.\u00a0 Our fear is to be reserved for God and God alone.\u00a0 You might hear about wars and rumors of war, but never doubt that God is in control of the world and the politicians of the world.\u00a0 They probably are not responding with obedience to God\u2019s plan but that does not mean they can defeat God\u2019s plan.\u00a0\u00a0 God calls us out from a world that fears other men to be a people who fear only Him and a people who bow down to no one but Him. \u00a0We are to come to Him for our sanctuary, not to man\u2019s plans or schemes.<\/h3>\n<h3>Another remarkable passage in this short section of Isaiah is also found here, and it is the source of words we know from Handel\u2019s Messiah:\u00a0 Isaiah 9:6 For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.\u00a0 This prophecy about a kingdom to come is in direct contrast to the passage before, in chapter 8, where the state of the Israel is very dismal.\u00a0 The nation will go from Isaiah 8, where people are consulting mediums (v. 19), looking to the dead for answers (v. 19), ignorance of God\u2019s truth (v. 20), hungry and cursed while cursing God for their lot (v. 21), they will look to the earth rather than look to God (v. 22) and finally driven away to darkness (v. 22).<\/h3>\n<h3>Then in Chapter 9, we read about a new day. \u00a0The people who walk in darkness shall see a great light.\u00a0 There will be gladness in the land.\u00a0 And it is all because of the child who will be born to us. (v. 9:9)\u00a0 There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace.\u00a0 The zeal of the Lord will accomplish this \u2013 not the physical strength of men, or any of the natural things that accomplish things, but God\u2019s zeal.<\/h3>\n<h3>In chapter 10, we see a little how God uses ungodly nations to accomplish His purposes. Verse 1-2 and then verse 5 are interesting.\u00a0 Notice that Assyria is warned but they are still God\u2019s rod of anger against people who have set up their own idols.\u00a0 And even though their idols were worse than those in Israel, God reached out to them to discipline His children.\u00a0 To see the purpose in the strike, read verse 10:20.<\/h3>\n<h3>In chapter 11, we see again a reminder of a coming day, a different day.\u00a0 Verses that are most likely familiar to most of us, where a shoot will spring form the stem of Jesse.\u00a0 (11:1) Someone who will delight in the fear of the Lord.\u00a0 What does that mean to us in reality?\u00a0 What does it mean to delight in the fear of the Lord?<\/h3>\n<h3>Chapter 12 is a chapter of praise \u2013 as the prophet blesses the Lord (acknowledges all that is good comes from God, even if he doesn\u2019t actually have it yet. He looks forward to a day when that will be his heart and words towards all that the Lord has done.)<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Isaiah 7 &#8211; 12 Remember, we are not covering every verse and every chapter. 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