Introduction -- Isaiah the prophet --study blog

Isaiah study blog --- Welcome to our expanded study of the Prophet Isaiah. Our BaptistWay Press study guide covers only 5 chapters in the whole book of Isaiah -------- so we are adding to our study with this Isaiah study blog.

Invite your cousin in Cancun and your in-laws in Indiana and India, to join us in this blog study. Distance makes no difference on the internet. Invite folks from everywhere to join us. Folks that work the graveyard shift can join the study. Sailors on the sea can join in this study. People with personalities like porcupines can join in --- but please, no flaming. Watch your internet manners.


Getting Started with the Poet Prophet, Isaiah

Isaiah is a great and wonderful book. It is easier to understand than many other Old Testament books. And it is full of inspiring passages of great spiritual depth. It requires less knowledge of history to appreciate and understand.

For you folks, allergic to the O.T. or afraid of the Old Testament, Isaiah is the book for you. In some passages it reads so much like the New Testament, you will have to check the page numbers to know that you are in the Old Testament.

Overview: We will cover part or all of the following chapters. I've included a title for each chapter as an aid to memory. And for those of you that want to zero in on your favorite topics. Chapters listed below are the chapters in the book of Isaiah in your Bible.

1. Chapter 1 -- Full forgiveness
2. Chapter 6 -- The Call of the Prophet
3. Chapter 9 -- The Great Christmas Prophecy
4. Chapter 11 -- Hope and the Returning Remnant
   
5. Chapter 11 -- Hope and the Returning Remnant
6. Chapter 40 -- Life is fragile . . . on eagle"s wings
7. chapter 43 -- Hope in the One God
8. Chapter 44 and in 45: 14 -25 -- Only One God
9. Chapter 52 - 53 -- The Suffering Servant Makes Atonement **
   
10. Chapter 55 -- The Great Invitation - Is this the greatest evangelistic chapter in the O.T.?
11. Chapter 56 -- The Open Door of Welcome
12. Chapter 58 -- The Fast of the Lord (a great and wonderful and inspiring poem )*
13. Chapter 61 -- Yes, this is Jesus' announcement to his home town.
14. Chapter 63 -- God's Steadfast Love: God as Father

* "The Fast of the Lord" is so wonderful that I wish every believer would memorize this great passage.

** Do you already know this passage? It is about the servant of the Lord, Jesus suffering. It is a great and moving passage.

Learning Activity: Open your Bible and find Isaiah. Notice how long it is. Read one or more of the passages listed above.


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