Tag: Isaiah 9:2-7
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Reflecting on Isaiah 9 2-7
What is our response to this beautiful prophetic poetry? This compact, evocative expression of realized eschatology – the already of the prophetic future – and this heart-rending depiction of the good life intended for humanity? [Not to lead the witness at all here …] Do we long for its realization? Notice the gap between consummation…
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Studying Isaiah 9 2-7
We are studying Isaiah 9:2-7 for Sunday, December 19 – a beautiful expression of the anticipation of future redemption, and the text for one of the more famous choruses from Handel’s Messiah. [Some questions on the text are here.] Here are my notes on this text: BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT: The book of Isaiah is a…
Matters of Interpretation 