Read Isaiah 1:1
The vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of
Amoz saw.
Isaiah 1:1
Salvation (deliverance) is the key theme in the book of Isaiah. Isaiah
wrote concerning five acts of deliverance God would perform: (1) the
deliverance of Judah from Assyrian invasion (Isa. 36—37); (2) the deliverance of the nation from Babylonian captivity (Isa. 40); (3) the future
deliverance of the Jews from worldwide dispersion among the Gentiles
(Isa. 11—12); (4) the deliverance of lost sinners from judgment (Isa.
53); and (5) the final deliverance of creation from the bondage of sin
when the kingdom is established (Isa. 60; 66:17).
Sir Winston Churchill was once asked to give the qualifications a
person needed in order to succeed in politics, and he replied: “It is the
ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next
month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain
why it didn’t happen.”
Because God’s prophets were correct all of the time, they didn’t
have to explain away their mistakes. Isaiah wrote: “To the law and to
the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have
no light of dawn” (Isa. 8:20). Isaiah was a man who had God’s light,
and he was not afraid to let it shine.
Something to Ponder
Isaiah’s name means “salvation of the Lord.” If you were given a name
to reflect your spiritual mission, what might it be?