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A Light (1 of 4)
Series: Advent
D. Marion Clark
Isaiah 9:1-5
Introduction
In his first epistle, the apostle Peter comments on how the OT prophets longed to understand more clearly their own prophecies regarding the coming of the Messiah, especially with the hope that the fulfillment would take place in their lifetime. Peter noted that It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. (1 Peter 1:12).
For the next four weeks we will look at some of that prophecy in Isaiah 9 and 11. By the time we are through, you will appreciate the longing that the prophets had to see the fulfillment of their glorious visions.
I have spread the prophecies into four sections, highlighting a title or image in each regarding the Messiah - a light, a child, a branch and a banner. This morning we will look at the light.
Observation: A Light Has Dawned
Chapter 8 ends in gloom and darkness. Isaiah has prophesied the destruction of Israel and Judah. Remember my reading from Isaiah the context of a quote that Peter used? It was the quote: A stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall. I was reading from Isaiah 8:14. God was going to bring the downfall of his own nation. The result would be this: 21 Distressed and hungry, they will roam through the land; when they are famished, they will become enraged and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God. 22 Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness.
With that in mind, our passage begins: Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. Destruction is not the final word; gloom is not the final outcome; something will take place that will lift the people out of gloom.
Let's go on. In the past he humbled the land of ...
Series: Advent
D. Marion Clark
Isaiah 9:1-5
Introduction
In his first epistle, the apostle Peter comments on how the OT prophets longed to understand more clearly their own prophecies regarding the coming of the Messiah, especially with the hope that the fulfillment would take place in their lifetime. Peter noted that It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. (1 Peter 1:12).
For the next four weeks we will look at some of that prophecy in Isaiah 9 and 11. By the time we are through, you will appreciate the longing that the prophets had to see the fulfillment of their glorious visions.
I have spread the prophecies into four sections, highlighting a title or image in each regarding the Messiah - a light, a child, a branch and a banner. This morning we will look at the light.
Observation: A Light Has Dawned
Chapter 8 ends in gloom and darkness. Isaiah has prophesied the destruction of Israel and Judah. Remember my reading from Isaiah the context of a quote that Peter used? It was the quote: A stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall. I was reading from Isaiah 8:14. God was going to bring the downfall of his own nation. The result would be this: 21 Distressed and hungry, they will roam through the land; when they are famished, they will become enraged and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God. 22 Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness.
With that in mind, our passage begins: Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. Destruction is not the final word; gloom is not the final outcome; something will take place that will lift the people out of gloom.
Let's go on. In the past he humbled the land of ...
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