Isaiah 11:2
This is Isaiah's description of the Spirit of Whitsuntide, the royal
Spirit which was to descend, and did descend without measure, on the
ideal and perfect King, even on Jesus Christ our Lord, the
only-begotten Son of God.
I. That Spirit is the Spirit of God, and therefore the Spirit o... [ Continue Reading ]
Isaiah 11:4
As it may in many ways be shown that the Church of Christ, though one
Church with the Jewish, differs from it as being a kingdom, so now let
me dwell on this point: that though a kingdom like empires of the
earth, it differs from them in being a Church, _i.e._a kingdom of
truth and righ... [ Continue Reading ]
Isaiah 11:6
It is plain, from the words of the text, that Isaiah was one of those
prophets and righteous men who desired to see and hear the things
which Christ's disciples saw and heard. But it may be said that he
desired to see the kingdom of Christ, because he thought that it would
bring with it... [ Continue Reading ]
Isaiah 11:9
I. Most exactly have the figures which the Holy Spirit condescended to
apply to Himself been fulfilled in the course of the dispensation;
nay, even to this day. His operation has been calm, equable, gradual,
far-spreading, overtaking, intimate, irresistible. What is so awfully
silent, s... [ Continue Reading ]
Isaiah 11:10
I. "There shall be a root of Jesse," _i.e._a thrifty scion shall
spring forth from that old decayed family. The prophet does not
represent our Saviour as a stately and luxuriant tree, but as a sucker
from an unpromising and apparently dead root.
II. The prophet goes on to portray His g... [ Continue Reading ]