Isaiah 34 - Introduction

EXAMINATION
Chapter S THIRTY-FOUR AND THIRTY-FIVE

DEFINITION

(Define the following words or phrases as they were discussed in the comments.)

1.

host of heaven

2.

sword of Jehovah

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Edom

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line of confusion

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night-monster

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book of Jehovah

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wilderness

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glory of Lebanon

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streams in the desert

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highway

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fool

12.

Zion

MEMORIZATION

And a _____ shall be there, and a ______, and it shall be called _____ _____ _____ _____; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for the _____: the _____ man, yea fools, shall not err therein. No lion shall be there, nor shall any _____ _____ go up thereon; they shall not be found there; but the _____ shall walk there: and the _____ of Jehovah shall return, and come with _____ unto Zion; and everlasting _____ shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and _____, and sorrow and _____ shall flee away. (Isaiah 35:8-10)

EXPLANATION

1.

Explain why the prophets spoke of the coming Messianic age in terms of cosmic cataclysms?

2.

Explain the practice of using Edom to represent all God-opposing human governments.

3.

Explain why the prophets used figures of speech depicting a rejuvenated land to portray the Messianic age?

APPLICATION

(In its context every scripture has one meaningthe author's intended meaning. How may the following be applied in the believer's life?)

1.

What application may be made in proper Bible study today of the evident prophetic manner of depicting the Messianic age by cosmic upheavel?

2.

What application may be made of God's attitude toward Edom in today's world of God-opposing human ideologies?

3.

What application may be made in teaching today what God's Way is like from Isaiah's description of the Way in chapter 35?

SPECIAL STUDY
THE GOD OF THE OLD TESTAMENT IS THE GOD OF THE NEW TESTAMENT

by
Seth Wilson
GOD IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AS LOVING GOD IN THE NEW TESTAMENT

THE GOD OF
THE OLD TESTAMENT

THE GOD OF
THE NEW TESTAMENT

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Thou shalt not kill (Exodus 20:13) Anger forbidden: Psalms 37:8; Proverbs 14:17; Proverbs 16:32; Proverbs 27:4. The thought of foolishness is sin; the scorner. an abomination Proverbs 24:9.

1.

The teaching of Jesus on killing. Matthew 5:21-26. Hatred forbidden: 1 John 3:15.

2.

Thou shalt not commit adultery. Exodus 20:14. Lust not Proverbs 6:25; he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul Proverbs 6:32-33. Thoughts of the wicked, abomination; words of the pure, pleasant. Proverbs 15:26. As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he Proverbs 23:7.

2.

The teaching of Jesus on adultery. Matthew 5:27-32. Works of the flesh: Galatians 5:19; 1 Corinthians 6:15-20.

3.

Thou shalt not swear by my name falsely, neither profane the name of God Leviticus 19:12.

3.

The teaching of Jesus on oaths. Matthew 5:33-37. James 5:12.

4.

Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear grudge against children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself Leviticus 19:18. Say not that I will recompense evil, but wait on the Lord and he will save thee Proverbs 20:22; also Proverbs 24:29.

4.

The teaching of Jesus on revenge. Matthew 5:38-42. 1 Peter 2:19-20; Romans 12:19-21.

5.

Do good unto enemies: If thou seest the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, thou shalt surely help him Exodus 23:5. If thy enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; if he be thirsty, give him water to drink Proverbs 25:21. Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth Proverbs 24:17.

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The teaching of Jesus on the treatment of enemies. Matthew 5:43-48.

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The love of God. John 3:16; Romans 5:8.

7.

The prodigal son. Luke 15:11-32.

8.

The woman of Samaria. John 4:1-42.

9.

The sinful woman. John 8:3-11.

10.

The robber on the cross. Luke 23:39-43.

11.

The gracious invitation. Matthew 11:28-30.

12.

Love the supreme ideal of life. 1 John 4:17-21; 1 Corinthians 13.

6. But because the Lord loved you and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt Deuteronomy 7:8.

The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind; the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down; the Lord loveth the righteous; the Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow Psalms 146:8-9.

In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them, in his love and in his pity he redeemed them. Isaiah 63:9.

Jehovah, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth: keeping lovingkindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity, and transgression, and sin. Exodus 34:6-7.

The entire book of Hosea especially ch. Isaiah 11:1-4: When Israel was a child. I loved him. Yea, I taught Ephraim to walk. I drew them with the cords of a man, with hands of love.

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Jehovah will smite Egypt. they shall return unto him. and he will heal them Isaiah 19:22. In returning and rest shall ye be saved Isaiah 30:15. Let the wicked forsake his way and return unto Jehovah. for he will abundantly pardon Isaiah 55:7.

O Israel, return unto thy God. I will heal their backsliding. I will love them freely Hosea 14:1; Hosea 14:4 a; the entire chapter deals with return of the prodigal nation. Return unto me, and I will return unto you saith the Lord of hosts Malachi 3:7.

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Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and the stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the Lord your God, and observe to do all the words of the Law Deuteronomy 31:12.

Miraculous blessings given to Gentiles: the widow of Zarephath (1 Kings 17:16) and Naaman the leper (2 Kings 5:1-15.

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Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy Micah 7:18.

But he, being merciful, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea many a time turned he his anger away Psalms 78:38.

It is of Jehovah's lovingkindness that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not Lamentations 3:22.

10.

He will again have compassion upon us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea Micah 7:19.

But if the wicked turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes. he shall not die. None of his transgressions that he hath committed shall be remembered against him Ezekiel 18:21-22.

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Ho every one that thirsteth come ye to the waters and he that hath no money, come ye. buy wine and milk without money and without price. incline your ear and come unto me; hear and your soul shall live. Let the wicked forsake his way. and return unto our God for he will abundantly pardon. though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow Isaiah 55:1; Isaiah 55:3; Isaiah 55:7; Isaiah 1:18.

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Hatred stirreth up strifes; but love covereth all sins Proverbs 10:12. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul, with thy mind, and with all thy strength Deuteronomy 6:5. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself Leviticus 19:18.

GOD IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
IN JUDGMENT AS GOD IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

THE GOD OF
THE OLD TESTAMENT

THE GOD OF
THE NEW TESTAMENT

1.

God cursed Adam, Eve, and the serpent. Genesis 3:9-21.

1.

John the Baptist announced the coming of the kingdom but also of judgment and punishment by fire. Matthew 3:8-12.

2.

God cursed Cain. Genesis 4:9-15.

2.

Unbelievers condemned: Isaiah 3:18; Revelation 21:8.

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God destroyed man with the flood. Genesis 6:7.

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Jesus pronounced judgment on Chorazin and Capernaum, predicting a worse fate for them than that of Sodom. Matthew 11:20-24.

4.

God ordered capital punishment. Genesis 9:4-6.

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Woe to the Pharisees and lawyers Luke 11:42-54.

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God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. Genesis 19.

5.

Jesus taught the coming of torment in fire after deaththe rich man and Lazarus. Luke 16:19-31.

6.

God plagued Pharaoh and slew the first born. Exodus 12.

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This punishment Jesus promised is without end. Mt. 25-46.

7.

God destroyed the Canaanites. Joshua 23:5-9.

7.

As they were destroyed by flood in Noah's day, so shall it be in the days of the Son of Man. But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed Luke 17:28-29.

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The bears destroyed children, 2 Kings 2:23-25.

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God spared not the ancient world, but saved Noah, burned Sodom and delivered Lot; he shall still deliver the godly, but the blackness of darkness is reserved for false teachers and other sinners. 2 Peter 2:9to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished.

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Saul was commanded to slay the Amalekites. 1 Samuel 15.

10.

God punished Israel and carried his people into captivity. 2 Chronicles 36:16-20.

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God is a God of vengeance. Psalms 94:1.

9. Peter quoted and approved Moses-' saying, For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. And it shall come to pass that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people. Acts 3:22-23.

10.

Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will recompense, saith the Lord. Quoted from Deuteronomy 32:35 in Romans 12:19; Hebrews 10:30.

11.

Ananias and Sapphira slain for lying. Acts 5:1-11.

12.

For if the Word spoken through angels proved stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward; how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation Hebrews 2:2-3.

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For if we sin wilfully after having received a knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fierceness of fire that shall devour the adversaries Hebrews 10:26. Those disregarding Moses-' Law died without compassion; how much more shall one suffer who spurns the new covenant. Hebrews 10:28-29.

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It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God Hebrews 10:31.

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For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven: whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. Hebrews 12:25-26. For our God is a consuming fire Hebrews 12:29.

16.

Paul, by the Holy Spirit, blinded Elymas. Acts 13:8-12.

17.

Herod was smitten by an angel of the Lord eaten of worms and died. Acts 12:22-24.

18.

Behold then, the goodness and severity of God Romans 11:22.

19.

The devil, the beast, and the false prophet shall be tormented day and night forever and ever. Revelation 20:10.

20.

Anyone not written in the Book of Life is to be cast into the lake of fire. Revelation 20:15.