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Welcome to A Year in the Bible with Daily Grace. This year we want to spend a few minutes with you every day walking through our study, Christ in All of Scripture. Each week we will dive deeply into two passages of Scripture, one from the Old Testament and one from the new, seeing how they connect and point to Jesus.
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Whether you are doing the study yourself or just following along with us here, we are hopeful that through studying these passages each week, you will see how Christ is not only present throughout the entire biblical story, but but the center of it.
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Hey, friends. Welcome to another episode of A Year in the Bible. My name is Beth and I am here with my co host, Alexa.
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Hey everyone.
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Today we are going to take a deeper dive into our Old Testament passage for this week, which is Isaiah 41:5.
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That's right. So Beth, will you tell us where this passage falls in the larger biblical story?
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Yeah, we've actually been in Isaiah for the last couple of weeks, so we've already talked about how these prophecies in this book were given to Israel and Judah primarily to condemn them for their sin and idolatry. But throughout these prophecies of judgment, Isaiah regularly inserts and balances out those judgment prophecies with prophecies and messages of hope about the future restoration that will come after this initial judgment. And so this passage is one of those really hopeful prophecies that looks beyond the upcoming exiles of Israel and Judah to the day when restoration comes to Israel through the Messiah.
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He yeah, the study really emphasized that this is a message of hope for Judah. So can you say a little bit about why this message would have brought the people so much hope?
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Yeah, the hope that comes from this passage primarily has to do with God's presence with the people. If we remember back to when we studied Exodus and even Leviticus, we learned that the covenant that God made with Israel was to dwell with them in the promised land as their God, their protector, their giver of life, as long as they would be his people and keep his commandments. But we saw that they continuously disobey him, which is culminating here in this punishment of exile, which the exile means that they will be removed from the land, but not only that, they're also going to be removed essentially from God's presence because he's no longer going to be dwelling in their midst in the temple. And so this passage is particularly hopeful because it assures the people that although they will be exiled from the land and access to the temple could God is not totally abandoning them and he will one day appear again in all of his glory.
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Yeah, I just think that's such a testimony of God's grace that God would choose to remain with his people even though they were so disobedient. And I guess that actually leads me to my next question. What do we learn about God's character in this passage?
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Yeah, I think this passage really demonstrates God's perseverance with his people. They were given one task, to worship him alone by keeping his commandments, and their sin ran so deep within them that they couldn't do that. But he is not content to merely punish his people and bring them judgment. He disciplines them for the sake of restoring them to himself. So just like any truly good father would, he is disciplining not for the sake of condemning or punishing his people, but to draw them back to him. He stays faithful in the midst of his people's rebellion and maintains his promise to never abandon them.
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That's such a helpful picture, Beth, of comparing God to a father here. Even think back to what we were talking about yesterday with God wanting to speak tenderly to people. You know, because God is a good father, he's going to give them the discipline that they deserve. But he disciplines them out of his love. But. And in his love, He. He refuses to let his people go. So that's just. Just a really sweet picture. Well, that's all that we have for you all today. We hope that you join us tomorrow as we turn to the New Testament and study Luke 31:6. Thank you for listening to today's episode of A Year in the Bible with Daily Grace. Be sure to check out our show notes for some helpful links and resources related to today's episode. And make sure you're following a daily daily gracepodcast and hedailygraceco on Instagram for more Bible study resources and encouragement. We're looking forward to studying God's Word with you again tomorrow. Bye, friends.