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Foreign. Hey, this is Shelby and Paul. We are guiding you through the book of Isaiah today. We're in chapters 10 through 12. We hope that you'll leave a comment or a review. Let us know what you take away from these chapters. Okay, Paul, Isaiah 10, 12. What's going on in these three chapters that we read today?
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Yeah, so today we get a lot about Assyria, and Assyria is God's agent of judgment on Judah, but we also get an extended judgment on Assyria as well. But we also get these two key promises from God regarding what's going to happen after his judgment is complete. And it describes this remnant of Israel that will return to God, and then there's going to be this Davidic king that comes to lead them. And so Jesse was David's father. Back in 613, God said that a portion of Israel that remains after his judgment is. He refers to it as a stump. And so out of this stump, this remnant, is a shoot. And that shoot is a Davidic king that's predicted here. And we see pretty clearly that it points to Jesus. We see in 11, 2 the prediction that the Spirit of the Lord will rest on him. And for those of us that have read the Gospels, know that when Jesus is baptized, it says that the Spirit descended on him like a dove. And so it's a pretty clear reference to today's passage to show that Jesus is this Davidic king that is predicted.
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A
Right. And then later in this chapter, we get a picture of what the world will look like when this king, this Davidic king, comes. Right?
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Yeah. In verses six through nine, we kind of get this description where things that are, we would think, are opposed to one another are kind of in relationship together. So a wolf is dwelling with a lamb, infants play beside a cobra's pit, and even a toddler can put his hand into a stick as a mom. That's right.
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Feel frightening.
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Yeah. But where we would expect there to be har, there's peace instead. And so the reason this is possible is because it says the land will be as full of the knowledge of the Lord as the sea is filled with water. And these are just examples that, you know, I think point to the greater reality that this dividing wall of sin is going to be torn down by God, that the things that cause harm in our world are going to be done away with through Christ. And ultimately the nations, not only Israel, but the nations, will also look to this Davidic king for guidance.
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Yeah, yeah. Those passages, you know, to our minds today, we look at the world and we say, oh, I don't even see how that could be. But it also just gives us a picture of what the world will be like one day after Jesus's return. Okay, so what do we take away from these passages for our lives? Like, what application might we have just for today?
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B
Yeah. So this world, this idyllic world of six through nine, is not the world we currently live in, even after the cross. Right. And there's still hatred that exists between people and injustice and hunger and all these problems. And this, I think, refers to what some theologians say is like the already and the not yet nature of the world we live in. There are many promises of God and works of Jesus that are already happened, that he lived, died and resurrected and saved us from our sin. But there are many things about the kingdom of God that have not yet happened that we're still waiting on. And so when Jesus returns, he is going to destroy evil and sin and Satan forever. And that is the day when this depiction will be our reality. Right. And so the application for today, I think, from this passage, is to hope. And it's not hope in something vague or distant or this, like, lofty idea that Jesus is going to come back. No, it's a real reality. That's kind of a weird way to say it, but that it's concrete, that one day this is actually what it's going to be like, that there will be no more enmity between people, no more hatred between parties and nations. And so right in the middle of despair, when I look at world events and even I look at my own sin sometimes and I feel despair, I can look at that and say, no, Jesus will return. There is a day when things will be made right.
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Yeah, absolutely. I think we all need that reminder. And I love what you said. It's concrete. It's not just something that we can't really grasp a hold of. It is concrete. My takeaway in chapter 11, in verse 2, it talks about Jesus as this king. And it says the spirit of wisdom. And he will have the spirit of understanding and wisdom, a spirit of counsel and might, a spirit of knowledge and fear of the Lord. And I think what we see here is just like a wise, just, ruler leader. And that reminded me one of times when I have not been that as a leader, or times when I have not experienced that from others who are leading me. And so it reminds me that ultimately Jesus is that only perfect leader. But two, I was challenged by this to think of the ways I'm leading, whether that's in my church, in my home, in my job, and am I leading in the example of Christ and how we see his leadership depicted here? That was a challenge for me today to think through as I was reading these chapters. So thank you for walking us through these today. We're going to keep going through the book of Isaiah. So much more to come, so many more passages that are familiar to us like we've seen so far, that we're going to break down and bring context to. We hope people will stick with us through this book. All right, thanks.
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