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Set Free Through God’s Salvation and Greatness Proclaimed
(40:1-48:22) DIVISION OVERVIEW: the prophecies and messages of Isaiah
now shift many years into the future. Someday in the distant future, Judah and
its beloved capital, Jerusalem, would fall to Babylon. Tragically, the citizens
would suffer the horrors of defeat and slavery. Most of the survivors would be
deported and exiled, scattered throughout the Babylonian Empire. The people
of Judah would lose everything: their homes, property, wealth,
communities, cities, nation, worship centers, and their beloved temple in
Jerusalem. And they would be gripped by piercing grief because many of
their husbands and sons would be slaughtered by the invading army. Everyone
would be destitute, and a spirit of hopelessness and despair would continually
flood their hearts.
But in the
midst of the Jews’ hardship and sorrow, the Lord gave them a wonderful promise.
The day was coming when they would be comforted
and set free from their
captivity to Babylon and from sin and death. In the nine messages of this
division, the herald of God proclaims God’s wonderful promise of comfort and
freedom. And he proclaims this message just as loudly as he had the messages of
condemnation and judgment. Judgment was coming upon Judah, but it is also
coming upon all the other nations of the world. Nevertheless, God had made a
promise to save His people, and He would keep it. Through His power and the
promised Messiah, God’s prophecy of comfort
and freedom would be
fulfilled. His people would be set free from their captivity to Babylon and
from their enslavement to sin and death.
Several years
passed since the reign of Hezekiah. The Jews were now in captivity in Babylon,
but Isaiah was prophesying comfort and freedom to them. In these prophecies of
Isaiah, God’s great redeeming power is clearly pictured. If the exiles would repent
of their idolatry and wicked ways, the Lord would deliver them from captivity
in Babylon.
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The Prophecies of
Comfort and Freedom: A Picture of
Believers Being Set Free from the Captivity
of Sin and Death, 40:1–48:22 A.
Set
Free Through God’s Salvation and Greatness, 40:1–31 B.
Set
Free Through God’s Power to Control Human History, the Very Deeds of People, 41:1–29 C.
Set
Free Through God’s Perfect Servant, the Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ (The
First of Four “Servant Songs”), 42:1–25 D.
Set
Free Through the Redeemer, the Lord, Your God: A Study of Redemption, 43:1–28 E.
Set
Free by the Lord, the Only Living and True God, 44:1–28 F.
Set
Free by God’s Power to Work Through People and Nations: A Look at God’s
Enormous Power, 45:1–25 G.
Set
Free by Turning Away from Idolatry: A Study of Idolatry, 46:1–13 H.
Set
Free by God’s Judgment of the Oppressor, Babylon: A Warning to All Who
Oppress Others, 47:1–15 I.
Set
Free by God’s Plan of Redemption: The Hope of Being Delivered from God’s
Judgment and Wrath, 48:1–22[1] |
DIVISION V THE PROPHECIES OF COMFORT AND FREEDOM: A PICTURE OF BELIEVERS BEING SET FREE FROM THE CAPTIVITY OF SIN AND DEATH, 40:1–48:22
PART III DIVISION OVERVIEW: THE PROPHECIES OF COMFORT, 40:1–66:24
Pic by Ansel Adams
[1] Leadership Ministries Worldwide. 2005. Isaiah: Chapters 36–66. Vol. II. The Preacher’s Outline & Sermon Bible. Chattanooga, TN: Leadership Ministries Worldwide.
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