Isaiah, Week 8, Days 2 & 3: Isaiah 40:3-8
Day Two: Read Isaiah 40:3-5
1. In addition to telling the people to prepare for the Lord to lead them from captivity in Babylon, what future event is prophesied in verse 3? (See also Matthew 3:1-5; Mark 1:2-3; Luke 1:17,76; John 1:22,23)
The coming of the Messiah.
2. What is the fulfillment of the prophecy?
Jesus
3. What specific things are the people to do to prepare this highway?
Repent (Matt 3:2), make paths straight (Matt 3:3) turn hearts of parents to children (Luke 1:17), the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous (Luke 1:17), make ready a people prepared for the Lord (Luke 1:17).
3. a. From verse 5, what will happen once the highway is prepared and did the people of Isaiah's time know it would happen?
The glory of the Lord will be revealed and all the people will see it together. I would say no.
b. Has this prophecy been fulfilled? (See John 1:14)
"And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father's only son, full of grace and truth." John 1:14
Yes.
1. In addition to telling the people to prepare for the Lord to lead them from captivity in Babylon, what future event is prophesied in verse 3? (See also Matthew 3:1-5; Mark 1:2-3; Luke 1:17,76; John 1:22,23)
The coming of the Messiah.
2. What is the fulfillment of the prophecy?
Jesus
3. What specific things are the people to do to prepare this highway?
Repent (Matt 3:2), make paths straight (Matt 3:3) turn hearts of parents to children (Luke 1:17), the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous (Luke 1:17), make ready a people prepared for the Lord (Luke 1:17).
3. a. From verse 5, what will happen once the highway is prepared and did the people of Isaiah's time know it would happen?
The glory of the Lord will be revealed and all the people will see it together. I would say no.
b. Has this prophecy been fulfilled? (See John 1:14)
"And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father's only son, full of grace and truth." John 1:14
Yes.
Day Three: Read Isaiah 40:6-8
1. What does the grass represent? The flesh of the people and their kindness toward God.
3. How can you apply verses 6-8 to your own life? Stay in the Word because it is eternal. Do not expect more from man than God does; recognize the fleeting affections and nature of man.
1. What does the grass represent? The flesh of the people and their kindness toward God.
A second voice (cf. Isa_40:3) spoke. This voice, probably God’s, gave the command, probably to Isaiah, to cry out. The voice told him to contrast the difference between people and God. People are temporary and they change. They are like wild grass and flowers that come up in the springtime only to fade and fail when the weather gets hot (cf. Psa_37:2; Psa_102:11; Psa_103:15-16). By contrast, God never fails for His Word endures forever. -BKC2. What is the "breath of the LORD"? The Spirit of the Lord.
According to Peter, although the flesh withers, and the flower thereof falls away, yet in the children of God there is an unwithering something of another kind. “Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the Word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.” “The Word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the Gospel is preached unto you.” The Gospel is of use to us because it is not of human origin. If it were of the flesh, all it could do for us would not land us beyond the flesh; but the Gospel of Jesus Christ is superhuman, Divine, and spiritual. -Spurgeon
"The word of our God stands forever" has been adopted as the motto of a number of Christian schools, usually in Latin: Verbum Dei manet in aeternam. William Kelly wrote that as the end draws nearer we do greatly need simplicity to rest upon God's Word. There may be difficulties to such as we are, and the Word seems a weak thing to confide in for eternity, but in truth it is more stable than heaven or earth. -Believer's Bible
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