Season 6, Podcast 101, Isaiah 44:1-10, “Beside Me there is no God Pt 1.” The Lord reaffirms that he has chosen Israel, and that he is the creator. Isaiah 44:1-2 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen. ‘Jesurun,’ a reference to Israel, means ‘upright.’ Notice the perfect parallel lines which emphasize the major the...
Aug 22, 2025•10 min•Season 6Ep. 101
Season 6, Podcast 100, Isaiah 43:1-28, “Precious in My Sight.” In verse 1 of Chapter 43, we learn the Savior’s role as The Redeemer. This chapter affirms that there is no other Savior but Jesus Christ. Isaiah 43:1 But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. The above anticipates the coming of the Savior and Redeemer of the world during the meridian of time. It has alw...
Aug 20, 2025•14 min•Season 6Ep. 100
Season 6, Podcast 99, Isaiah 42:7-25, “Sing Unto the Lord a New Song,” Pt B. In the previous Podcast I introduced the following attributes of the New Song: · Christ will become a light unto both the Jews and the Gentiles · The Law of Restoration is part of the New Song. The Law of Restoration contains the following: o Through the help of angels the gospel will be restored and preached to all the earth. o The gospel will be preached to the weakest. o Judgment will be restored to the earth. o All ...
Aug 18, 2025•13 min•Season 6Ep. 99
Season 6, Podcast 98, Isaiah 42:1-6, “Sing Unto the Lord a New Song,” Pt A. Though over 700 years separate the visionary Isaiah and the visionary John, there are many connections between the two. I have entitled Podcast 98 “Sing Unto the Lord a New song” from a verse in Isaiah 42. Centuries later John the Revelator defines what that phrase means. Revelation 5:9-14 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast rede...
Aug 15, 2025•13 min•Season 6Ep. 98
Season 6, Podcast 97, Isaiah 41:1-29, “Fear Not I Will Help Thee.” Isaiah Chapter 41, using antithetical parallelism, is divided into two unequal but distinct parts. Part One, comprising verses 1 through 20, declares that the Holy One of Israel is the God of Jacob. Part Two, comprising verses 21 through 29, condemns the false idols set up by King Ahaz and perpetuated by King Manassa. If you recall the idols were torn down by Ahaz’s righteous son King Hezekiah and then rebuilt by Hezekiah’s own u...
Aug 13, 2025•17 min•Season 6Ep. 97
Season 6, Podcast 96, Isaiah 40:12-31, “To Whom Will Ye Liken God.” We all learn early in life, that is if we consider such things, that God is incomprehensible. The Lord revealed to Isaiah. Isaiah 55:6-9 Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thought...
Aug 11, 2025•11 min•Season 6Ep. 96
Season 6, Podcast 95, Isaiah 40:1-11, “Comfort Ye My People.” The Primary focus of Isaiah is Christ. His ministry began when he saw Christ in vision. Isaiah 4:1-3 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is...
Aug 08, 2025•14 min•Season 6Ep. 95
Season 6, Podcast 94, Isaiah 39:1-8, “Good is the Word of the Lord.” Again, we meet Hezekiah. He is a very righteous king. He tears down the altars to the idols built by his father. He restores the temple his father pilfered and desecrated. He communicates with the Lord in the Temple often. He keeps the commandments of God, and he obeys the words of the prophet Isaiah. Yet, he does a rather foolish thing by showing all his treasures to the Prince of Babylon who will later destroy the temple and ...
Aug 06, 2025•14 min•Season 6Ep. 94
Season 6, Podcast 93, Isaiah 38:1-22, “Set Thine House in Order.” Hezekiah, King of Judah, 715 to 686 BC, was a righteous king. He hearkened to the words of the prophet Isaiah. He reigned 29 years, half of which (15 years) was because of a miraculous gift from God. Hezekiah was stricken with boils. Isaiah came to King Hezekiah and announced that he would die. Isaiah 38:1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus sait...
Aug 04, 2025•14 min•Season 6Ep. 93
Season 6, Podcast 92, Isaiah 37:1-38, “Incline Thine Ear, O Lord.” Sennacherib, King of Assyria, sent an embassy to Hezekiah, king of Judah, announcing that they should pay tribute to Assyria, or he will crush Judah with his vast army. Rabshakeh, the Assyrian King’s spokesman blasphemes Jehovah, telling Hezekiah that Jehovah cannot save them. The Lord makes an example of Assyria as he miraculously destroys Sennacherib’s army. Isaiah 37:1-5 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that h...
Aug 01, 2025•16 min•Season 6Ep. 92
Season 6, Podcast 91, Isaiah 36:1-22, “The Price of Pride.” One can read the Old Testament as history. These are real events in real time. For example, Isaiah 36:1 Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them. The event above occurred in 701 BC. Hezekiah was king of Judah. Sennacherib was king of Assyria. Assyria is at the height of its power. Judah is at the lowest of its power. The ...
Jul 30, 2025•13 min•Season 6Ep. 91
Season 6, Podcast 90, Isaiah 35:1-10, “Come to Zion.” Chapter 35 stands in sharp contrast to Chater 34. In 35 we read: Isaiah 35:1 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. That, of course, is speaking of the Millenium. In 34 we read Isaiah 34:11 But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptin...
Jul 28, 2025•13 min•Season 6Ep. 90
Season 6, Podcast 89, Isaiah 34:1-17, “The Signs of the Times.” Chapter 34 is a typical pattern in Isaiah. For example, it is divided into two parts. Part One deals with the signs of the times in which Isaiah describes the destruction of the world prior to the Second Coming of Christ. That comprises verses 1-15. Part Two deals with the redemption of those who keep the commandments of God. Not only will their lives be spared, the earth shall eventually become their eternal inheritance. The patter...
Jul 25, 2025•14 min•Season 6Ep. 89
Season 6, Podcast 88, Isaiah 33:1-24, “Look upon Zion.” So much of Isaiah speaks of the Second Coming of the Messiah which comes only after much turbulence. To fully understand Isaiah, one must read the Revelations of John for their images overlap, and one expands the other. Typically, Isaiah uses familiar things and places of his day in prophesying of the future. To most of us Lebanon, Sharon, Bashan, and Carmel are merely names that we read about in the Old Testament that have grown into great...
Jul 23, 2025•14 min•Season 6Ep. 88
Season 6, Podcast 87, Isaiah 32:1-20, “A King Shal Reign in Righteousness.” Of the first thirty-two chapters of Isaiah, Christ is the central theme in 22 of the chapters, 7 of which relate to the Second Coming. Eleven chapters address the scattering and gathering of Israel. Seven Chapters address the Millennium. That reveals the primary message of Isaiah. It is centered around Christ. In Chapter Six, Isaiah records that he saw the Messiah and was called to be a prophet. Isaiah begins Chapter 32 ...
Jul 21, 2025•9 min•Season 6Ep. 87
Season 6, Podcast 86, Isaiah 31:1-9, “Seek the Lord.” Again, Isaiah speaks of the present and the future. It is a very difficult time for the southern tribes which comprise of the Tribe of Judah and the Tribe of Benjamin. The Tribe of Benjamin has virtually lost its identity for they are absorbed in the tribe of Judah. The Ten Tribes have divided. The Northern tribes, called Ephraim, have been attacked by Assyria and carried into captivity. Apparently many adopt the culture of the Assyrians. Dur...
Jul 18, 2025•11 min•Season 6Ep. 86
Season 6, Podcast 85, Isaiah 30:18-33, “Trust in the Lord Pt II.” As we continue with Isaiah 30, we learn that in the latter days, sometimes during the period of the Second Coming, the House of Judah shall return to the Lord, and he shall receive them with great mercy. Isaiah 30:18 And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. The cur...
Jul 16, 2025•9 min•Season 6Ep. 85
Season 6, Podcast 84, Isaiah 30:1-17, “Trust in the Lord Pt I.” A running theme in Isaiah is to trust in the Lord and not in man or nations, or unfruitful alliances. The verse found in Proverbs summarizes the theme. Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. The theme, of course, applies to all of us. In times of stress or danger or dire circumstances, it is not always an easy t...
Jul 14, 2025•10 min•Season 6Ep. 84
Season 6, Podcast 83, Isaiah 29:11-24, “Out of the Dust Pt. II.” In this podcast we continue with Isaiah 29. Isaiah 29:11-12 And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned. The book that is referred to contains all the records spoken ...
Jul 11, 2025•13 min•Season 6Ep. 83
Season 6, Podcast 82, Isaiah 29:1-10, “Out of the Dust Pt. I.” It has been well established that Isaiah, like John the Revelator, is the prophet of the future. Primarily the three periods Isaiah is speaking of are (1) the events that occur in his own day and in the near future of his own day. (2) the events that occur during the time of Christ including the Diaspora. (3) the events that occur in the latter days during the Second Coming of Christ, including the Millennium. A primary theme is the ...
Jul 09, 2025•13 min•Season 6Ep. 82
Season 6, Podcast 81, Isaiah 28:1-29, “Line upon Line.” The coming of Christ is at the center of Chapter 28 as clearly defined by the last verse. The purpose of Isaiah is to lead us to Christ; therefore, his teachings are meant to prepare us for his coming. Clearly Isaiah has the eye of a poet. He looks for analogies in ordinary things. He is talking to an agricultural society; therefore, he uses the familiar images of farming to teach how the Lord works. God is a God of law and order. God organ...
Jul 07, 2025•17 min•Season 6Ep. 81
Season 6, Podcast 80, Isaiah 27:1-13, “Gathering of Israel.” Isaiah speaks much about the Millennial Day. In Isaiah 28 he focuses on the gathering of Israel and pronounces extraordinary promises, perhaps greater than they have ever received. The story of the gathering of Israel is the story of the Christianity, for everyone who comes to Christ will be under the Abrahamic Covenant and receive all the blessings promised Israel. It appears that the final gathering will be at the Millennial Hour. By...
Jul 04, 2025•12 min•Season 4Ep. 80
Season 6, Podcast 79, Isaiah 26:1-21, “Resurrection.” In Chapter 25, Isaiah speaks of the resurrection. Isaiah 25:8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it. Chapter 26 continues the theme of the resurrection. All the children of God who are descendants of Adam and Eve who became subject to the fall will be resurrected. The resurrection is a fr...
Jul 02, 2025•12 min•Season 6Ep. 79
Season 6, Podcast 78, Isaiah 25:1-12, “Death Swallowed up in Victory.” Isaiah 24 deals with the devastation of the wicked just prior to the Second Coming. Isaiah 25 deals with the exaltation of the righteous. Isaiah 25 is an extension of the last verse of Isaiah 24. Isaiah 24:23. Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously. Isaiah praises the Lord. Isaiah 25:1 O Lord, thou art my Go...
Jun 30, 2025•8 min•Season 6Ep. 78
Season 6, Podcast 77, Isaiah 24:1-23, “The Last Days.” It is almost as if everything thus far in Isaiah was leading up to Chapter 24. It is very hard hitting, the first three verses describing the devastation of the earth just before the Second Coming of Christ. Since I am relying upon the poetic structure of Isaiah, I shall sometime refer to a group of verses as a stanza. Ancient Hebrew poetry did not use the English structure that we are used to such as sentences, paragraphs, headings, punctua...
Jun 27, 2025•16 min•Season 6Ep. 77
Season 6, Podcast 76, Isaiah 23:1-18, “Burden of Tyre.” Thus far Isaiah has listed the following states that shall be destroyed: Judah (The Southern Kingdom), Israel (the Northern Kingdom), Babylon, Assyria, Philistia (Philistines), Moab, Damascus (Syria), Ethiopia (Cush), Egypt, and Tyre. The theme is the same. They did not hearken to the Lord. History has shown that Isaiah’s prophecies were true. They are types and shadows of things to come in the latter days just before Christ appears again. ...
Jun 25, 2025•15 min•Season 6Ep. 76
Season 6, Podcast 75, Isaiah 22:1-25, “The Burden of the Valley of Vision.” As we have come to expect, the focus of Isaiah 22 is Christ. He holds the keys to the House of David. The central theme of Isaiah 22 is that because Judah rejected Christ, they shall be led into captivity. All those who are taken into captivity will die in captivity. At the time of the prophesy the Jews were under the threat of Assyria. They foolishly formed an alliance with Assyria against God’s wishes. However, they we...
Jun 23, 2025•13 min•Season 6Ep. 75
Season 6, Podcast 74, Isaiah 21:1-17, “Watchman on the Tower.” The fall of Babylon has become a recurring theme in Isaiah. It is profoundly reinforced in Daniel, and finally pronounced by John the Revelator. The fall of Babylon is compared to the sudden destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Historians tell us that at the height of its glory, Babylon controlled about 770,000 square miles, yet like Sodom and Gomorrah, it fell in one day under the cleverness of the Persians. Sodom and Gomorrah fell be...
Jun 20, 2025•15 min•Season 6Ep. 74
Season 6, Podcast 73, Isaiah 20:1-6, “The Fall of Egypt.” One very unique thing about Isaiah is that he was a man of his times. On the one hand, in today’s modern terminology, he would be a news anchor that reports the daily news. For example, Isaiah 20:1 1 In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it; Those are historical events. Historians tell us that Tartan was an Assyrian general sent by King Sargon to attack As...
Jun 18, 2025•11 min
Season 6, Podcast 72, Isaiah 19:1-25, “Redemption of Egypt and Assyria.” Egypt has played an extraordinary role in Biblical history. On the positive side, during a killing famine it became a sanctuary for the House of Israel, particularly during the days of Joseph who saved both Egypt and his father’s house from starvation. It was a sanctuary for Abraham. It was a sanctuary for Mary and Joseph and the child Jesus during Herod’s reign of terror. With all that, we remember Egypt for its cruelty to...
Jun 16, 2025•14 min•Season 6Ep. 72
