Isaiah is replete with promises of a future time—in that day—when God will restore all things to his original design. One beautiful aspect of this future kingdom is the absence of death, mourning, and tears. Another is the trumpet call to signal the return of Jesus for his church.
Author: Eva Burkholder
You Are Invited to God’s Banquet
Isaiah foresees a great feast that all are invited to. This banquet (also called the marriage supper of the Lamb) is the glorious future celebration of all who are in the kingdom of God. There we will commemorate the final defeat of his enemies, but also the unifying (“marrying”) of Christ with his church (“his bride”).
Roots, Shoots, Stumps, and Branches
References to Jesus are smattered throughout the book of Isaiah. A primary designation is the tree metaphor complete with roots, shoots, stumps and branches.
A Steadfast Mind
After a long, hard slog through chapters 13–24 of Isaiah—prophecy after prophecy of judgment on the nations—a familiar and dearly loved promise jumps from the text: "You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you." Isaiah 26:3 NIV
Isaiah Offers Hope in the Hard
In the middle of the “weighty messages from God” (oracles) that Isaiah delivers to the nations surrounding Israel (Is 13–24), he continues to give us glimpses of hope—God’s compassion, peace, justice, righteousness, deliverance, salvation—on his people, his handiwork, his inheritance.
A Remnant Will Return
A remnant will return. A remnant will be saved. A remnant chosen by grace. Always, there has been a remnant—a small surviving group. Abraham and Isaac, Noah and his family, Lot and his daughters, Joseph and his family in Egypt, Elijah and 70,000 prophets, those who returned from exile in Assyria and Babylon, and now the Church of Jesus Christ.
Remember God Is With Us
The nation of Judah faced an impending invasion from two neighboring nations. This threat left them shaking like the trees in the forest in a windstorm. So King Ahaz made an alliance with an even larger nation—Assyria—rather than run to the Holy One, God Almighty. Then God gave Ahaz and Judah a promise, a sign, a reminder that he had not abandoned them and they should rely on him alone.
I Am Holy Because He Is Holy Holy Holy
“In the year that King Uzziah died,” [Isaiah] saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on the throne” (Isaiah 6:3 NIV). But while Uzziah left his earthy throne vacant, someone still sat on that throne. The Apostle John identifies that someone. “Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about him." Isaiah goes on to describe the Lord/Jesus.
