In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He [Jesus Christ -Yeshua]
was in the beginning with God.
ISAIAH
The Book of Isaiah is the first of the five books of the
Major Prophets in the Old Testament. The name Isaiah is
Latin for the Hebrew name Yeshaiah meaning, “Yahweh [God] is
Salvation”. The book contains sixty-six chapters, equal to
the number of books in the Holy Bible. Isaiah speaks of hope
in the Messiah in the final twenty-seven chapters. The New
Testament also speaks of hope in the Messiah; it contains
twenty-seven books. The prophecies of Obadiah,
Joel, Jonah,
Amos, Hosea, Isaiah and
Micah overlapped in an era from c. 845-710 BC
with Isaiah c. 760- 670 BC.
The name Isaiah (God is salvation) is most appropriate. The word
salvation appears more times in this book than in all the other
prophetic books combined. Warning, judgment and hope are the three
thematic messages Isaiah brings to Israel and the Gentile nations for
both present and future times. Warning and judgment are for unrepentant
sin while hope is for the forgiveness of sin and salvation. The theme of
hope centers on Jesus Christ, the Messiah. Isaiah prophesied the
first and second advents of Christ, from His birth to His restoration of
Israel and His eternal reign on the throne of David in Jerusalem.
Isaiah prophesied judgment of the Gentile nations for his
contemporary time as well as for the end times, the era of time in which
we live today. The judgment and destruction of nations will occur during
the seven-year tribulation, which will begin at the end of the church
age, which is the age of grace. Those who have accepted Christ as Lord and
Savior will escape the tribulation.
Isaiah 1-35: Warnings of judgments against the nations; God’s
invitation to repentance
Isaiah 36-39: Israel falls to Assyria; Isaiah prophesy Judah's
captivity by the Babylonians
Isaiah 40-57: Comfort of deliverance; Isaiah prophesy Israel’s
restoration by the Messiah
Isaiah 58-66: Isaiah prophesy the eternal future of
Israel