It seems like (in any leaning situation) the teacher gleans more knowledge than even the students! In the case of the Website here … the readers, you dear readers.

Well, last night as I prepared for today’s Lesson … I learned how dramatically marked the difference really is between Isaiah chapter 39 and Isaiah chapter 40.

Let me show you.

Isaiah 39:5-7 (the chapter only has 8 verses) relates: “Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts: Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD. And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. “

The Wrath of God!

Then, without any chapters divisions in the original Isaiah Scroll, immediately God says (Isaiah 40:1) … “Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem.”

The Grace of God!

Wow!

This too … the Judgment Verses are spoken by one person, the verbs being singular.

But the Comfort Verses are spoken by several persons! Those verb bring plural!

“But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.” Romans 5:20, triple Grace instead of singular judgment!

One voice of condemnation, though inspired and truthful.

Three voices (maybe Voices) of comfort, keeping consonant with the manifold Mercy of our great God!

Three voices, Brother Bagwell?

Isaiah 40:3 … “The VOICE of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.” Jesus is coming!

Isaiah 40:6-8 … “The VOICE said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: the grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.” The eternal Word of God!

Then Isaiah 40:9 … O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy VOICE with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!”

Triple Grace!

Triple Comfort!

Triple Love!

From our Triune God!

Wow again.

— Dr. Mike Bagwell

I am getting excited about our Isaiah “Class,” more than ever!

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