Victory Fellowship Bible Study
273 23rd St. S.W., Barberton, OH 44203
Wednesdays at 7pm - Roderick D. Grabski (330) 858-0223
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Session Twenty-eight: The Savior Is Not Silent
1) GATHERING and OPENING PRAYER
2) READ / LISTEN to Isaiah 62:1 – 64:12
a) What are your initial impressions? Questions? Notable differences in translations?
i) Compare 63:19 - 64:5
3) IN A NUTSHELL:
God answers Israel’s complaints by breaking His silence and promising renewed greatness and glory for Israel. He calls Israel to prepare the way for nations to come to Jerusalem and worship, because God is making His people into a holy people. God comes from Edom in blood-stained clothes, showing He is already at work defeating the enemies and showing Himself mighty to save for Israel. The prophet gives Israel a lament in which they remember God’s great saving deeds of the past and how they grieved God’s Spirit, making Him their enemy. So Israel calls on God to quit hardening their hearts with the result that they did not walk in His ways. They ask Him to return to them and restore them as He did in the ancient past. Confessing their sins, Israel asks God not to be angry and to forgive their sins. They wonder if God will keep silent and keep punishing them.
4) THE RESTLESS REDEEMER: (62:1-12)
a) (vv. 1-5) God will bring salvation to His people in plain sight of all the nations.
b) (vv. 6-9) God will not rest until the whole earth praises Jerusalem.
c) (vv. 10-12) God will redeem a Holy, righteous people.
5) A BLOOD-STAINED, DIVINE WARRIOR: (63:1-6)
a) In His anger, God brings the day of vengeance against His enemies.
i) Genesis 36:8; Jeremiah 49:13; Ezekiel 25:12-14; Amos 1:11
b) This passage is similar to Isaiah 59:15-20.
6) PRAYING FOR THE PROMISES OF THE FATHER: (63:7 - 64:12)
a) (vv. 7-14) Memories of Mercy.
i) (vs. 9) Who is The Angel of His Presence?
b) (vv. 15-19) Penance for Sin.
c) (vv. 16 & 64:8) Two of the few places in the O.T. where God is called Father.
i) (Deut. 32:6; Psalm 68:5; 89:26)
d) (64:1-7) Appeal for Help.
e) (vv. 8-12) Request for Forgiveness.
7) THE SPIRIT OF GOD - hwhy jwr (51x’s in Isaiah; 378 in OT)
a) See chart below. (Life Application Study Bible, NLT, 2nd ed., Tyndale House, 2004, p. 1191)
8) APPLICATION:
a) Expect Jesus to return soon. (Revelation 22:7, 12, 20)
b) Consider all the reasons and ways you have to praise God. (Psalm 150:2)
c) Ask God to forgive every sin you’ve committed. (1 John 1:8-10)
9) WRAP UP and CLOSE IN PRAYER
LAST LESSON:
Future For The Faithful - Read Isaiah 65:1 – 66:24 to prepare.
