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Isaiah 1:1 – The Vision of Isaiah

We are going to be studying Isaiah using notes written by Rev. Phil Pockras of the American RP Church.

The name Isaiah means the salvation of the Lord. How appropriate that one with this name speaks about the coming salvation of the Lord. Through Isaiah, God gave knowledge of salvation to his people, prophesying very clearly of the person, work, and redemption that would come through Jesus Christ.

Some say this isn’t really a prophecy, and some unknown guy, claiming to be Isaiah, wrote about these things after they’d already happened. No. Only God can enable anyone to see things in this way and to understand what He gives. This is why all the Scripture is called revelation because God reveals it to the prophets and the apostles, so that they can reveal it to us.

The subject of the prophecy is Judah and Jerusalem. God deals with his professed people, to those who are hypocrites and apostates and to the remnant, the true Israel of God, the true Church within Judah and Jerusalem. To them God gives this word. To them God gives instruction. To them God gives reproof and threatening. But as well to them God gives comfort and encouragement.

Isaiah prophesies long and faithfully. He speaks to people of the need to repent and believe upon the One who is coming. But you know that we can preach, we can talk until we are blue in the face, but only God in Christ by His Spirit can give success to the gospel. Does that mean then that we leave aside the preaching? No. This is why Isaiah persisted. For he trusted that the same God who gave the vision, would give to his true people the ability to understand and to receive His Word. Just as Isaiah, you must be praying and laboring for the Gospel. For just as God gave victory to His Word then, so He will give victory to the Word as it is preached today.

Questions

  1. What does the name Isaiah mean?
  2. What is the subject of this prophecy?

Prayer Points

  1. Pray for the success of the Gospel.
  2. Use prayer points from your congregation.
  3. Pray for family matters.