Dec 31 – Final Thoughts
We have spent a year with Isaiah. He is a prophet, social reformer, and statesman. He is elegant in his presentation and powerful in his imagery. He uses word pictures and colorful illustrations to get his point against. His ability to use language for spiritual truth is beyond comparison. He is equal to Ezra in scholarly presentation and on the level of Daniel and Joseph for impact to His generation.
Isaiah gives us more than one hundred prophecies about the Messiah. No other author in the Old Testament can make that claim. He truly was a man who saw tomorrow. Thousands of years before it happens, he saw the 1000-year reign of the Messiah. He saw the New Heaven and New Earth. Isaiah looks in the prophetic future and sees what John saw hundreds of years later. Isaiah had the ability to touch the elite and the humble. I can truly say that after spending this year with Isaiah that we have been truly blessed. He is the master communicator and storyteller.
