Isaiah
Who is involved?
A prophet, Isaiah son of Amoz, whose death is described in Hebrews 11:37
The nation of Judah
What is happening?
Isaiah prophesied during the reign of King Uzziah, King Jotham, King Ahaz, and King Hezekiah. This Old Testament book is the most comprehensive on the life and ministry of Jesus Christ.
Where is it happening?
It is likely that Isaiah lived in Jerusalem.
When is it happening?
Approximately 740 and 680 BC
Why is it happening?
The nation of Judah had turned away from God. They stopped serving God with humility and God made known that their sacrifices were meaningless to Him. The people of Judah turned their backs on God and didn’t want to be with Him. God equipped and called Isaiah to prophesy judgment on the people of Judah. God wanted the people to know that He gives salvation freely to anyone who will accept His offer.
How does it point to Jesus?
It was in the year King Uzziah died that I saw the Lord. He was sitting on a lofty throne, and the train of his robe filled the Temple. | Isaiah 6:1
See, God has come to save me. I will trust in him and not be afraid. The Lord God is my strength and my song; he has given me victory. | Isaiah 12:2
Who has believed our message? To whom has the Lord revealed his powerful arm? My servant grew up in the Lord’s presence like a tender green shoot, like a root in dry ground. There was nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance, nothing to attract us to him. He was despised and rejected—a man of sorrows, acquainted with the deepest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way. He was despised, and we did not care. Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins! But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed. All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the Lord laid on him the sins of us all. He was oppressed and treated harshly, yet he never said a word. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. And as a sheep is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth. Unjustly condemned, he was led away. No one cared that he died without descendants, that his life was cut short in midstream. But he was struck down for the rebellion of my people. He had done no wrong and had never deceived anyone. But he was buried like a criminal; he was put in a rich man’s grave. But it was the Lord’s good plan to crush him and cause him grief. Yet when his life is made an offering for sin, he will have many descendants. He will enjoy a long life, and the Lord’s good plan will prosper in his hands. When he sees all that is accomplished by his anguish, he will be satisfied. And because of his experience, my righteous servant will make it possible for many to be counted righteous, for he will bear all their sins. I will give him the honors of a victorious soldier because he exposed himself to death. He was counted among the rebels. He bore the sins of many and interceded for rebels. | Isaiah 53:1-12
