Bible Reading Challenge - Episode 83 - Isaiah 1-5, Psalm 148, Acts 8, John 1

We begin Isaiah today. The prophecies of Isaiah are interconnected throughout the New Testament. Jesus was the fulfillment of dozens of prophecies. In the aftermath of the resurrection of Christ, it was the prophecies of Isaiah that helped people make sense of John the Baptist and Jesus. God’s masterpiece, laid forth centuries before Jesus, has continued to be fleshed out over the millennia.
We will be in Isaiah for a while. Do your best to see the many layers on which these prophecies operate. It might be worth spending some time to learn the history of ancient Israel, its dispersion under the Babylonians, then its reconstitution. The brokenness of the covenant people, and their eventual restoration by a loving God who overlooks their many infractions, provides the same hope for Christians today. The Lord, I believe, will fulfill his promises to the Jews. We who are in Christ have an even richer promise. God is faithful. His prophecies show this. Enjoy!

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Love the angel sending Philip along the desert road. The whole world needs the gospel, but he obediently goes where sent, even if seemingly sparse or deserted. One never knows what God has in store for us to do, meet, or share to, even in the desert.

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I have always wondered if he was sort of teleported.