Religious scholars discuss the rise of Israel at Second Coming in Isaiah chapters 65 and 66. Religious scholars discuss the Isaiah chapters in the Book of Mormon and why Nephi included them.
A particular verse of scripture has been haunting me lately. I hear it as an indictment of an aspect of my personal life. First, it was a lectionary text in Epiphany. Then I found it in the unifying ...
Why do we Jews fast on Yom Kippur? Is the fast meaningful or do we just do it out of habit or because of peer pressure (“Everyone is fasting”). Do we fast with kavannah, serious intentionality?
Isaiah knew his congregation. His word from the Lord spoke into the chaos and confusion of a people who had suffered not only a disruption of life, but also a disrupted understanding of God. Their ...
This wondrous prophecy sets forth Jesus Christ and his saving work with a clarity that is equaled by few books of the Old Testament. Hence Isaiah has rightly become known as the “evangelical” prophet.
Bible scholar John MacArthur notes that these prophecies begin in Genesis, in the Garden, with God cursing Eve. It is in this ...
Then I said, “Woe is me, I am doomed! For I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!” Then one of the seraphim flew to me, ...