{"id":16694,"date":"2020-04-03T07:19:36","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T14:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=16694"},"modified":"2020-04-03T07:19:43","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T14:19:43","slug":"the-prophetic-implications-of-the-sixty-six-books-of-the-bible-in-isaiah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2020\/04\/03\/the-prophetic-implications-of-the-sixty-six-books-of-the-bible-in-isaiah\/","title":{"rendered":"The Prophetic Implications of the Sixty Six Books of the Bible in Isaiah"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Isaiah 1\u201366<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article was inspired by the comments made on this blog a few months back by John from Tasmania. He got me thinking about it, and I researched it out, and this article is a result of that. Thank you John!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A case can be made that the first 39 chapters of the Isaiah <\/strong>are representative of the 39 books of the Old Testament or Tanakh, and that the last 27 chapters of Isaiah focus more on the coming Messiah, the preaching of the gospel as contained in the 27 books of the New Testament or Testimony of Yeshua.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isaiah Part One (chapters 1\u201339) focuses on calling national Israel to repentance for its spiritual apostasy and predicts judgment upon her if she fails to turn from her wicked way. YHVH\u2019s judgment against Israel largely comes at the hands of those heathen nations surrounding Israel. Isaiah devotes a many chapters pronouncing divine judgment upon those nations, who touched YHVH\u2019s anointed Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amidst the woeful message of Israel\u2019s apostasy and impending judgment, the prophet also offers many glimmers of hope for backslid Israel including giving prophecies concerning the coming Messiah, the return of Israel\u2019s captive exiles, the Messianic Age or Millennium that will come upon the earth at the end of days, as well the coming of what has become known as the New Testament or the Testimony of Yeshua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Part Two of Isaiah (chapters 40\u201366), the central theme is the Messiah, his coming kingdom\u2014in short, the message of the gospel. In fact, the term gospel<\/em> or good news<\/em> originates from the book of Isaiah. Also included in this section of the book are numerous prophecies concerning the regathering of the Israelite exiles back to the land of Israel, divine judgment against heathen nations, the Millennium, the New or Everlasting Covenant, the rebuilding of the temple and the rebirth of the nation of Israel in the end times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is evident that there is thematic overlap and commonality between part one and two of the book of Isaiah. This is because the message of repentance from sin, divine judgment against sin, the mercy of YHVH and redemption of his people are relevant universally applicable down through ages because people don\u2019t change and neither do YHVH\u2019s standards or righteousness. However, in my opinion, Isaiah part two seems to place more emphasis what gospel themes, hence it\u2019s prophetic allusions to the Testimony of Yeshua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, let\u2019s make an overview list of the main themes of each section of Isaiah and with their corresponding chapters, so that you can see what we\u2019re talking about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isaiah Chapters 1\u201339<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n