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The Book of Isaiah and God’s Kingdom: A Thematic—Theological Approach is unavailable, but you can change that!

The book of Isaiah has nourished the church throughout the centuries. However, its massive size can be intimidating; its historical setting can seem distant, opaque, varied; its organization and composition can seem disjointed and fragmented; its abundance of terse, poetic language can make its message seem veiled—and where are those explicit prophecies about Christ? These are typical experiences...

to join in perceiving what was seen, now through the written word. The first four verses attempt to portray this ineffable vision. The account begins with the ‘who’, the main focus of what Isaiah saw: ‘the Lord’. While those reading in English might quickly bypass ‘Lord’, the use of ‘Lord’ (’ădōnāy), not ‘LORD’ (yhwh), is telling. Having just set this vision during the death year of a ‘king’ (melek), the prophet uses the title ‘Lord’ to highlight God’s sovereignty.3 In fact, six of the seven titles
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