The central theological perspective of prophetic preaching was that Israel’s God was in control of all people, nature, and power in heaven and earth. God is the first and the last (Isa. 48:12); the One who created the world of nature and human beings (Isa. 44:24; 45:12). He established the nations and controls them (Isa. 40:15–17; 44:7). God planned both the former things that happened in the past and the things to come in the future (48:3–6). God raised up ruling kings and
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