The God of the World and History

Isaiah 13-27

About the Sermon

With this sermon we begin a new five-part series through the book of Isaiah, A Vision of Two Cities. The Book of Isaiah includes a number of familiar lines. For example, it was Isaiah who said of Christ, “they will call His name Immanuel,” and that the Messiah would be “crushed for our iniquities.” But who was Isaiah and what was the whole of his message? Hearing these familiar lines in the context of the book’s overall message will add depth to our gospel and strength to our witness. The Book of Isaiah can be broken down nicely into five parts, and so we will work through Isaiah in five sermons.

About the Series

The book of Isaiah is the most quoted portion of the Old Testament in the New Testament. Clearly, it’s an important portion of Scripture. But if you’ve ever read through Isaiah, you might relate with the feeling of being lost. In this high-level series through Isaiah, we take a tour of this magnificent book. In the course of the series we come to see the unity and beauty of Isaiah’s prophecy. Isaiah opens with a vision of God’s people in rebellion and sin, and closes with a vision of a shining, singing, and secure city. How does the Jerusalem of chapter 1 become the Jerusalem of the end of the book given the unapproachable holiness of God, and how can we find ourselves in it? That’s the question we seek to answer together.
The book of Isaiah is the most quoted portion of the Old Testament in the New Testament. Clearly, it’s an important portion of Scripture. But if you’ve ever read through Isaiah, you might relate with the feeling of being lost. In this high-level series through Isaiah, we take a tour of this magnificent book. In the course of the series we come to see the unity and beauty of Isaiah’s prophecy. Isaiah opens with a vision of God’s people in rebellion and sin, and closes with a vision of a shining, singing, and secure city. How does the Jerusalem of chapter 1 become the Jerusalem of the end of the book given the unapproachable holiness of God, and how can we find ourselves in it? That’s the question we seek to answer together.

Sermons in the Series