Isaiah chapters 59 to 61 address human sin, God's forgiveness, and universal salvation. They call all people to repentance and explain the consequences of rejecting it. While humanity is separated from God by sin, God offers forgiveness to all who accept it through faith alone, not works. Jesus came to preach good news to the poor, proclaim liberty to captives, and comfort the afflicted. His work was not judgment but offering God's favor. Ultimately, God will take vengeance on his enemies, but today he calls all to repentance and salvation.
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3. Personal salvation:
The nature of sin. Isaiah 59:1-15
Forgiveness is offered. Isaiah 59:16-21
The work of the redeemed. Isaiah 60
Universal salvation:
The year of the Lord’s favor. Isaiah 61:1-3
The day of vengeance. Isaiah 61:2
Isaiah chapters 59 to 61 address the human inclination to sin and its
consequences.
They also address God’s inclination to forgiveness and the plan of salvation.
In these chapters there’s also a universal call to repentance–both from God
and from His people–, and the consequences of rejecting it are explained.
4. Faced with the question “Why […] have You not seen; […] and why
did You take no notice?” (Isaiah 58:3), God’s response was: “The
Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; nor His ear heavy,
that it cannot hear.” (Isaiah 59:1)
Then (in v. 2), He explained that the problem is not God, but
humanity. Sin separates humanity from God. Humanity’s response
to this separation is to run away from God and to surrender to sin
(Genesis 3:8).
If we keep giving in to sin and we don’t
want to come to God (that is, we silence the
voice of the Holy Spirit), then the
impassable breach between God and us will
never go away.
5. “Do not listen to the enemy’s suggestion to stay
away from Christ until you have made yourself
better; until you are good enough to come to
God. If you wait until then, you will never
come. When Satan points to your filthy
garments, repeat the promise of Jesus, ‘Him
that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out.’
John 6:37. Tell the enemy that the blood of
Jesus Christ cleanses from all sin.”
E.G.W. (Christ’s Object Lessons, cp. 16, p. 205)
6. “‘The Redeemer will come to Zion, and to those who turn
from transgression in Jacob,’ says the Lord.” (Isaiah 59:20)
What’s the key to Redemption?
1. If it was to stop sinning for good, then we’d have a
serious problem because “there is none who does
good.” (Romans 3:12)
2. It is to accept the forgiveness that God offers. This is
the right way (Isaiah 1:18; Jeremiah 31:34). And we
can get it for free! (Romans 3:24).
Repentance and a desire to abandon sin are
necessary for true repentance (Acts 3:19). The faith
that we are saved by is shown by our works
(James 2:18).
What does “to turn from transgression” mean?
7. “Grace is unmerited favor, and the believer
is justified without any merit of his own,
without any claim to offer to God. He is
justified through the redemption that is in
Christ Jesus, who stands in the courts of
heaven as the sinner’s substitute and
surety […] Faith works by love and purifies
the soul. Faith buds and blossoms and bears
a harvest of precious fruit. Where faith is,
good works appear.”
E.G.W. (Selected Messages, book 1, cp. 62, p. 398)
8. “The Gentiles shall come to your light, and kings to the
brightness of your rising.” (Isaiah 60:3)
Those who have received the light of Redemption should reflect
that light and light up the world with it (Matthew 5:14).
God promised the following to everyone who accepts Redemption: “The sun shall no longer
be your light by day, nor for brightness shall the moon give light to you; but the Lord will be
to you an everlasting light, and your God your glory.” (Isaiah 60:19)
Noah was “a preacher of righteousness” in
the antediluvian world (2P. 2:5)
God’s covenant with Abraham included a
blessing for all the nations (Gn. 22:18)
Jesus commissioned the Church to spread the
Gospel “to the end of the earth” (Acts 1:8)
9. “It is our privilege to open our hearts
and let the Saviour in. Let us praise
Him for the brightness of His
presence. Let us carry the sunshine of
His love on our countenances and
bring it into our words. Then His joy
will be in us, and our joy will be full.”
E.G.W. (The Upward Look, May 8)
10. What was the Messiah’s work during
“the year of the Lord’s favor”?
1. To preach good tidings to the poor
2. To heal the brokenhearted
3. To proclaim liberty to the captives
4. To proclaim the opening of the prison to the
prisoners
5. To comfort all who mourn
6. To give those who mourn in Zion:
a) Beauty for ashes
b) The oil of joy for mourning
c) The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness
Is this only Jesus’ work (Luke 4:16-21)? Or is it also
our work to announce “the year of the Lord’s favor”?
11. “Walk humbly with God, and ask Him to
make your course of duty plain. When He
speaks to His representatives and asks
them to be laborers together with Him,
they will do the same kind of work that
Jesus announced as His work when He
stood up to read in the synagogue at
Nazareth.”
E.G.W. (Testimonies for the Church, book 9, cp. 22, p. 202)
12. “To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and
the day of vengeance of our God.” (Isaiah 61:2)
When Jesus was reading from Isaiah while in Nazareth, He
stopped just before “the day of vengeance.” Why?
One day God will take vengeance on His enemies and will do
justice (Is. 63:4; Nah. 1:9; 2Ths. 1:8; Rev. 19:15). He will do so
with equity, then every knee will bow before His perfect justice
(Is. 45:23; Phil. 2:9-11).
The work of Jesus in
that moment was
not to judge the
world (John 12:47).
Vengeance could
wait.
Today is not the moment to
expect God’s ultimate justice yet.
We’re encouraged to leave
vengeance to God
(Romans 12:20).
13. “Could those whose hearts are filled with hatred
of God, of truth and holiness, mingle with the
heavenly throng and join their songs of praise?
Could they endure the glory of God and the Lamb?
No, no […] A life of rebellion against God has
unfitted them for heaven. Its purity, holiness, and
peace would be torture to them […] The destiny of
the wicked is fixed by their own choice. Their
exclusion from heaven is voluntary with
themselves, and just and merciful on the part of
God.” E.G.W. (The Great Controversy, cp. 33, p. 542)