Quick Compelling Bible Study Vol. 40: Tis the Season, Isaiah Foretells the Coming of Christ by Myra Kahn Adams for Red State
GNN Note – Can we get shout of praise for the King of kings, the Savior of the world, the Way and the Truth and the Life. The great I Am./END
This week we continue studying the real “reason for the season” found in the Word of God — gift wrapped in light and love with free shipping for eternity.
The idea for this study was conceived in church last Sunday after I listened to the Old Testament reading from Isaiah 61:1-2.
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Isaiah is considered the greatest of all the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) prophets, and his name means “The Lord saves.” Two of his passages are personal favorites previously discussed in Vol. 3 and Vol. 11.
In Isaiah 61:1-2 — written around 711 years before the birth of Christ — Isaiah (the assumed writer, although challenged by some scholars) prophesied a narrative of the Messiah’s impact on humankind. And that is precisely why the passage is read in churches during the “Advent season” (Nov. 29 – Dec. 24) as the church anticipates the Savior’s birth.
The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn (Isaiah 61:1-2).
Isaiah envisions a Holy One who would proclaim the “year of the Lord’s favor,” empowering people while releasing them from the bondage of sin. In the Advent season, Christians prepare to celebrate God who became man — an infant born amidst the most humble of circumstances — whose purpose in living was to suffer and die as a sacrifice for the redemption of the sins of the world. But death could not contain Him.
