Samples From Isaiah & Contemporaries Micah and Hosea

P2SERVE MODULE 3 (M3L3)

O.T. Bible Books

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Moses Books 5

Historical Books 12

Poetic Books 5

Major Prophets 5

Minor Prophets 12

39

2nd Canonical Books 7

Total 39 + 7 = 46

Bible History

Isaiah

739 ------------------------------- 681

737 ---------------------------- 700

760 ------------------ 710

Assyrian Captivity

722

Babylonians Captivity

586

“… the treasure hid in the Scriptures is Christ, since He was pointed out by means of types and parables.” (St. Irenaeus of Lyons)

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The coming of Christ, and no one else, was watched by all generations since the fall of Adam. The Lord God was preparing the mind of man through many symbols, characters and prophecies regarding the coming of the Messiah

Prophecies

Typological Interpretation

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up

Typology Examples

• Noah’s Ark
• Flood
• Red Sea crossing
• Manna Bread
• Anointing oil
• Healing of Naaman of Syria
• Joseph, Moses, Melchizedek
• Two spies
• Jacob’s ladder
• Rock that followed Israel in the wilderness

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• The church
• Baptism
• Baptism
• Eucharist
• Holy Myron
• Baptism
• Christ
• Old and New Testament
• Virgin Mary
• Christ

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Persons

Material

Things

Places

Persons: Ishak – Adam

Material Things: The Lamb of Pascha – The Serpent

Places: Cities of refuge

التفسير الرمزى - Typological

• Isaiah’s name means the “salvation of Yahweh.
• Isaiah prophesied from 739–681 BC (through 722 & before 586).
• Isaiah was from a royal family, married to a prophetess who bore him two sons (Isaiah 7:3; 8:3).
• He prophesied under the reign of four Judean king; Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah and he was martyred by the fifth, Manasseh.
• Most of the book is Poetic and is called the Fifth Gospel as it provides us with the most comprehensive prophetic picture of Jesus Christ in the entire OT.

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Isaiah

• 66 Chapter into 3 major parts:
• The Message of Judgment and Promise (1-35)
• The Deliverance of Judah (36-39)
• The Book Of Comfort (40-66)
• Mega themes:
• Holiness, Punishment, Salvation, Messiah, Hope

Book of Isaiah

List of some

Messianic prophecies

Isaiah 7:14

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“Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.”

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The Birth of Jesus

Jesus the Son of David

Isaiah 11:1-2

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“There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots. The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.”

John the Baptist

Isaiah 40:3

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“The voice of one crying in the wilderness: “Prepare the way of the Lord; Make straight in the desert A highway for our God.”

The ministry of Jesus

Isaiah 61:1

“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me,

Because the Lord has anointed Me

To preach good tidings to the poor;

He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,

To proclaim liberty to the captives,

And the opening of the prison to those who are bound.”

The Messiah would be rejected

Isaiah 53:1

“Who has believed our report?

And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

He carried our grief ( the result of sin)

Isaiah 53:4

“Surely He has borne our griefs

And carried our sorrows.”

&�Our healing

Isaiah 53:5

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“But He was wounded for our transgressions,

He was bruised for our iniquities;

The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,

And by His stripes we are healed.”

The wounds of love�

He is numbered with the transgressors

Isaiah 53:12

“Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great,

And He shall divide the spoil with the strong,

Because He poured out His soul unto death,

And He was numbered with the transgressors,

And He bore the sin of many,

And made intercession for the transgressors.”

He carried our sins

Isaiah 53:6

“All we like sheep have gone astray;

We have turned, every one, to his own way;

And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.”

His obedience

Isaiah 53:7

“He was oppressed and He was afflicted,

Yet He opened not His mouth;

He was led as a lamb to the slaughter,

And as a sheep before its shearers is silent,

So He opened not His mouth.”

His death

Isaiah 53:8

“He was taken from prison and from judgment,

And who will declare His generation?

For He was cut off from the land of the living;

For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.”

His burial

Isaiah 53:9

“And they made His grave with the wicked—

But with the rich at His death,

Because He had done no violence,

Nor was any deceit in His mouth.”

The pleasure of salvation

Isaiah 53:10

“Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him;

He has put Him to grief.

When You make His soul an offering for sin,

He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days,

And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand.”

• Micah’s (abbreviation from Micaiah) means “Who is like Yahweh”
• Micah from the tripe of Ephraim (a prophet of both Israel & Judah) contemporary of Isaiah prophesied from 737–696 BC.
• He prophesies of;
• judgment on Israel and Judah, and restoration;
• and the coming and reign of Messiah.

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• “Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy. (7:18 NIV)

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Micah

• 7 Chapter into 3 major parts:
• Judgement (1-3)
• Promise (4-5)
• Hope (6-7) -
• Mega theme: The Ruler of Israel - a just yet a merciful God.

Book of Micah

List of some

Messianic prophecies

The Incarnation

Micah 1:3

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Look! The Lord is coming from his dwelling place;

he comes down and treads on the heights of the earth.

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Micah 5:2

“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,

Though you are little among the thousands of Judah,

Yet out of you shall come forth to Me

The One to be Ruler in Israel,

Whose goings forth are from of old,

From [a]everlasting.”

Incarnation (Mt 2:5, Micah 5:2)

Place of His birth

His Suffering

Micah 2:8

Lately my people have risen up

like an enemy.

You strip off the rich robe

from those who pass by without a care,

like men returning from battle.

Holy Baptism – Amazing description of God

Micah 7:18, 19

Who is a God like you,

who pardons sin and forgives the transgression

of the remnant of his inheritance?

You do not stay angry forever

but delight to show mercy.

You will again have compassion on us;

you will tread our sins underfoot

and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.

• Hosea’s name means “Yahweh saves”.
• Hosea (a prophet of Israel) contemporary of Isaiah, prophesied from 760–710 BC, witnessed the Assyrian captivity 722 BC.
• Hosea, was first commanded to marry a prostitute (1:2)
• The Lord gave the names for Hosea's three children, names that symbolized God's divine judgments against Israel.
• A son Jezreel (1:3) “God sows”, a daughter, Lo-ruhamah (1:6). "Ruhamah is stemming from the root word raham meaning deep love or mercy related to the womb”,“ a son called Lo-ammi (1:8) "not my people." This was the most devastating name yet. The Lord was rejecting the people of Israel in their sinful state.

Hosea

• 14 Chapter into 2 major parts:
• Unfaithful wife and faithful Husband (1-3)
• Unfaithful Nation and faithful God (4-14)

Book of Hosea

• It was not by means of vision alone which were seen, and words which were proclaimed, but also with actual works, that God was beheld by the prophets.

• Mega theme: The relationship of the Lord with His people, Bridegroom & Bride - The Lover of the unfaithful

List of some

Messianic prophecies

The Incarnation

Hosea 1:7

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Yet I will show love to Judah; and I will save them not by bow, sword or battle, or by horses and horsemen, but I, the Lord their God, will save them.”

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The wounds of Love & our Healing

Hosea 6:1

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Come, and let us return to the Lord;

For He has torn, but He will heal us;

He has stricken, but He will bind us up.

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(St Cyprian and St Cyril of Jerusalem)

The Resurrection

Hosea 6:2

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After two days He will revive us;

On the third day He will raise us up,

That we may live in His sight.

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(St Cyprian and St Cyril of Jerusalem)

The Lord’s Passion @ the seat of Pilate

Hosea 7:13

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“Woe to them, for they have fled from Me!

Destruction to them,

Because they have transgressed against Me!

Though I redeemed them,

Yet they have spoken lies against Me.

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(St Cyril of Alexandria)

The rejection of the Jews

Hosea 9:17

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My God will cast them away,

Because they did not obey Him;

And they shall be wanderers among the nations.

Jesus was sent to Herod

Hosea 10:6

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The idol also shall be carried to Assyria

As a present for King Jareb.

Ephraim shall receive shame,

And Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.

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(Justin Martyr)

The Flight into Egypt

Hosea 11:1

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“When Israel was a child, I loved him,

and out of Egypt I called my son.

Salvation & Resurrection

Hosea 13:14 (NASB)

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Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol?

Shall I redeem them from death?

Death, where are your thorns?

Sheol, where is your sting?

Compassion will be hidden from My sight.