Isaiah 40:1-5, 28-31
The Promise of Peace (vv. 1-5)
The voice of consolation
The voice of expectation
The voice of resolution
The Power of Peace (vv. 28-31)
Focus on God’s power (Isaiah 26:3-4)
Faith in God’s provision
- He gives power
- He gives perseverance
More to Consider
An Introduction to the God of Israel (40:1–26): This chapter describes eight attributes of God.
- His mercy (40:1–2)
1.He comforts (40:1): He wants his people to be comforted.
2.He forgives (40:2): Jerusalem has been pardoned and punished in full for her sins.
- His glory (40:3–5)
1.The messenger (40:3): Isaiah predicts the ministry of John the Baptist.
2.The message (40:4–5): John calls Israel to repentance in preparation for the glorious appearance of the Messiah.
- His eternality (40:6–9): God’s word stands forever, unlike people, and his people are called to proclaim the Lord’s coming.
- His gentleness (40:11): God will treat his own with the same tenderness a shepherd displays for his flock.
- His omnipotence (40:10, 12, 26): He is master over all nature.
- His omniscience (40:13–14): He knows and understands all things and needs no one to counsel or advise him.
- His sovereignty (40:15–17, 21–24)
1.All nations are as a drop in the bucket, as dust on the scales to him (40:15–17).
2.He is enthroned above the circle of the earth (40:21–22): He spreads out the heavens like a curtain and makes his tent from them.
3.He rules over all people (40:23–24).
- His uniqueness (40:18–20, 25): He cannot be compared to anyone or anything. HL. Willmington, The Outline Bible (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 1999), Is 40:1–20.
