Isaiah 40
9 O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!
10 Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
The good news is synonymous with the gospel. Is there any other gospel for us besides the fact that Jesus died on the cross and resurrected?
Why does Isaiah 40:9 command to proclaim the good news to Zion and Jerusalem, and then say, 'Behold your God'? and What cities do the cities of Judah refer to?
Why are they instructed to proclaim the good news, the gospel, to the cities of Judah?
God reveals Himself in a chosen generation.
The Most High is with us in THIS Generation to testify His Son and to demonstrate His righteousness.
1Peter 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;
I believe that the contents of the Old Testament prophecies are fulfilled in this generation, the one Jesus referred to, in which we currently live. I also believe that God teaches us the truth directly in this generation. It might seem like a kind of time reversal, but it is a fact.
Look at the Almighty! It's His concept of time, where anything is possible. Then, what is the evidence that our generation is the chosen one? The Bible mentions generations very frequently. From all the prophecies of the Old Testament to the words of Jesus in the New Testament, they all point to One chosen generation in which everything will be fulfilled.
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“The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: and the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.”
Isaiah 40:3-5 KJV
that’s a prophecy written about 700 bc
“For
all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.”
Matthew 11:13
“He said,
I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaiah.”
John 1:23 KJV
This is when it’s beginning to be fulfilled
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The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight.
John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.( the voice of one crying in tbe wilderness )
And it came to pass in those days, that ( and the glory of the lord shall be revealed )
Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan. And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and
the Spirit like a dove descending upon him: and there came a voice from heaven, saying,
Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
Mark 1:1, 3-4, 9-11 KJV
then Jesus
preached the gospel the word of God that stands forever
“The voice said, Cry. And he said,
What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: the grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth:
but the word of our God shall stand for ever.”
Isaiah 40:6-8 KJV
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being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
For All flesh is as grass, And all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: But
the word of the Lord endureth for ever.
And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.”
1 Peter 1:23-25 KJV
that eternal word it’s referencing is Jesus preaching the gospel
“Heaven and earth shall pass away, but
my words shall not pass away.”
Matthew 24:35 KJV
The prophets were foretelling the time of Jesus generation
“and
he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things,
which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began. ….
Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.”
Acts 3:20-21, 24 KJV
The prophets of the ot were foretelling Jesus coming to earth
our God manifest in the flesh
The nt prophecies are what we’re looking for the return the second time of Christ to earth there are two testaments each deals with that time period
isaiah 40 is about John and Jesus arriving and Jesus preaching the one and only gospel and fulfilling the good shepherd part of the prophecy ……the things foretold in the New Testament are what we should look to those ot prophecies tech us about
Christ and the gospel