“While rejoicing you will draw water from the wells of salvation.” (Quinn-Miscall p. 99, 108) We are at the end of this Advent road, on the cusp of the night when that transcendent God descended to a body of flesh and bone, and at the end of this road there’s a song. Isaiah has used…
“He will wave his hand over the River with his mighty wind; He will split it into seven streams and allow people to cross it in sandals. Thus there will be a highway for the remnant of his people that remains from Assyria, as there was for Israel when he came up from the land…
“The Lord will extend his hand again to gather the remnant of his people that remains from Assyria and Egypt. … He will raise a signal to the nations, and he will collect the outcasts of Israel; the dispersed of Judah he will gather from the four corners of the earth.” (11:11-12 Quinn-Miscall p. 73)…
“On that day the root of Jesse will stand as a signal for the peoples; nations will come to him to inquire.” (Isaiah 11:10, Quinn-Miscall p.64) “And again, Isaiah says: ‘There shall be a root of Jesse; And He who shall rise to reign over the Gentiles, In Him the Gentiles shall hope.’” (Romans 15:12…
“They do neither evil nor corruption on my holy mountain, for the earth is filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.” (Isaiah 11:9 Quinn-Miscall p. 47) The deep peace of Isaiah 11:6-8 comes from deep knowledge. This is a knowledge deeper than appearances (v. 3-4) that extends through time….
“The wolf dwells with the lamb, and the leopard lies down with the kid, the calf, the young lion, and the fatling all together. A small child leads them. The cow and the bear graze, while their young lie down together; the lion eats straw like the ox. The nursing infant plays over the asp’s…
“The Spirit of the Lord rests on it, a Spirit of wisdom and understanding, a Spirit of counsel and strength, a Spirit of knowledge and fear of the Lord.” “His inspiration lies in fearing the Lord: He shall not judge by what his eyes see, nor does he decide by what his ears hear, but…
“A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.” (Isaiah 11:1 NIV) In Chartres cathedral, Isaiah 11:1 is set in colored glass, in what is known as the Jesse Tree window. A very old (even for stained glass) window made in the 12th century stands in…
“A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.” (Isaiah 11:1 NIV) Moving onward to Isaiah 11, the storm is past and the sun shines, but it’s a devastated landscape. The previous two chapters were colored with smoky gray haze, red iron axes, and brown stumps….
“For though your people, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea, a remnant of them will return; the destruction decreed shall overflow with righteousness.” (Isaiah 10:22, Hebrew text) “Even if the number of Israel’s sons are like the sand by the sea, only a remnant shall be saved; for the Lord will bring…
