We've been seeing that Isaiah's vision of the new creation includes where we are right now. Isaiah speaks of the new heavens and the new earth as a pl...

-Sung Psalm- 64---The central point of the Ninth Commandment has to do with the law court.--When you stand before the judge, you must tell the truth, ...

The creation of a New Jerusalem, the city of the living God. This is the heart of Isaiah's message to Israel and Judah.--Exile is coming. And after th...

-Sung Psalm- 15---The Eighth Commandment is, You shall not steal.--And when one thing is forbidden, its opposite is commanded. What is the opposite of...

Having heard of the promise of the coming of the Anointed Conqueror, the righteous remnant now lift up their prayers in response to God's promise.--We...

-Sung Psalm- 45---God's commands are not burdensome. Jesus calls us to take his yoke upon us - for his yoke is easy and his burden is light. When we w...

In Isaiah 59, we heard of the Anointed Conqueror - when God himself comes to do what Israel has failed to do---Now in chapter 61, we hear again of the...

-Sung Psalm- 10---We saw last time that every interpersonal sin is a violation of the fifth commandment - because every interpersonal sin is a failure...

Isaiah 60 contains two imperatives-both of which come at the beginning of the chapter---Arise -v1--and lift up your eyes -v4---Stand up and see what G...

-Sung Psalm- 128---We saw last time that Moses applies the fifth commandment to judges, kings, and elders - in other words, both to religious and poli...