Isaiah

Question 1

Subtitle of Isaiah:

Answer 1

“The Messianic and Millennial Prophet”

Question 2

Main content of Isaiah:

Answer 2

Isaiah is a miniature Bible in the Bible
Has 1 chapter for every one of the 66 books of the Bible
Divided into 2 major sections just like the Bible
Last chapter concludes with a prophecy of the New Heaven and the New Earth just as the last book of the Bible does.

Question 3

What is the key chapter of Isaiah?

Answer 3

Isaiah 53 “The sufferings of the Messiah”

Question 4

Author of Isaiah:

Answer 4

Isaiah

Question 5

What is the meaning of Isaiah’s name?

Answer 5

“Salvation of the Word” -also the same as the message of Isaiah’s book

Question 6

Describe Isaiah’s Lineage

Answer 6

He was of distinguished lineage and education. He was the nephew of King Amaziah- cousin of King Uzziah (Royal seed) He was a preacher at the Royal Court. He was married to a prophetess and had 2 sons

Question 7

Like Ezekiel, Isaiah acted out his message in unusual ways. Explain:

Answer 7

God commanded Isaiah to walk barefoot and naked for 3 years to picture how Assyria would conquer Egypt and Ethiopia- thus removing all hope that Judah could trust in foreign alliances and moving them to trust in God alone for safety.

Question 8

Describe how Isaiah was martyred

Answer 8

The Jewish Talmud says Isaiah was sawn assunder by evil King Manasseh

Question 9

How long did Isaiah minister?

Answer 9

about 60 years

Question 10

What prophets were Isaiah a contemporary to and where?

Answer 10

He was a contemporary to the Amos and Hosea in the Northern Kingdom

Question 11

Who did Isaiah minister alongside and where?

Answer 11

He ministered alongside Micah in the Southern Kingdom

Question 12

Name Isaiah’s 2 fold Purpose:

Answer 12

To rebuke his present sinful generation and call them back to their covenant relationship with God

To comfort a future exiled generation and insure them God could call them back to their land and a future messianic Kingdom

Question 13

Who was the greatest of the prophets to the Jews?

Answer 13

Isaiah

Question 14

Who was the greatest writer who ever lived?

Answer 14

Isaiah- his skills and eloquence surpass Shakespeare, Milton, and Homer

Question 15

What is the size of the book of Isaiah?

Answer 15

It is the 3rd longest book of the Bible, surpassed only buy Jeremiah and Psalms

Question 16

What is the nature of Isaiah (the prophet).

Answer 16

Isaiah is called the Messianic prophet, the 5th Gospel and the Evangelical prophet. Only Psalms has more verses about Christ. Jesus said Isaiah saw his glory and spoke of him.

Question 17

What are the most famous manuscripts of Isaiah?

Answer 17

The Dead Sea Scrolls

Question 18

How much older are the Dead Sea Scrolls than any existing manuscript of this book? (Isaiah)

Answer 18

1,000 years older

Question 19

What did skeptics claim for years concerning the Biblical text of the Old Testament?

Answer 19

That it had been greatly corrupted as copies of copies of copies had been made down through the centuries. Liberal professors taught that we could no longer be sure of the original text

Question 20

With the great manuscript find Dead Sea Scrolls find, what do we have?

Answer 20

The perfect test tube experiment to prove or to disprove the accuracy of the Jewish copying process

Question 21

Who was Judah’s second worse king,even sacrificing his own children to Idols?

Answer 21

Ahaz

Question 22

This son of wicked Ahaz became the second best king of Judah?

Answer 22

Hezekiah

Question 23

Who was the Assyrian spokesman who blasphemed God when the Assyrian army surrounded Jerusalem?

Answer 23

Rabshakeh

Question 24

Who was the Assyrian General who besieged Jerusalem and saw his army defeated by the prayer of Hezekiah?

Answer 24

Sennacherib

Question 25

Te future king of the Persian empire whom Isaiah predicted would command the return of the Jews to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple?

Answer 25

Cyrus

Question 26

What did God send because Israel had rejected the Word of God when it was preached unto them simply in their own language?

Answer 26

God sent his Word of Judgment in “another tongue”- the language of their Assyrian captors.

Question 27

What warning had Isaiah and Jeremiah spoken of before the Assyrian and Babylonian Captivities?

Answer 27

To the Jews, it was a sign of judgment by Captivity to be spoken in another tongue/language- It was a warning sign of judgment to Israel for rejecting their Messiah King

Question 28

How should we teach our children?

Answer 28

“line upon line..precept upon precept”

Question 29

Isaiah 43:10 refutes what?

“Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I shall have chosen..

Answer 29

Polytheism- there is only one God
Pantheism- this God is personal
Mormonism- We cannot become gods and we are not “little gods”
Jehovah Witnesses view that Jesus was an angel that became a god
Armstrongism- We cannot join the Godhead
Universalism- All men will not be saved
Liberalism and Cultism- Lord Jehovah declares “Beside Me there is no Savior”

Question 30

What is the Salvation of the Messiah?

Answer 30

The Messiah’s death for our sins

Question 31

What was the rejection of our Savior?

Answer 31

He was despised, He was rejected, He was a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. His life story from the cradle to the cross

Question 32

The keyword in Isaiah 53:4 is..

Answer 32

Our

Question 33

The second half of verse 6 of Isaiah 53 declares that all the guilt of all men was laid upon whom?

Answer 33

Christ