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Originally Posted by Contra_Mundum When, for example, Hosea writes (11:1), in the midst of a judgment denunciation of Ephraim, "Out of Egypt I called my son," Matthew (2:15) understands Hosea to be prophesying of Christ.
But in this way: even Hosea is reflecting on Israel's past, and God is saying something about his calling Israel, his son, (Ex. 4:23) out of Egypt. Christ is the embodiment of all that prefigurement; he is ISRAEL. | Okay, I think I get what you're saying. I guess my question is still, how am I supposed to read Isaiah? He seems to jump back and forth and to the present and future and past. I know now that I should read the NT into the OT, but the entire book of Isaiah is not in the NT, is it?
If I can't understand Isaiah apart from the NT, then how do I know when Isaiah is talking about current events and when he is talking about future events?
Oi! If you can't understand my very vague question, please ignore me. I'm confusing myself.   |
The second half of Isaiah is called the book of comfort because it speaks so much of The Lord Jesus Christ, as the Servant of Jehovah.
As Bruce has posted keep looking for Jesus in it. When you get bogged down on a passage,go to the commentary,and perhaps go to sermonaudio and download sermons by bible,whatever text you want to learn more about.
You will always learn from Isaiah,for the rest of your life. it is quoted about 15x in the book of Romans alone ,just from chapter 9-15 in Romans.
it is meat,and not milk when quoted by Paul,but it is really helpful to understand God's eternal purpose being worldwide,Isa 49 ,54,60, 65
The book is big,and is also called the gospel in the OT.