Week Two: Peaceful Anticipation - Isaiah 40:1-5, 28-31

The Promise of Peace (vv. 1-5)
The voice of consolation
The voice of expectation
The voice of resolution

The Power of Peace (vv. 28-31)
Focus on Gods power (Isaiah 26:3-4)
Focus on Gods provision

He gives power
He gives perseverance


More to Consider
An Introduction to the God of Israel (40:12 6): This chapter describes eight attributes of God.

His mercy (40:12 )

1.He comforts (40:1): He wants his people to be comforted.
2.He forgives (40:2): Jerusalem has been pardoned and punished in full for her sins.

His glory (40:35 )

1.The messenger (40:3): Isaiah predicts the ministry of John the Baptist.
2.The message (40:45 ): John calls Israel to repentance in preparation for the glorious appearance of the Messiah.

His eternality (40:69 ): Gods word stands forever, unlike people, and his people are called to proclaim the Lords coming.
His gentleness (40:11 ): God will treat his own with the same tenderness a shepherd displays for his flock.
His omnipotence (40:10 , 12, 26): He is master over all nature.
His omniscience (40:13 14): He knows and understands all things and needs no one to counsel or advise him.
His sovereignty (40:15 17, 2124)

1.All nations are as a drop in the bucket, as dust on the scales to him (40:15 17).
2.He is enthroned above the circle of the earth (40:21 22): He spreads out the heavens like a curtain and makes his tent from them.
3.He rules over all people (40:23 24).

His uniqueness (40:18 20, 25): He cannot be compared to anyone or anything. HL. Willmington, The Outline Bible (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 1999), Is 40:12 0.

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