The Promise of a Righteous Kingdom (32:1-20)

Observations from Isaiah

Lesson 26 : The Promise of a Righteous Kingdom (32:1-20)

True Leaders (32:1-8) – TRUST IN ‘HUMAN INGENUITY’ OR THE LORD? – IS THIS PASSAGE MESSIANIC? – THE COMING REIGN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS – THE CHARACTER OF A GOOD LEADER – SPIRITUAL RENEWAL – THE ‘FOOL’, THE ‘SCOUNDREL’ AND THE ‘NOBLEMAN’ – HUMANISM’S UPSIDE-DOWN WORLD-VIEW – Deserted or Fruitful (32:9-20) – BEFORE THE RIGHTEOUS KINGDOM WILL BE THE REMOVAL OF HUMAN DEPENDENCE – THE WOMEN OF JUDAH – FALSE SECURITY – ‘WILL YOUR ANCHOR HOLD’ IN UNCERTAIN TIMES? – A CALL TO MOURN IN THE MIDST OF MERRIMENT – THE REASON TO MOURN: THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CITY OF GOD – THE PROPHECY SHIFTS FROM WARNING (v9-14) TO SALVATION (v15-20) – THE CATALYST FOR CHANGE: THE OUTPOURING OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD – THE MIXTURE OF MATERIAL AND SPIRITUAL ABUNDANCE – RIGHTEOUSNESS BRINGS PEACE – ‘IT WILL GET WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER’ – GOD’S OVERFLOWING ABUNDANCE – HAS THE PASSAGE BEEN FULFILLED?