Announcement of Salvation and a Deliverer: Cyrus (44:23-45:13)

Observations from Isaiah

Lesson 36 : Announcement of Salvation and a Deliverer: Cyrus (44:23-45:13)

The Lord Redeems His Servant (44:23-47:15) – Announcement of salvation (44:23-28) – CONCLUSION OR INTRODUCTION? (v 23) — THE WITNESS OF BOTH JUDGEMENT AND SALVATION — GOD’S PROMISES ARE SUPPORTED BY HIS CHARACTER (v 24-28) — THE UNLIKELY CHOICE OF CYRUS AS ‘SHEPHERD’ (v 28) — ONE CANNOT AVOID THE LOGIC OF ISAIAH’S ARGUMENT — LESSONS FROM PROVIDENCE — The Lord Redeems His Servant (44:23-47:15) – God’s choice of a deliverer (45:1-13) – God’s promise to Cyrus (45:1-8) – THE ‘CYRUS CYLINDER’ — CYRUS THE ANOINTED (v 1) — GOD FIGHTING THROUGH CYRUS (v 1-3) — ‘FOR THE SAKE OF…’ (v 3, 4, 6) — GOD SOVEREIGN OVER ALL, ‘GOOD’ AND ‘BAD’ (v 7, 8) — THE DIFFICULTIES … — ‘I AM CREATOR; THEREFORE, TRUST ME’ (v 8) — The Lord Redeems His Servant (44:23-47:15) – God’s choice of a deliverer (45:1-13) – God’s right to use whom he chooses (45:9-13) – THE ISSUE: GOD’S RIGHT AS CREATOR — WOE TO THOSE WHO FIGHT PROVIDENCE — ILLUSTRATIONS OF GOD’S SOVEREIGN CONTROL (v. 9,10) AGAINST ISRAEL’S OBJECTIONS TO THE USE OF CYRUS (v 11-13) — APPENDIX: THE CYRUS CYLINDER – The First Declaration of Human Rights by Cyrus II – So Said Cyrus