The following (from our last Bible study) is a very small portion of the covenant the Jews made with God at the dedication ceremony of the "re-built" walls of Jerusalem (many years after they had been broken down, and the magnificent temple of God, which Solomon built, had been utterly destroyed) ...

Nehemiah 9:27-28 Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies. But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;

Like the little boy who cried, "Wolf", God raised up many saviours to deliver His people each and every time they got into trouble, and cried out to Him. And, a careful study of the Old Testament documents the ups and downs ... revivals and backslidings ... of Israel. And, that is the thought which God gave me, that prompted this series of Bible studies ... God always has a plan ... and He always has a man.

That said, ever since mile marker 7 on Dec. 10, 1985, there has been something like fire shut up in my bones. And, it will require a few more "Parts" in this series to even attempt to do it justice ...

Isaiah was the MAJOR Messianic Prophet of the Old Testament. And, there is no way that any serious Bible student could study the Book of Isaiah (specifically Chapters 41, 43, 44, 47, 48, 49, 53, 54, 59, 60, and 63) and come away believing the promised MESSIAH ... SAVIOUR ... REDEEMER ... of all mankind would be any one other than Jehovah/God, Himself. There is just no other explanation ...

Isaiah Chapter 41 ... 4 Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God) ... 13 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God) ... 14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God) ... 16 Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God) ... 17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God) ... 20 That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God) ... 21 Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God)

Isaiah Chapter 43 ... 1 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God) ... 3 For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God) ... 10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God) ... 11 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God) ... 12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God) ... 14 Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God) ... 15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God) ... 16 Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters; (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God)

Isaiah Chapter 44 ... 2 Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God) ... 5 One shall say, I am the LORD's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God) ... 6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God) ... 23 Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God) ... 24 Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself; (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God)

Isaiah Chapter 47 ... 4 As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God)

Isaiah Chapter 48 ... 1 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God) ... 2 For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God) ... 11-13 For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another. Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together. ... 14 All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God) ... 17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God) ... 20 Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God) ... 22 There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.(This is unquestionably Jehovah/God)

Isaiah Chapter 49 ... 1 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God) ... 4 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God) ... 5 And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God) ... 7 Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God) ... 13 Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God) ... 14 But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God) ... 18 Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God) ... 23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God) ... 25 But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God) ... 26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God)

Isaiah Chapter 53 ... 1-12 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

Isaiah Chapter 54 ... 5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God) ... 8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God)

Isaiah Chapter 59 ... 1-2 Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God) But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. ... 15-21 Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God) And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him. For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak. According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence. So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God) And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God) As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever. (This is unquestionably Jehovah/God)


I hope you will give this subject some very serious consideration, study and prayer until our next study. It is vital for any serious Bible student to understand who Jesus "really" is. Unless, or until, one understands who He is, nothing else really matters, any way. Thanks ... and God bless!

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