I began writing this book with the intent to highlight some of the prophecies of the book of Isaiah, primarily dealing with the foretelling of the life and purpose of the man called Immanuel. It was my desire to know why so much weight of authority and promise can rest on this one man’s life. It is for the reader to consider my assertion that, the prophetic writing of Isaiah concerning Israel and the knowledge of Immanuel in its history, is the greatest revelation of God’s presence in the affairs of mankind. This not only affects Israel today, but every nation, fitting us all into the timeline of creation from a biblical perspective of reality.
Written some 2,700 years ago, the words of Isaiah still speak for the conscious presence of God, to the corruption of the consciousness of mankind and the continual moral failure in our governmental and social institutions.
What I would like to present here is the absolute accuracy of Isaiah’s prophecy and the word of God as a timeline, a clear statement of how the prophetic word weaves together different stories of the covenant between God and Israel, and how that presents a clear picture of the redemption of mankind significantly through the life and work of one anointed individual called Immanuel.
The history of the Jewish nation cannot be separated from the biblical narrative, not for the nation of Isaiah’s day, not for the current state of Israel of the 21st Century, nor for its role in the future everlasting kingdom to come spoken of by the prophets of Israel and particularly, in the book of Isaiah.
Isaiah’s message expounds on the foundational knowledge given in the Torah of Moses about a coming king messiah. Isaiah gives details of the predicted birth and mission of this messianic redeemer. Isaiah was given a greater revelation of that person, built on previous prophetic revelation concerning this coming anointed one. The framework for Isaiah’s prophecy rests on that foundation and is clearly defined in the unfolding pattern of God’s plan. It is through the birth and ministry of Immanuel, that God clarifies and speaks of His intentions to permanently repair the failure and dysfunction that defines the flawed history of the human race and set in place an eternal kingdom of good that will never again repeat the existing cycle of destruction and death.
