Isaiah 35

EXAMINATION Chapter S THIRTY-FOUR AND THIRTY-FIVE

DEFINITION

(Define the following words or phrases as they were discussed in the comments.)

host of heaven

sword of Jehovah

Edom

line of confusion

night-monster

book of Jehovah

wilderness

glory of Lebanon

streams in the desert

highway

fool

Zion

MEMORIZATION

And a _____ shall be there, and a ______, and it shall be called _____ _____ _____ _____; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for the _____: the _____ man, yea fools, shall not err therein. No lion shall be there, nor shall any _____ _____ go up thereon; they shall not be found there; but the _____ shall walk there: and the _____ of Jehovah shall return, and come with _____ unto Zion; and everlasting _____ shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and _____, and sorrow and _____ shall flee away. (Isaiah 35:8-10)

EXPLANATION

Explain why the prophets spoke of the coming Messianic age in terms of cosmic cataclysms?

Explain the practice of using Edom to represent all God-opposing human governments.

Explain why the prophets used figures of speech depicting a rejuvenated land to portray the Messianic age?

APPLICATION

(In its context every scripture has one meaningthe author’s intended meaning. How may the following be applied in the believer’s life?)

What application may be made in proper Bible study today of the evident prophetic manner of depicting the Messianic age by cosmic upheavel?

What application may be made of God’s attitude toward Edom in today’s world of God-opposing human ideologies?

What application may be made in teaching today what God’s Way is like from Isaiah’s description of the Way in chapter 35?

SPECIAL STUDY THE GOD OF THE OLD TESTAMENT IS THE GOD OF THE NEW TESTAMENT

by Seth Wilson GOD IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AS LOVING GOD IN THE NEW TESTAMENT

THE GOD OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

THE GOD OF THE NEW TESTAMENT

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Thou shalt not kill (Exodus 20:13) Anger forbidden: Psalms 37:8; Proverbs 14:17; Proverbs 16:32; Proverbs 27:4. The thought of foolishness is sin; the scorner. an abomination Proverbs 24:9.

The teaching of Jesus on killing. Matthew 5:21-26. Hatred forbidden: 1 John 3:15.

Thou shalt not commit adultery. Exodus 20:14. Lust not Proverbs 6:25; he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul Proverbs 6:32-33. Thoughts of the wicked, abomination; words of the pure, pleasant. Proverbs 15:26. As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he Proverbs 23:7.

The teaching of Jesus on adultery. Matthew 5:27-32. Works of the flesh: Galatians 5:19; 1 Corinthians 6:15-20.

Thou shalt not swear by my name falsely, neither profane the name of God Leviticus 19:12.

The teaching of Jesus on oaths. Matthew 5:33-37. James 5:12.

Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear grudge against children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself Leviticus 19:18. Say not that I will recompense evil, but wait on the Lord and he will save thee Proverbs 20:22; also Proverbs 24:29.

The teaching of Jesus on revenge. Matthew 5:38-42. 1 Peter 2:19-20; Romans 12:19-21.

Do good unto enemies: If thou seest the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, thou shalt surely help him Exodus 23:5. If thy enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; if he be thirsty, give him water to drink Proverbs 25:21. Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth Proverbs 24:17.

The teaching of Jesus on the treatment of enemies. Matthew 5:43-48.

The love of God. John 3:16; Romans 5:8.

The prodigal son. Luke 15:11-32.

The woman of Samaria. John 4:1-42.

The sinful woman. John 8:3-11.

The robber on the cross. Luke 23:39-43.

The gracious invitation. Matthew 11:28-30.

Love the supreme ideal of life. 1 John 4:17-21; 1 Corinthians 13.

6. But because the Lord loved you and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt Deuteronomy 7:8.

The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind; the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down; the Lord loveth the righteous; the Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow Psalms 146:8-9.

In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them, in his love and in his pity he redeemed them. Isaiah 63:9.

Jehovah, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth: keeping lovingkindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity, and transgression, and sin. Exodus 34:6-7.

The entire book of Hosea especially ch. Isaiah 11:1-4: When Israel was a child. I loved him. Yea, I taught Ephraim to walk. I drew them with the cords of a man, with hands of love.

Jehovah will smite Egypt. they shall return unto him. and he will heal them Isaiah 19:22. In returning and rest shall ye be saved Isaiah 30:15. Let the wicked forsake his way and return unto Jehovah. for he will abundantly pardon Isaiah 55:7.

O Israel, return unto thy God. I will heal their backsliding. I will love them freely Hosea 14:1; Hosea 14:4 a; the entire chapter deals with return of the prodigal nation. Return unto me, and I will return unto you saith the Lord of hosts Malachi 3:7.

Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and the stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the Lord your God, and observe to do all the words of the Law Deuteronomy 31:12.

Miraculous blessings given to Gentiles: the widow of Zarephath (1 Kings 17:16) and Naaman the leper (2 Kings 5:1-15.

Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy Micah 7:18.

But he, being merciful, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea many a time turned he his anger away Psalms 78:38.

It is of Jehovah’s lovingkindness that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not Lamentations 3:22.

He will again have compassion upon us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea Micah 7:19.

But if the wicked turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes. he shall not die. None of his transgressions that he hath committed shall be remembered against him Ezekiel 18:21-22.

Ho every one that thirsteth come ye to the waters and he that hath no money, come ye. buy wine and milk without money and without price. incline your ear and come unto me; hear and your soul shall live. Let the wicked forsake his way. and return unto our God for he will abundantly pardon. though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow Isaiah 55:1; Isaiah 55:3; Isaiah 55:7; Isaiah 1:18.

Hatred stirreth up strifes; but love covereth all sins Proverbs 10:12. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul, with thy mind, and with all thy strength Deuteronomy 6:5. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself Leviticus 19:18.

GOD IN THE NEW TESTAMENT IN JUDGMENT AS GOD IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

THE GOD OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

THE GOD OF THE NEW TESTAMENT

God cursed Adam, Eve, and the serpent. Genesis 3:9-21.

John the Baptist announced the coming of the kingdom but also of judgment and punishment by fire. Matthew 3:8-12.

God cursed Cain. Genesis 4:9-15.

Unbelievers condemned: Isaiah 3:18; Revelation 21:8.

God destroyed man with the flood. Genesis 6, 7.

Jesus pronounced judgment on Chorazin and Capernaum, predicting a worse fate for them than that of Sodom. Matthew 11:20-24.

God ordered capital punishment. Genesis 9:4-6.

Woe to the Pharisees and lawyers Luke 11:42-54.

God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. Genesis 19.

Jesus taught the coming of torment in fire after deaththe rich man and Lazarus. Luke 16:19-31.

God plagued Pharaoh and slew the first born. Exodus 12.

This punishment Jesus promised is without end. Mt. 25-46.

God destroyed the Canaanites. Joshua 23:5-9.

As they were destroyed by flood in Noah’s day, so shall it be in the days of the Son of Man. But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed Luke 17:28-29.

The bears destroyed children, 2 Kings 2:23-25.

God spared not the ancient world, but saved Noah, burned Sodom and delivered Lot; he shall still deliver the godly, but the blackness of darkness is reserved for false teachers and other sinners. 2 Peter 2:9to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished.

Saul was commanded to slay the Amalekites. 1 Samuel 15.

God punished Israel and carried his people into captivity. 2 Chronicles 36:16-20.

God is a God of vengeance. Psalms 94:1.

9. Peter quoted and approved Moses-’ saying, For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. And it shall come to pass that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people. Acts 3:22-23.

Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will recompense, saith the Lord. Quoted from Deuteronomy 32:35 in Romans 12:19; Hebrews 10:30.

Ananias and Sapphira slain for lying. Acts 5:1-11.

For if the Word spoken through angels proved stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward; how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation Hebrews 2:2-3.

For if we sin wilfully after having received a knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fierceness of fire that shall devour the adversaries Hebrews 10:26. Those disregarding Moses-’ Law died without compassion; how much more shall one suffer who spurns the new covenant. Hebrews 10:28-29.

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God Hebrews 10:31.

For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven: whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. Hebrews 12:25-26. For our God is a consuming fire Hebrews 12:29.

Paul, by the Holy Spirit, blinded Elymas. Acts 13:8-12.

Herod was smitten by an angel of the Lord eaten of worms and died. Acts 12:22-24.

Behold then, the goodness and severity of God Romans 11:22.

The devil, the beast, and the false prophet shall be tormented day and night forever and ever. Revelation 20:10.

Anyone not written in the Book of Life is to be cast into the lake of fire. Revelation 20:15.

Isaiah 35:1-7

E. FREEDOM WILL FLOURISH, CHAPTER 35

1. STRENGTHENED

TEXT: Isaiah 35:1-7

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The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

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It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing; the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon: they shall see the glory of Jehovah, the excellency of our God.

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Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.

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Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God; he will come and save you.

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Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

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Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing; for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

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And the glowing sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water: in the habitation of jackals, where they lay shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

QUERIES

a.

Why will the desert blossom and sing for joy?

b.

How shall the weak be strengthened?

c.

When will all the infirm be healed?

PARAPHRASE

While the glory of the God-opposing world empires will be changed to wastelands and desolations, the desolation of God’s people is only temporary. Yes, their wastelands will someday be filled with gladness and their unproductiveness will be turned into beauty and fertility. There will be great joy and singing in that day. The majestic glory and beauty of Lebanon’s mountains, the verdant lushness of Mount Carmel and the fertile productiveness of Sharon’s plain will be faint comparison with the glory and excellency of the Lord which they shall enjoy in that day. On account of this promise let those of God who are afraid be valiant and walk on in God’s way with confidence. Tell those who are apprehensive to be courageous and strong. Your God is coming to destroy your enemies and save you. When He comes the blind will be made to see and the deaf made to hear. When he comes the crippled will be made as agile as the deer and those who cannot speak will be enabled to shout and sing. Refreshing and life-giving water will gush forth in the arid places and turn into running streams. That which is parched and dried up will be made into an oasis for the thirsty. Even that which normally would never be fertile and refreshing shall be so.

COMMENTS

Isaiah 35:1-4 SAVED: Chapter 35 stands in direct contrast to chapter 34. These two Chapter s conclude or summarize the two propositions of this section (28-35): (a) World governments cannot help God’s people (especially Egypt) for they oppose God’s sovereignty; (b) God will keep His promise to deliver from eternal destruction all who believe and trust Him.

This chapter finds its ultimate fulfillment in the messianic kingdom (the church). Just as the God-opposing world governments were defeated and judged at the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ (see comments ch. 34), so the great deliverance and productiveness portrayed in vivid landscape scenes refer to the same climactic event in history. It would seem evident to us that all the predictions of the prophets concerning the rejuvenated land of Israel or the restoration-’ of the people of Israel to the land must either be fulfilled in a literal (though hyperbolical) way after the captivity, or in a spiritual sense in the establishment of the churchor both. We cannot abide the idea that the prophetic predictions concerning the land and the people will find their fulfillment in a literal restoration of the Jewish economy (dispensation) at some time future to the church.

a.

So far as we are able to discover, the New Testament says nothing of literal, genetic Israel’s reoccupation of Palestine and restoration of a Jewish system.

b.

Jesus predicted the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple but He said nothing of its rebuilding for the restoration of a Jewish system.

c.

Jesus said, My kingdom is not of this world.

d.

Paul told the Gentile Ephesians they were blessed with every spiritual blessing in the church.

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Paul told the Gentile Galatians that all who were in Christ were heirs of Abraham and the promise made to Abraham.

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To restore a Jewish system would invalidate the credibility, authenticity, finality and superiority of Christianity as revealed in the book of Hebrews.

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To establish again the kingdom of Israel of the Old Testament would be to establish a kingdom conceived in disobedience, born in rebellion and perpetuated in apostasy. That is exactly what the O.T. kingdom of Israel was.

Matthew Henry says, Under the Gospel the desert land of heathenism becomes blooming. The flourishing desert shall have the glory of Lebanon given to it, which consisted in the strength and stateliness of its cedars; and the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, which consisted in corn and cattle. All the beauty of the Jewish economy passed into the Christian and appeared in its perfection, as the apostle shows in the Epistle to the Hebrews. Whatever is valuable in any institution is brought into the gospel.

In the Messianic age the best of every pagan kingdom will be blended with the best of God’s chosen people to form the beautiful, productive, joy-filled new kingdom of God. Isaiah amplifies this thought with vividness when he speaks of the wealth of the nations being brought into God’s Messianic kingdom (cf. Isaiah 60:8-22; Isaiah 61:1-11, etc.). The wealth of any nation is, of course, its godly peoplenot its silver and gold. God’s great universal kingdom (the church) is to possess the glory of every nation on the earth. And so it has; and so it shall continue to do. These prophecies began to be fulfilled when the gospel began to conquer and possess people from the regions of Tyre, Sidon, Antioch (all in Lebanon) (Acts 11:22; Acts 11:26; Acts 13:1, etc.); by the gospel capture of people from Caesarea (at the foot of Mt. Carmel) (Acts 8:40; Acts 10:24, etc.).

The prophecy has a far greater range than that, of course. Wherever the gospel is preached and men surrender to the rule of God in Christ, there the glory of Lebanon is blended with the excellency of Carmel and Sharon. There rejoicing and singing take place. There beauty and productiveness become the new order.

Isaiah 35:3-4 are apparently paraphrased in Hebrews 12:12-13. Perhaps the idea of Isaiah in this whole section (Isaiah 35:1-7) is appropriated by the Hebrews 12:12-13 passage. Hebrews 12 is the chapter in which the Mosaic dispensation is contrasted with the Christian dispensation (Zion) and the Hebrew Christians are exhorted to cling to the kingdom which cannot be shaken (Christian) because this was God’s goal in the Old Testament. This seems to indicate the writer of the epistle to the Hebrews is saying the Christian dispensation is the fulfillment of the promises made in Isaiah 35, and therefore the messianic age is the point upon which God’s people are to focus for strengthening the weak hands and confirming the feeble knees. One thing is certain, the coming of God with vengeance, recompense and salvation should provide strength. What God is going to save from is the unbelief and perversity of carnal, satanic opposition to His redemptive work. That salvation has nothing to do with a particular land, race, people, circumstance or social class. It was accomplished by Christ once for all. Of course, we look forward to a new heavens and earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. But glorified circumstances or environment are irrelevant without glorified people. Heaven without sanctified people would be Hell. So it is not a land God is primarily interested init is a people!

Isaiah 35:5-7 SLAKED: The first step in the process of sanctifying a people is a renewal of spiritual discernment. The eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. This reminds us of Jesus-’ application of Isa 61:1-4 to His redemptive work in the synagogue in Luke 4:16-30. (cf. also John 9:35-41) Spiritual sensibility will replace carnal dullness, and spiritual ability will replace debilitating sin. There was more seen by those whom Jesus cured of physical blindness than was seen by many of those who had perfect eyesight. Isaiah 35:5 was fulfilled in Christ in much more than a physical way and is still being fulfilled today. Men are constantly recovering their spiritual sight and hearing. Lame and dumb regained more than physical well-being when Jesus healed them. It was by being brought to faith in Him they were saved from sin.

It is sin that opposes God. All men are sinners and enemies. Men are deceived by sin. Sin is the great mirage. The great Liar, Satan, deceived man with the great lie and deceived man into opposing God’s sovereignty. False philosophies, false religions and carnal political schemes form the great mirage out in the desert of sin. Men think they see life, refreshment and sustenance in the mirages. Isaiah says, when the Messianic age comes, instead of a mirage there will be real water for thirsty souls. There will be a beautiful, green, cool, satisfying oasis in the midst of the arid, false, killing wilderness of sin. The Living Water would come (John 4:1-42; John 7:37-39) and all who believe in Him become rivers of living water, oases in the desert of sin. Before the gospel the nations wandered like travelers in the desert, allured and disillusioned by shadows and mirages and dreamlike phantoms of truth in the false religions and human political systems. But in the gospel of Christ they have pure fountains and calm lakes of living water which refresh them in their weary pilgrimage home.

That which was once desolate and barren will become lush with an abundance unheard of. This is the meaning of the reference to jackals, normally animals of the desert who have no vegetation in which to lie, finding tall grass, reeds and rushes in which to lie. It is an added figure of speech describing the verdure of the messianic age.

QUIZ

Give at least six reasons the prophetic predictions concerning the land of Palestine cannot find their fulfillment in a restored Jewish dispensation.

How is the glory of Lebanon given with the excellency of Carmel and Sharon to the land?

Where is the passage concerning strengthening weak hands and feeble knees paraphrased in the N.T.?

What was the Lord’s main purpose in opening the eyes of the blind and restoring hearing in the N.T.?

Who is the Living Water in the desert of sin, and who become rivers of living water?

Isaiah 35:8-10

2. SANCTIFIED

TEXT: Isaiah 35:8-10

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And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called the way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for the redeemed; the wayfaring men, yea fools, shall not err therein.

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No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast go up thereon; they shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:

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and the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

QUERIES

a.

What is the highway and The way?

b.

When is the everlasting joy to come?

PARAPHRASE

And a main thoroughfare shall be there in that rejuvenated wilderness. It shall be a road leading the redeemed directly to their destination, This will be called The Way of holiness, and sinners will not walk in this Way. It is reserved for those who desire to be sanctified unto the Lord. It will be a Way so clearly built and recognizable that even the inexperienced and those who have not known this Way before may not fail to comprehend it if they wish to learn of it. All dangers involved in traveling through the wastelands will be eliminated on this Way. Those whom the Lord purchases with a ransom-price will return to Him and to Zion rejoicing with songs about their redemption. Everlasting joy will crown their whole lives. They shall finally find the refreshment of their souls for which they have longed. All that would frustrate or hinder their travel will be made to disappear.

COMMENTS

Isaiah 35:8-9 THE WAY: Isaiah continues to wax eloquent concerning the great work of redemption Jehovah is going to bring to a climax in the Messianic age. Redemption-opposing, enslaving ideologies are going to be defeated by one great judgmental act of God from heaven (Isaiah 34). This occurred at the cross of Christ as we have already demonstrated from the N.T. God is going to take the desolation and waste caused by carnal, unbelieving programs of man and turn them into a blooming flower garden. God will provide an oasis of living water in the midst of this world-wide desert (Isaiah 35:1-7). Furthermore, as the text now being considered continues, God is going to provide a Way through this desolate wasteland of carnal confusion and chaos. The Hebrew word for way used here is maselul, which means a raised way. The roads in ancient times were mere trails for the most part. But a raised way would be a main thoroughfaredistinctly a road as compared to a path or trail. Instead of the wild confusion and chaos of human philosophies and schemes, God will provide His Way. It is the only Way characterized by holiness. Its uniqueness is that of the separateness of those who walk upon it. They are separated from uncleanness (spiritual and moral uncleanness). The spiritually stained and morally soiled will not travel this Way. Their exclusion will be of their own choice (Matthew 7:13-14) because Jesus is The Way (John 14:6). Jeremiah speaks of this Way (Jeremiah 6:16-17). This Way will be so unmistakably demonstrated or marked out by God that even the man who has never seen God’s Way before will recognize this as His Way. The one with no experience in the Way of God will be able to comprehend and walk in it. It will not be complex or confusing. The Way became a favorite synonym for the Christian life in the early church (cf. Acts 9:2; Acts 19:9; Acts 19:23; Acts 24:22). This Way would be one of safety, security and peacefulness. No dangerous beast (which, by the way, is a figure in Daniel and Revelation to symbolize human governments opposing God’s redemptive work), nothing predatory would prey upon those who choose to walk in This Way.

Isaiah 35:10 THE WAYFARER: Those who travel this raised way will be the redeemed (Heb. goal) and the ransomed (Heb. padah). This certainly indicates the traveler on this way has been purchased with a price. The purchase or ransom occasions everlasting joy and results in sorrow and sighing fleeing away. The emphasis is on everlasting. It cannot, therefore, have its ultimate fulfillment in anything transitory or temporal such as a land or physical nation/kingdom. It is associated with coming to Zion. Zion, in its spiritual focus, is the church, not a mountain (Hebrews 12:22). Those who walk upon this Way are those purchased by the blood of Christ. The joy that shall be the crowning factor of their lives (upon their heads) is the joy Jesus brought (cf. John 15:11; John 16:22-24; John 17:13; Romans 14:17; 1 John 1:4, etc.). Walking on this Way of holiness, which is both clear and safe, will eliminate the need for sorrowing and sighing. Frustration is eliminated and hurt or damage is impossible (in the eternal sense) inasmuch as the traveler has been assured of reaching his destination because his price has been paid by Jehovah.

It is interesting that this glorious chapter, describing all the beauty, glory and gladness that is to come to the redeemed, is followed (after the historical interlude of Chapter s 36-39) by the introduction of Isaiah’s great Servant section (Chapter s 40-53). All that is to come to the redeemed is a result of the work of the Suffering Servant of God (Isaiah 53), the Messiah.

This chapter brings to an impressive climax the whole section warning that emancipation for God’s people is not from union with Egypt. Egypt, in reality, is in opposition to God’s redemptive work, as are all human ideologies. Emancipation for God’s people will be accomplished by God Himself in ransom and redemption. It is appropriated by those who wish it in traveling on God’s Way.

QUIZ

What is the literal meaning of highway in Isaiah 35:8?

What connection does this section have to Isaiah 35:1-7?

Where in the N.T. is the Way referred to?

Why does the fact that the traveler upon this Way will be redeemed and ransomed point to a fulfillment in the N.T.?

What joy is referred to in Isaiah 35:10?