Chapter 27 of Isaiah opens with this striking verse: “In that day the LORD with his hard and great and strong sword will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the twisting serpent, and he will slay the dragon that is in the sea” (Isaiah 27:1). In the ancient world Leviathan was a mythical sea creature, a terrifying monster who was a source…
Posts from November 2020
At the beginning of chapter 26 of Isaiah, the prophet tells us the words of a song that will sung by the redeemed people of God on the day of their deliverance. And in the middle of the song, as though they are speaking to us today, the people sing: “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you,…
The prophet Isaiah describes a sumptuous feast that the Lord will prepare for his people in the day of his salvation: On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined. (Isaiah 25:6) It’s enough to make one’s mouth…
In my sermon last Sunday on Isaiah 12:1-6, I said that the prophet puts words in our mouths as he describes the praise of the redeemed people of God. As Christians, we are those who live “in that day” (v.1) of the reign of Jesus Christ. And we are those who have been saved by his grace. So Isaiah gives us a…