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Isaiah Historical Examples

233 illustrations — Lessons from history, biography, and world events

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The Ensign Lifted: God's Providence in Missionary Hope

Our confidence in missionary labor rests entirely upon the prophecies of God's Word declaring it His will.

Isaiah 17:3UniversalGod's sovereignty in timingpatience amid unanswered prayer

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God's Circle: Earth's Shape and Sovereignty

The circle stands as geometry's most perfect figure, and God selected it as His design for creation itself.

Isaiah 39:22Universaldivine sovereigntyprovidential cycles

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Faith Transforms Desert Into Paradise Through God's Presence

Weakness becomes the vessel for His empowerment, as vine-sap fills the hollow branch and water flows into the hollowed basin.

Isaiah 39:10Universaldivine presence in adversitytransformation through faith

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The Root of Jesse: Christ as Banner to the Nations

In His humanity, Christ emerges as the Rod from Jesse's stem, the Branch from his roots (Jeremiah 23:5; Zechariah 3:8).

Isaiah 11:10UniversalChrist's dual natureuniversal kingship

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Christ the Shepherd: Care for His Flock

Christ's people are described as His "flock," a term denoting both privilege and protection.

Isaiah 39:11UniversalChrist as ShepherdDivine care and protection

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Zion Redeemed: The Church Purified Through Divine Justice

Figuratively, it describes the literal Zion; spiritually, it sets forth the visible and mystical Church.

Isaiah 1:27Universaldivine judgment purifying the Churchspiritual transformation through sanctification

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The Lion Subdued: Mastering Our Animal Nature

Exell's *Biblical Illustrator* offers three principles for this conquest.

Isaiah 35:9Universalspiritual transformationhuman nature

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The Razor of Divine Judgment: God's Sharp Instrument of Truth

King Ahaz had hired a cheap knife for Judah's deliverance, yet the Lord appropriates that same instrument for shameful judgment.

Isaiah 6:20UniversalDivine judgment and human presumptionThe danger of spiritual pride

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Christ the Nail Fastened in a Sure Place

This image reveals two dimensions of His fastening hold upon humanity.

Isaiah 20:23UniversalChrist's universal dominionspiritual security

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The Golden Age: Earth Transformed into Zion's Likeness

The prophets have sung of a golden age, the saints have prayed for one, and the Bible distinctly teaches that one will come.

Isaiah 11:9Universalmillennial kingdomdivine redemption of creation

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God's Withdrawn Joy: The Desolation of Willful Sin

Yet here, God withdraws His all-vitalizing and all-blessing presence.

Isaiah 9:17Universaldivine judgmentconsequences of willful disobedience

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The First Five Minutes After Death: Recognition Beyond the Grave

One seasoned traveler, having witnessed wonders across distant lands, told his friends: "There is something more wonderful than anything I have yet known, which I still have to experience." When pressed, he replied, "It is the first five minutes after...

Isaiah 13:9Universalrecognition and accountabilitycontinuity of personality beyond death

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The Soul's Nighttime Hunger for God's Presence

When worldly distractions fade and darkness surrounds us, the soul engages in its most consequential work—calling upon departed friends, recalling the past, foreboding the future, and wrestling with its deepest longing: communion with God.

Isaiah 25:9Universaldivine longingspiritual seeking

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The Endless Increase of Messiah's Kingdom and Peace

The missionary work comprises two dimensions: first, the proclamation of Messiah as King of kings and Lord of lords throughout the universe; second, the establishment of peace among men through the blood of His Cross.

Isaiah 9:7UniversalGod's eternal kingdomthe church's missionary mandate

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Why the Poor Rejoice in the Holy One of Israel

The universality of Christianity proves its Divine origin, for it alone adapts itself to the condition and wants of all humanity, coming from Him who sustains, preserves, feeds, and blesses all.

Isaiah 29:19UniversalGod's impartial lovesalvation freely given

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Christ in the Sick Room: Hezekiah's Affliction and Recovery

The tabernacle in which our soul dwells is a most frail and complicated machine.

Isaiah 35:21Universaldivine providence in afflictionsickness as spiritual discipline

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Playing with Fire: Israel's Refusal to Recognize Divine Judgment

Exell's Victorian exposition illuminates two critical spiritual failures.

Isaiah 39:25Universaldivine judgmentspiritual blindness

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Binding Up the Testimony: Preserving Divine Revelation

This vivid metaphor describes how God's people must guard and maintain the truths contained in Scripture through deliberate action.

Isaiah 6:16Universalsacred trustdoctrinal preservation

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The Rest Found Alone in Christ's Redemption

The Nature of Rest in Christ differs fundamentally from earthly comfort.

Isaiah 28:12Universalrest in Christspiritual burden

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The Inhabitant Shall Not Say, I Am Sick

"The inhabitant shall not say, I am sick." In this world, ruined by sin, the whole head is sick and the whole heart faint.

Isaiah 28:24Universaleschatological hopedivine mercy

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Glorifying the Lord in the Fires of Affliction

The same Almighty One who fed Elijah in the terrible days of dearth, and who delivered Daniel from the power of the lions, still watches over and provides for His people.

Isaiah 24:15UniversalGod's faithfulness in afflictionPurification through trials

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The Ash Tree: How Divine Ideas Take Root in Human Life

The cultivated tree is the joint product of human care and earth's fertility.

Isaiah 44:14Universalhuman cooperation with divine purposethe power of foundational ideas

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The Mutual Formation of Minister and People

Exell's Victorian scholarship illuminates this reciprocal dynamic across four dimensions.

Isaiah 24:2Universalmutual accountabilityspiritual formation

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What Shall I Say? Walking Softly Through Divine Mystery

Our Lord Himself uttered these same words when His soul was overwhelmed with grief in the prospect of His agonies, bloody sweat, and sacrificial death (John 12:27).

Isaiah 35:15Universaldivine mystery and providencetransformation through affliction