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- 0:06Daniel Moore: After all the prophecies, promises, kingdoms, judgments, stumps, branches, wolves, lambs, and enough future predictions to make a weather forecaster nervous, Isaiah 12 feels like the grand finale of a magnificent symphony.
- 0:19Daniel Moore: It's as if Isaiah pauses and says, Now that we've seen what God is going to do, let's stop and sing about it.
- 0:25Daniel Moore: This chapter is only six verses long, but don't let its size fool you.
- 0:30Daniel Moore: Isaiah 12 packs a powerful punch of praise, gratitude, and confidence in God's salvation.
- 0:36Daniel Moore: It serves as the worship response to everything God promised in chapter 11 concerning the coming Messiah and his glorious kingdom.
- 0:43Daniel Moore: You could think of Isaiah 12 as the Bible version of the victory song after the battle is won.
- 0:47Daniel Moore: The people aren't praising God because everything is perfect yet.
- 0:51Daniel Moore: They're praising him because they know he is faithful to keep his promises.
- 0:54Daniel Moore: That's a lesson that we all need.
- 0:57Daniel Moore: Sometimes we're waiting for God to move while he's inviting us to worship him in advance.
- 1:01Daniel Moore: So as we walk through this short but beautiful chapter, we're going to discover what it means to exchange fear for trust, anxiety for praise, and silence for joyful proclamation.
- 1:11Daniel Moore: Isaiah reminds us that when God becomes our salvation, praise becomes our natural response.
- 1:17Daniel Moore: Let's get to it.
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- 1:57Daniel Moore: Well, this week's going to be just a little bit different.
- 2:01Daniel Moore: It's almost going to seem like it's probably just a devotional this week.
- 2:05Daniel Moore: We have a very short episode.
- 2:07Daniel Moore: I contemplated doing 12, jumping into 13 maybe, but after I looked into that, I thought, no, logistics just tells me I probably just need to do chapter 12 by itself.
- 2:17Daniel Moore: And we'll just go ahead and do that this week.
- 2:20Daniel Moore: And as you've noticed, usually when I start these episodes out, I kind of start them out a little smart elicky and snarky, uh, just to kind of add some humor to the whole the whole book of Isaiah, just because, you know, the whole situation of how the Israelites are and all that kind of thing.
- 2:36Daniel Moore: But this week I started out a little bit different because this week's chapter is different.
- 2:41Daniel Moore: And so we're going to go ahead and get into that.
- 2:43Daniel Moore: Coming up here in a few weeks, just something to look forward to.
- 2:46Daniel Moore: We're going to be getting to chapter 14, and we're going to have an extra week on chapter 14 after we actually go through the actual chapter, and we're going to do a deep dive into that chapter.
- 2:57Daniel Moore: And in one episode, we're going to cover a lot of really interesting topics that that chapter brings up.
- 3:03Daniel Moore: So that's something to look forward to.
- 3:05Daniel Moore: So make sure you subscribe to our podcast to get all those episodes.
- 3:09Daniel Moore: But for now, this week we're going to go ahead and get through chapter 12 in Isaiah.
- 3:14Daniel Moore: So to go ahead and get started into this week's episode, we'll go ahead and read our text that we're going to be covering this week in chapter 12.
- 3:34Daniel Moore: It's a whole whopping six verses long.
- 3:37Daniel Moore: It says, You will stay in that day, I will give thanks to you, O Lord, for though you were angry with me, your anger turned away that you might comfort me.
- 3:45Daniel Moore: Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and will not be afraid.
- 3:50Daniel Moore: For the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.
- 3:55Daniel Moore: With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation, and you will say in that day, give thanks to the Lord, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the peoples, proclaim that his name is exalted.
- 4:08Daniel Moore: Sing praises to the Lord, for he has done gloriously.
- 4:11Daniel Moore: Let this be made known in all the earth.
- 4:14Daniel Moore: Shout and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.
- 4:22Daniel Moore: That's chapter 12 of Isaiah 1 through 6 from the ESV version of the Bible.
- 4:29Daniel Moore: Well, Isaiah chapter 12 is a brief yet powerful hymn of praise that serves as a fitting conclusion to the prophetic message of hope and salvation introduced in the preceding chapters.
- 4:41Daniel Moore: Following the vivid prophecies of the coming Messiah, restoration of God's people, this chapter shifts into a song of thanksgiving.
- 4:49Daniel Moore: It reflects the joy and reassurance believers experience when they trust in the Lord's salvation.
- 4:55Daniel Moore: Set in the context of future redemption, Isaiah 12 echoes themes of faith, forgiveness, and worship, encouraging God's people to draw strength from Him and proclaim His greatness to the nations.
- 5:07Daniel Moore: This chapter captures a moment of heartfelt adoration, representing the grateful response of a redeemed people to their saving and faithful God.
- 5:16Daniel Moore: So to go ahead and jump into our text for this week, we will start with verse one as we start this song of praise.
- 5:25Daniel Moore: It says, You will say in that day, I will give thanks to you, O Lord, for though you were angry with me, your anger turned away, that you might comfort me.
- 5:34Daniel Moore: This opening verse here in chapter twelve reflects a personal and communal expression of gratitude for God's mercy and forgiveness.
- 5:42Daniel Moore: In that day refers to a future time of salvation, most likely linked with the Messianic Age spoken of in Isaiah 11, where the Lord brings peace and righteousness to his people.
- 5:53Daniel Moore: The verse acknowledges God's just anger towards sin, but celebrates his turning away from wrath.
- 6:00Daniel Moore: Historically, Israel had rebelled repeatedly, inviting God's judgment through foreign invasions and exile.
- 6:07Daniel Moore: But the nation also longed for divine reconciliation.
- 6:11Daniel Moore: According to Matthew Henry's commentary, this verse signifies the joy of a believer who has experienced pardon and peace.
- 6:18Daniel Moore: The Jewish believers who had suffered under God's discipline would be restored and would respond in heartfelt praise.
- 6:25Daniel Moore: The pivot from divine anger to comfort reflects the character of God as both just and merciful.
- 6:32Daniel Moore: Verse 2 says, Behold, God is my salvation.
- 6:36Daniel Moore: I will trust and will not be afraid, for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.
- 6:43Daniel Moore: Here Isaiah emphasizes the centrality of God Himself as the source of salvation, not merely his deeds, but his being.
- 6:52Daniel Moore: The phrase God is my salvation reiterates a theological truth important to Israel.
- 6:58Daniel Moore: Deliverance comes from God alone.
- 7:00Daniel Moore: The repetition in the name Lord God, or in Hebrew, Adonai Yahweh, emphasizes the personal covenantal nature of God.
- 7:10Daniel Moore: The Hebrew for Lord God is often written as Adonai or YHWH.
- 7:17Daniel Moore: In many English Bible translations, when you see Lord God with Lord in small capitals, it's translating this combination.
- 7:26Daniel Moore: Adonai means Lord or Master.
- 7:30Daniel Moore: Yahweh or YHWH, in that form often rendered as Yahweh, is the personal covenantal name of God revealed to Moses in Exodus 3.14.
- 7:41Daniel Moore: Because Jewish tradition treats the name YHWH as too holy to pronounce, they often say Adonai instead when reading Scripture aloud.
- 7:52Daniel Moore: So when both names appear together, Adonai Yahweh as YHWH, to avoid repeating Adonai Adonai, traditional readers would often say Adonai Elohim, meaning Lord God.
- 8:06Daniel Moore: The phrase my strength and my song recalls Exodus 15 2, where Moses and the Israelites celebrated their deliverance from Egypt.
- 8:14Daniel Moore: This points to purposeful continuity, showing that just as God saved them in the past, he still acts as savior in future redemption.
- 8:23Daniel Moore: In context, this verse assures the faithful remnant in Israel that trust in God removes fear, even amid national crises like Assyrian invasion or Babylonian exile.
- 8:34Daniel Moore: Albert Barnes noted that this verse expresses personal confidence and joy in God arising from a spiritual experience of salvation.
- 8:42Daniel Moore: It not only celebrates God's deliverance, but shows how trust in Him dispels fear.
- 8:48Daniel Moore: Verse 3 says, With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.
- 8:54Daniel Moore: This poetic image uses the metaphor of drawing water to represent freely receiving and experiencing God's blessings and salvation.
- 9:01Daniel Moore: In ancient Near Eastern culture, water was precious and vital, especially in arid Israel.
- 9:08Daniel Moore: Drawing water with joy signifies both abundance and satisfaction.
- 9:12Daniel Moore: The wells of salvation suggest an unlimited source of spiritual life, similar to how Jesus would later speak of living water in John 4.
- 9:20Daniel Moore: In the historical context, this verse is a promise that after exile, repentance, and reconciliation, Israel would joyfully partake in God's full provision.
- 9:30Daniel Moore: It also likely alludes to the imagery of the Feast of Tabernacles, where water was poured out ceremonially to symbolize salvation and blessing.
- 9:39Daniel Moore: John de Go comments that this indicates the joy believers have in receiving the rich and varied benefits of God's grace in Christ, just as a thirsty soul finds delight in clear, fresh water.
- 9:51Daniel Moore: Verse 4 in chapter 12, and you will say in that day, give thanks to the Lord, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people, proclaim that his name is exalted.
- 10:03Daniel Moore: This verse moves from personal praise to public proclamation.
- 10:07Daniel Moore: Give thanks and call upon his name are traditional acts of worship, while make known his deeds reflects a missional impulse to spread knowledge of God's work beyond Israel, among the people, meaning the Gentile nations.
- 10:20Daniel Moore: This anticipates the global expansion of God's kingdom, as seen repeatedly through Isaiah's prophecies, such as in 49 verse 6, which we haven't got to there yet, but we will eventually.
- 10:31Daniel Moore: It also frames Israel's restored purpose, not only to worship Yahweh internally, but to bear witness externally.
- 10:39Daniel Moore: The pulpit commentary notes that the proclamation of God's name among the nations signals a key transition.
- 10:45Daniel Moore: The opening up of God's covenant blessings to all peoples through the ultimate fulfillment found in the Messiah.
- 10:52Daniel Moore: The exaltation of his name represents honoring his character and authority.
- 10:57Daniel Moore: So as we summarize these first four verses here in Isaiah chapter 12, they paint a unified picture of a redeemed people, restored and rejoicing, worshiping God not only in thanks, but as a witness to the world of his saving grace.
- 11:10Daniel Moore: As we move on here to verse 5, sing praises to the Lord, for he has done gloriously.
- 11:17Daniel Moore: Let this be made known in all the earth.
- 11:20Daniel Moore: This verse calls for global praise and universal acknowledgement of God's mighty acts.
- 11:26Daniel Moore: The phrase Sing Praises to the Lord is a call to joyful worship directed at Yahweh, rooted in recognition of his redemptive works.
- 11:34Daniel Moore: He has done gloriously echoes earlier biblical language, particularly the Song of the Sea in Exodus 15 1, where Moses and the Israelites sang in celebration of their deliverance from Egypt.
- 11:46Daniel Moore: I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously.
- 11:50Daniel Moore: Historically, this verse projects a future time of fulfillment, in which God's saving acts on behalf of his people are not just for Israel, but for the whole world to witness.
- 12:00Daniel Moore: The command to make it known in all the earth moves the focus beyond the borders of Israel to a global proclamation of God's glory.
- 12:08Daniel Moore: This anticipates the inclusion of the Gentiles into God's plan of redemption, a prominent theme in the later chapters of Isaiah, such as Isaiah 49 and chapter 60.
- 12:18Daniel Moore: According to the Kill and DeLeach commentary on the Old Testament, this verse reflects the eschatological vision of Isaiah, in which the coming salvation will be so magnificent that the entire earth must hear of it.
- 12:30Daniel Moore: It is a missionary verse, underscoring the idea that redemption is intended for all nations.
- 12:36Daniel Moore: Albert Barnes also notes that this is a prophetic view of the spread of the gospel once limited to Israel.
- 12:43Daniel Moore: The knowledge of God's glorious deeds would one day be universal through the coming of the Messiah.
- 12:50Daniel Moore: And as we reach the final verse here in chapter twelve for this week, it's verse six.
- 12:55Daniel Moore: Shout and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.
- 13:02Daniel Moore: This is a climax of the prophetic song in this chapter.
- 13:07Daniel Moore: Zion, representing Jerusalem, and by extension the faithful remnant of God's people, is summoned to a joyful response.
- 13:14Daniel Moore: The term shout and sing for joy, or cry aloud and shout, emphasize exuberant worship, as seen in other psalms of deliverance, such as Psalm 47 and Psalm 98.
- 13:24Daniel Moore: The reason for this joy is the presence of the Holy One of Israel, a title Isaiah frequently uses for God, emphasizing his purity, majesty, and covenant commitment to his people.
- 13:36Daniel Moore: The phrase great in your midst reflects God's intimate and powerful presence among his people.
- 13:42Daniel Moore: In Israel's history, the concept of God's indwelling presence was central to identity and worship, the visible cloud of glory in the tabernacle and temple being a constant reminder of divine nearness.
- 13:54Daniel Moore: Historically, this was a hopeful turnaround for a nation once under judgment.
- 13:59Daniel Moore: The earlier chapters of Isaiah recount national sin and impending judgment, but this closing declaration here in chapter 12 looks forward to restoration, a day when God would again dwell among his people in blessing, fulfilled ultimately in the person of Jesus Christ Emmanuel, or God with us, according to Matthew 123.
- 14:19Daniel Moore: The pulpit commentary describes this verse as depicting not only restoration, but the ultimate messianic joy.
- 14:26Daniel Moore: The indwelling of the Holy One of Israel recalls God's covenant faithfulness and pledges an enduring relationship with his people.
- 14:34Daniel Moore: This verse links joy with access to God's presence, a foreshadowing of the new covenant, where joy flows not just from what God does externally, but from his inward presence with the believer, both communally in the church and individually by the Spirit.
- 14:50Daniel Moore: So in these two final verses of this chapter, verses five and six, they come to a triumphant close with joy and worship extending from personal gratitude to global proclamation, anticipating both Israel's restoration and the coming kingdom in which God dwells gloriously among all his people.
- 15:08Daniel Moore: It consists of two parts.
- 15:39Daniel Moore: Verses 1 through 3 reflect personal gratitude for salvation, and verses 4 through 6 expand that praise into a communal and global proclamation of God's greatness.
- 15:50Daniel Moore: At its heart, this chapter celebrates the transformation from judgment to joy, from wrath to redemption, and from fear to trust in the Lord.
- 15:59Daniel Moore: Historically, Isaiah 12 looks forward to a time when God will have delivered his people from oppression and brought about restoration, possibly pointing toward the future messianic age.
- 16:09Daniel Moore: The language echoes Israel's past deliverance from Egypt, suggesting that God's future acts of salvation would mirror his faithfulness in history.
- 16:18Daniel Moore: This chapter blends the remembrance of the past, the experience of the present, and the hope of the future into one unified song of thanksgiving.
- 16:28Daniel Moore: The key themes in this chapter include God's mercy replacing his anger, the joy and confidence that comes from trusting in God's salvation, the call to spread the knowledge of God's work to the nations, and the celebration of God's presence among his people.
- 16:44Daniel Moore: And we have a short little application for this chapter that we can apply in our lives today.
- 16:49Daniel Moore: Isaiah 12 reminds believers of the importance of gratitude and joyful worship in response to God's salvation.
- 16:56Daniel Moore: Just as ancient Israel recognized and celebrated God's help and presence, we too are called to trust in God's saving work through Jesus Christ, rejoice in his continued presence by the Holy Spirit, and proclaim his greatness to all the people.
- 17:12Daniel Moore: The imagery of drawing water from the wells of salvation encourages us to seek continual refreshment and strength from God's grace.
- 17:19Daniel Moore: And the global call to tell of his deeds points to the Church's mission to make Christ known to every nation.
- 17:26Daniel Moore: This chapter is a timeless reminder that worship is not merely personal, but also communal and missional.
- 17:33Daniel Moore: It calls us to live lives filled with joy, trust, praise, and the continual proclamation of God's glory to the world.
- 17:42Daniel Moore: Well, that's going to do it for this week's episode.
- 17:46Daniel Moore: We'll be back next week.
- 17:47Daniel Moore: We'll be jumping into chapter 13 here in our study in Isaiah.
- 17:52Daniel Moore: Hope you guys will come back for that.
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- 18:05Daniel Moore: Well, that's all for this week, and we believe that God's word never fails us.
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- 18:14Daniel Moore: This episode is recorded in the upper room at our Connecting the Gap studios.
- 18:18Daniel Moore: This is an extension of Connecting the Gap Ministries, and we pray that you have a blessed week.