Exploring Guidelines for Interpreting Old Testament Prophecy
Delve into the depth of Old Testament prophecy interpretation with insights on oracles, historical context, covenant understanding, and the significance of Christ and the gospel throughout. Discover clues within Isaiah, grasp the biblical narrative, and stand in awe of God's grandeur.
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Celebrating the Celebrating the Servant Servant- -Savior: Savior: The Gospel of Isaiah Jason S. DeRouchie, PhD Professor of OT and Biblical Theology Bethlehem College & Seminary www.derouchie-meyer.org Bethlehem Baptist Church, 2016
Reading for Depth vs. Distance Reading for Depth vs. Distance Different seasons for Bible reading and study A life-long pattern of reading for depth vs. distance Learn to use your Bible s well: o Recognize OT allusions o Learn the biblical storyline o Recall biblical promises o Stand in awe of our big God o Celebrate Christ and the gospel
Guidelines for Interpreting Guidelines for Interpreting OT Prophecy OT Prophecy Think in terms of oracles. Pay attention to history. Remember the covenant and the canon. See and savor Christ and the gospel.
Guidelines for Interpreting Guidelines for Interpreting OT Prophecy OT Prophecy Think in terms of oracles. Pay attention to history. o Clue 1: Isa 1:1 o Clue 2: Isa 1:7 8 (cf. Isa 36 37) o Clue 3: Isa 1:19 20 Deut. 30:15 16. See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil. 16 If you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I command you today, by loving the LORD your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules, then you shall live and multiply, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to take possession of it.
Pay attention to history. K I N G D O M
Pay attention to history. K Kickoff & Rebellion Creation, fall, flood I N G D O M
Pay attention to history. K Kickoff & Rebellion Creation, fall, flood I Instrument of Blessing Patriarchs N G D O M
Pay attention to history. K Kickoff & Rebellion Creation, fall, flood I Instrument of Blessing Patriarchs N Nation Redeemed & Commissioned Exodus, Sinai, wilderness G D O M
Pay attention to history. K Kickoff & Rebellion Creation, fall, flood I Instrument of Blessing Patriarchs N Nation Redeemed & Commissioned Exodus, Sinai, wilderness G Government in the Land Conquest & kingdoms D O M
Pay attention to history. K Kickoff & Rebellion Creation, fall, flood I Instrument of Blessing Patriarchs N Nation Redeemed & Commissioned Exodus, Sinai, wilderness G Government in the Land Conquest & kingdoms D Dispersion & Return Exile & initial restoration O M
Pay attention to history. K Kickoff & Rebellion Creation, fall, flood I Instrument of Blessing Patriarchs N Nation Redeemed & Commissioned Exodus, Sinai, wilderness G Government in the Land Conquest & kingdoms D Dispersion & Return Exile & initial restoration O Overlap of the Ages Christ s work & church age M
Pay attention to history. K Kickoff & Rebellion Creation, fall, flood I Instrument of Blessing Patriarchs N Nation Redeemed & Commissioned Exodus, Sinai, wilderness G Government in the Land Conquest & kingdoms D Dispersion & Return Exile & initial restoration O Overlap of the Ages Christ s work & church age M Mission Accomplished Christ s return & kingdom consummation
Pay attention to history. K Kickoff & Rebellion Creation, fall, flood I Instrument of Blessing Patriarchs N Nation Redeemed & Commissioned Exodus, Sinai, wilderness G Government in the Land Conquest & kingdoms D Dispersion & Return Exile & initial restoration O Overlap of the Ages Christ s work & church age M Mission Accomplished Christ s return & kingdom consummation
Pay attention to history. K Kickoff & Rebellion Creation, fall, flood I Instrument of Blessing Patriarchs N Nation Redeemed & Commissioned Exodus, Sinai, wilderness G Government in the Land Conquest & kingdoms D Dispersion & Return Exile & initial restoration O Overlap of the Ages Christ s work & church age M Mission Accomplished Christ s return & kingdom consummation
Israel & Judah in History Israel & Judah in History
Israel & Judah in History Israel & Judah in History Isaiah
Pay attention to history. Power Prophetic Period Israel Judah 8th early 7th century Assyria (870 626 BC) Jonah (ca. 770) Amos (ca. 760) Hosea (ca. 760 730) Isaiah (ca. 740 700) Micah (ca. 737 690) Nahum (ca. 650) Late 7th early 6th century Babylon (626 539 BC) Habakkuk (ca. 630) Jeremiah (ca. 626 580) Zephaniah (ca. 622) Joel (ca. 600?) Obadiah (ca. 586?) Ezekiel (ca. 593 570) Late 6th early 5th century Persia (539 323 BC) Haggai (ca. 520) Zechariah (ca. 520 518) Malachi (ca. 433)
Guidelines for Interpreting Guidelines for Interpreting OT Prophecy OT Prophecy Think in terms of oracles. Pay attention to history. Remember the covenants and the canon. o The five main covenants? Adamic/Noahic Abrahamic Mosaic Davidic New
Guidelines for Interpreting Guidelines for Interpreting OT Prophecy OT Prophecy Think in terms of oracles. Pay attention to history. Remember the covenants and the canon. o The five main covenants? Adamic/Noahic Abrahamic Mosaic Davidic New
Remember the covenants and the canon. Law Prophets (Enforced) Writings (Enjoyed) (Established) Former Latter Former Latter Genesis Joshua Jeremiah Ruth Daniel Exodus Judges Ezekiel Psalms Esther Leviticus 1 2 Samuel Isaiah Job Ezra-Nehemiah Numbers 1 2 Kings The Twelve Proverbs 1 2 Chronicles Deuteronomy Ecclesiastes Song of Songs Lamentations Narrative Narrative Commentary Commentary Narrative
Remember the covenants and the canon. Law Prophets (Enforced) Writings (Enjoyed) (Established) Former Latter Former Latter Genesis Joshua Jeremiah Ruth Daniel Exodus Judges Ezekiel Psalms Esther Leviticus 1 2 Samuel Isaiah Job Ezra-Nehemiah Numbers 1 2 Kings The Twelve Proverbs 1 2 Chronicles Deuteronomy Ecclesiastes Song of Songs Lamentations Narrative Narrative Commentary Commentary Narrative
Remember the covenants and the canon. o ESV v. 9: Cited Rom 9:29 Rom. 9:22 29. What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, 23 in order to make known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory 24 even us whom he has called, not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles? 25As indeed he says in Hosea, Those who were not my people I will call my people, and her who was not beloved I will call beloved. 26 And in the very place where it was said to them, You are not my people, there they will be called sons of the living God. 27And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will be saved, 28 for the Lord will carry out his sentence upon the earth fully and without delay. 29And as Isaiah predicted, If the Lord of hosts had not left us offspring, we would have been like Sodom and become like Gomorrah.
Guidelines for Interpreting Guidelines for Interpreting OT Prophecy OT Prophecy Think in terms of oracles. Pay attention to history. Remember the covenant and the canon. See and savor Christ and the gospel.
o NT perspectives: Acts 3:18, 24. But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled . And all the prophets who have spoken ... also proclaimed these days. Acts 10:43. To him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name. 1 Pet 1:10 11. Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, 11 inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories.
o Content-Outline of Isaiah 1 Title The national crisis The religious situation (+ note of hope) vv. 10 20 The social problem Resolution: Threat and hope v. 1 vv. 2 9 vv. 21 23 vv. 24 31
o Content-Outline of Isaiah 1 Title The national crisis The religious situation (+ note of hope) vv. 10 20 The social problem Resolution: Threat and hope v. 1 vv. 2 9 vv. 21 23 vv. 24 31 o The overarching promise of Isaiah 1 Isa 1:18. Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.
