Celebrating the Servant-Savior The Gospel of Isaiah Jason S. DeRouchie, PhD Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Theology Bethlehem College & Seminary www.jasonderouchie.com Bethlehem Baptist Church, 2017
Isaiah 24–27: Outline Main theme: God’s Desolation and Recreation of His World/Garden City Outline: Isaiah 24–25 – God’s Great Salvation 24:1–23. The Earth’s Desolation & the Wasted City 25:1–12. Death’s Destruction & God’s Exaltation Isaiah 26–27 – Further Description of God’s Great Salvation 26:1–21. God’s Protection of His Remnant 27:1. God’s Slaying of the Enemy 27:2–13. God’s Full Deliverance of His People
Isaiah 24–27: Outline Main theme: God’s Desolation and Recreation of His World/Garden City Outline: Isaiah 24–25 – God’s Great Salvation 24:1–23. The Earth’s Desolation & the Wasted City 25:1–12. Death’s Destruction & God’s Exaltation Isaiah 26–27 – Further Description of God’s Great Salvation 26:1–21. God’s Protection of His Remnant 27:1. God’s Slaying of the Enemy 27:2–13. God’s Full Deliverance of His People
Isaiah 24–27: Context Isaiah 13–27: God’s Desolation & Recreation of the World Chs. 13–23. Oracles Concerning the Nations Set 1: Babylon (13:1–14:27) Philistia (14:28–32) Moab (15:1–16:14) Syria-Israel alliance (17:1–18:7) Egypt (19:1–20:6) Set 2: Babylon (21:1–10) Edom (21:11–12) Arabia (21:13–17) Jerusalem (22:1–25) Tyre (23:1–18) Chs. 24–27. God’s Desolation & Recreation
Earth’s Desolation & the Wasted City (Isaiah 24:1–23) Outline: The Promise of Desolation (24:1) The Results (24:2–23) Result 1: The emptying and plundering of the earth (24:2–17) Result 2: The irreversible destruction of the earth’s wicked (24:18–20) Result 3: The delayed but certain punishment of all those hostile to YHWH’s reign (24:21–23)