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Before the Cross Stood, Isaiah Spoke About It
The Gospel Message in the Old and New Testaments āFor God so loved the worldā¦ā (John 3:16) When I read these familiar words, I often think of Calvary. But not just the hill outside Jerusalem. Iām drawn back to another hill, a prophetic peak in Isaiah 53, where the shadow of the cross fell across the pages of Scripture. The Gospel didnāt begin in the Gospels. God gave the privilege, centuries earlier, to the prophet Isaiah, who saw the suffering…
The Comfort Promised
How Isaiah 40 Anticipates the Love of John 3:16 Isaiah 40:1 (KJV) Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. There is something tender in these words: like the voice of a father kneeling beside a frightened child. Itās the voice of God, breaking through the thunderclouds of judgment with a message of compassion. Isaiah 40 opens what many scholars call the āBook of Comfort,ā and it is here that the heartbeat of the Gospel quickens. The first line…
