The Story-Line of Christian Prophetic Rhetorolect LESSON 5: ISAIAH AS A RESOURCE FOR JESUS

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The Story-Line of Christian Prophetic
RhetorolectLESSON 5 ISAIAH AS A RESOURCE FOR
JESUS ADULT ACTIVITY

• The prophetic words of Isaiah serve as a
  resource in Christian prophetic rhetorolect
  beyond John the Baptist and the birth of Jesus
  into Jesus adult activity.
• Verses in Isaiah function as special resources
  both for the beginning of Jesus adult activity
  and for special features of his activity after
  its beginning.

• Click to read passages in Isaiah where Isaiah
  interprets his own prophetic activity.

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• In the Hebrew Bible, Isaiah interprets his
  mission to Israel as an anointed prophet.
• Click to read about Isaiah as an anointed
  prophet.

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ISAIAH INTERPRETS HIS MISSION TO ISRAEL AS
AN ANOINTED PROPHET

• Isaiah 611 The spirit of the Lord Adonai is on
  me because Adonai has anointed me to preach good
  news to the humble.
• He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to
  proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to
  those who are bound
• 612 to proclaim the year of Adonais favor, and
  the day of vengeance of our God to comfort all
  who mourn
• Click to continue with Isaiah as an anointed
  prophet.

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ISAIAH INTERPRETS HIS MISSION TO ISRAEL AS
AN ANOINTED PROPHETcont. (1)

• Isaiah 613 to appoint those who mourn in Zion,
  to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of
  joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the
  spirit of heaviness that they may be called
  trees of righteousness, the planting of Adonai,
  that he may be glorified. (read Isaiah 61)
• Isaiah 586 Isnt this the fast that I have
  chosen to release the bonds of wickedness, to
  undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the
  oppressed go free, and that you may break every
  yoke?
• Click to continue with Isaiah as an anointed
  prophet.

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ISAIAH INTERPRETS HIS MISSION TO ISRAEL AS
AN ANOINTED PROPHETcont. (2)

• Isaiah 587 Isnt it to distribute your bread to
  the hungry, and that you bring the poor who are
  cast out to your house?
• When you see the naked, that you cover him and
  that you not hide yourself from your own flesh?
• (read Isaiah 58)
• Click for Christian prophetic rhetorolect that
  uses Isaiah 61 and 58 as a resource.

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• CHRISTIAN PROPHETIC RHETOROLECT PRESENTS JESUS
  READING A BLEND OF
• ISAIAH 61 AND 58 TO INTERPRET HIS OWN MISSION
• AS AN ANOINTED PROPHET

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Christian Prophetic Rhetorolect in Luke 4
JESUS INTERPRETS HIS MISSION AS AN ANOINTED
PROPHET

• Luke 416 He came to Nazareth, where he had been
  brought up. He entered, as was his custom, into
  the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to
  read.
• 417 The book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to
  him. He opened the book, and found the place
  where it was written,
• 418 The spirit of the Lord is on me, because he
  has anointed me to preach good news to the poor.
  He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to
  proclaim release to the captives, recovering of
  sight to the blind, to deliver those who are
  crushed,
• Click for continuation of Isaiah 61 and 58 as a
  resource in Christian prophetic rhetorolect.

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Christian Prophetic Rhetorolect in Luke 4
JESUS INTERPRETS HIS MISSION AS AN ANOINTED
PROPHET cont.

• Luke 419 and to proclaim the acceptable year of
  the Lord.
• 420 He closed the book, gave it back to the
  attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the
  synagogue were fastened on him.
• 421 He began to tell them, Today, this
  Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.
• (read Luke 414-30)
• Click for Isaiahs prediction of the
  re-establishment of northern Israel.

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• In the Hebrew Bible, Isaiah 9 predicts
  re-establishment of Northern Israel after
  Assyrias destruction in 733 BCE.
• Click to read Isaiahs prophetic statement about
  northern Israel.

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ISAIAH PREDICTS THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF
NORTHERN ISRAEL in Isaiah 9

• Isaiah 91 But there shall be no more gloom for
  her who was in anguish.
• In the former time, he brought into contempt the
  land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali
• but in the latter time he has made it glorious,
  by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee
  of the nations.
• Click for continuation of Isaiah 9.

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ISAIAH PREDICTS THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF
NORTHERN ISRAEL in Isaiah 9 cont.

• Isaiah 92 The people who walked in darkness have
  seen a great light. Those who lived in the land
  of the shadow of death, on them the light has
  shined.
• 93 You have multiplied the nation. You have
  increased their joy. They rejoice before you
  according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice
  when they divide the spoil.
• (read Isaiah 9)
• Click to read about Christian prophetic
  rhetorolect.

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• IN CHRISTIAN PROPHETIC RHETOROLECT GOSPEL OF
  MATTHEW INTERPRETS JESUS GOING TO CAPERNAUM AS A
  MOVE TO GALILEE OF THE GENTILES, BY THE SEA

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Christian Prophetic Rhetorolectin Matthew 4
JESUS GOES TO GALILEE OF THE GENTILES

• Matthew 412 Now when Jesus heard that John was
  delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee.
• 413 Leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in
  Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of
  Zebulun and Naphtali,
• 414 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken
  through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
• 415 The land of Zebulun and the land of
  Naphtali, toward the sea, beyond the Jordan,
  Galilee of the Gentiles,
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  rhetorolect in Matthew.

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Christian Prophetic Rhetorolectin Matthew 4
JESUS GOES TO GALILEE OF THE GENTILES

• Matthew 416 the people who sat in darkness saw a
  great light, to those who sat in the region and
  shadow of death, to them light has dawned.
• 417 From that time, Jesus began to preach, and
  to say, Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at
  hand.(read Matthew 4)
• Click for a resource for Christian prophetic
  rhetorolect in Isaiah 6.

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Hebrew Bible Resource

• In the Hebrew Bible, Isaiah 6 presents Gods
  words to Isaiah about people not understanding,
  with their minds dull, their ears stopped, and
  their eyes shut.
• Click to read Gods words to Isaiah about
  Israels inability to understand.

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GODS WORDS TO ISAIAH ABOUT THE PEOPLE NOT
BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND

• Isaiah 68 I head the Lords voice, saying, Whom
  shall I send, and who will go for us? Then I
  said, Here I am, send me!
• 69 He said, Go and tell this people, You hear
  indeed, but dont understand and you see indeed,
  but dont perceive.
• 610 Make the heart of this people fat. Make
  their ears heavy, and shut their eyes lest they
  see with their eyes, and hear with their ears,
  and understand with their heart, and turn again,
  and be healed.
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GODS WORDS TO ISAIAH ABOUT THE PEOPLE NOT
BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND cont.

• Isaiah 611 Then I said, Lord, how long? He
  answered, Until cities are waste without
  inhabitant, and house without man, and the land
  becomes utterly waste,
• 612 and Adonai has removed men far away, and the
  forsaken places are many in the midst of the
  land.
• 613 If there is a tenth left in it, that also
  will in turn be consumed as a terebinth, and as
  an oak, whose stock remains when they are felled
  so the holy seed is its stock.
• (read Isaiah 6)
• Click for Christian prophetic rhetorolect that
  uses Isaiah 6 as a resource.

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• IN CHRISTIAN PROPHETIC RHETOROLECT JESUS USES
  GODS WORDS IN ISAIAH 6 TO INTERPRET HIS PARABLES
  AS HARD TO UNDERSTAND

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Christian Prophetic Rhetorolectin Matthew 13
JESUS PARABLES HARD TO UNDERSTAND

• Matthew 1313 Therefore I speak to them in
  parables, because seeing they dont see, and
  hearing, they dont hear, neither do they
  understand.
• 1314 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is
  fulfilled, which says, By hearing you will hear,
  and will in no way understand seeing you will
  see, and will in no way perceive
• 1315 for this peoples heart has grown callous,
  their ears are dull of hearing, they have closed
  their eyes or else perhaps they might perceive
  with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand
  with their heart, and should trun again and I
  would heal them.
• Click for continuation of Christian prophetic
  rhetorolect in Matthew.

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Christian Prophetic Rhetorolectin Matthew 13
JESUS PARABLES HARD TO UNDERSTAND cont.

• Matthew 1316 But blessed are your eyes, for
  they see and your ears, for they hear.
• 1317 For most certainly I tell you that many
  prophets and righteous men desired to see the
  things which you see, and didnt see them and to
  hear the things which you hear, and didnt hear
  them. (read Matthew 13)
• (read Mark 410-13 Mark 4)(read Luke 89-10
  Luke 8)
• Click for Isaiah 29 as a resource for Christian
  prophetic rhetorolect.

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Hebrew Bible ResourceISAIAH 29

• In the Hebrew Bible, Isaiah 29 contains lengthy
  words of God that discuss seeing, reading, and
  understanding.
• Gods statements make fun of both the people and
  the prophets of Israel.
• God foretells of a time when Israel will see
  clearly Gods ways and be blessed by God.
• APOLOGIES FOR THE LENGTH OF THE RECITATION OF
  ISAIAH 29 COMING NEXT!!
• IT IS, HOWEVER, VERY IMPORTANT.
• Click to read Isaiah 29.

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NOT UNDERSTANDINGin Isaiah 29

• Isaiah 299 Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves
  and be blind! They are drunken, but not with
  wine they stagger, but not with strong drink.
• 2910 For Adonai has poured out on you a spirit
  of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes, the
  prophets and he has covered your heads, the
  seers.
• Click to continue with Isaiah 29.

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READING AND NOT UNDERSTANDINGin Isaiah 29

• Isaiah 2911 All vision has become to you like
  the words of a book that is sealed, which men
  deliver to one who is educated, saying, Read
  this, please and he says, I cant, for it is
  sealed
• 2912 and the book is delivered to one who is not
  educated, saying, Read this, please and he
  says, I cant read.
• Click to continue with Isaiah 29.

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GOD WILL AGAIN DO AMAZING THINGSin Isaiah 29

• Isaiah 2913 The Lord said, Because this people
  draws near with their mouth and with their lips
  to honor me, but they have removed their heart
  far from me, and their fear of me is a
  commandment of men which has been taught
• 2914 therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a
  marvelous work among this people, even a
  marvelous work and a wonder and the wisdom of
  their wise men will perish, and the understanding
  of their prudent men will be hidden.
• Click to continue with Isaiah 29.

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PEOPLE TURN THINGS UPSIDE DOWNin Isaiah 29

• Isaiah 2915 Woe to those who deeply hide their
  counsel from Adonai, and whose works are in the
  dark, and who say, Who sees us? and Who knows
  us?
• 2916 You turn things upside down! Should the
  potter be thought to be like clay that the thing
  made should say about him who made it, He didnt
  make me or the thing formed say of him who
  formed it, He has no understanding?
• Click to continue with Isaiah 29.

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ISRAEL WILL BECOME FRUITFUL, HEARING AND
SEEING in Isaiah 29

• Isaiah 2917 Isnt it yet a very little while,
  and Lebanon will be turned into a fruitful field,
  and the fruitful field will be regarded as a
  forest?
• 2918 In that day, the deaf will hear the words
  of the book, and the eyes of the blind will see
  out of obscurity and out of darkness.
• Click to continue with Isaiah 29.

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JUSTICE WILL BRING JOY TO THE MEEK AND
HAPPINESS TO THE NEEDY in Isaiah 29

• Isaiah 2919 The humble also will increase their
  joy in Adonai, and the poor among men will
  rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
• 2920 For the ruthless is brought to nothing, and
  the scoffer ceases, and all those who are alert
  to do evil are cut off
• 2921 who cause a person to be indicted by a
  word, and lay a snare for the arbiter in the
  gate, and who deprive the innocent of justice
  with false testimony.
• Click to continue with Isaiah 29.

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JUSTICE WILL BRING JOY TO THE MEEK AND
HAPPINESS TO THE NEEDY in Isaiah 29

• Isaiah 2922 Therefore thus says Adonai, who
  redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob
  Jacob shall no longer be ashamed, neither shall
  his face grow pale.
• 2923 But when he sees his children, the work of
  my hands, in the midst of him, they will sanctify
  my name. Yes, they will sanctify the Holy One of
  Jacob, and will stand in awe of the God of
  Israel.
• 2924 They also who err in spirit will come to
  understanding, and those who grumble will receive
  instruction.
• (Isaiah 29)
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• IN CHRISTIAN PROPHETIC RHETOROLECT JESUS USES
  WORDS FROM ISAIAH 29
• TO DEFEND NOT WASHING HANDS BEFORE EATING, SINCE
  IT FOLLOWS TRADITION OF MEN RATHER THAN
  COMMANDMENT OF GOD

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Christian Prophetic Rhetorolectin Mark 7
DEFILED HANDS AND COMMANDMENT OF GOD

• Mark 75 The Pharisees and the scribes asked him,
  Why dont your disciples walk according to the
  tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with
  unwashed hands?
• 76 He answered them, Well did Isaiah prophesy
  of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people
  honors me with their lips, but their heart is far
  from me.
• Click for continuation of Christian prophetic
  rhetorolect.

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Christian Prophetic Rhetorolectin Mark 7
DEFILED HANDS AND COMMANDMENT OF GOD

• Mark 77 But in vain do they worship me,
  teaching as doctines the commandments of men.
• 78 For you set aside the commandment of God,
  and hold tightly to the tradition of menthe
  washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many
  other such things.
• 79 He said to them, Full well do you reject the
  commandment of God, that you may keep your
  tradition.
• (read Mark 71-23 Matthew 151-20)
• Click for additional resources in Isaiah for
  Christian prophetic rhetorolect.

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• In the Hebrew Bible, various passages in
  different chapters refer to healing that occurs
  through prophetic renewal.
• Click to read Gods prophetic words to Isaiah
  about healing.

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GODS WORDS TO ISAIAH ABOUT HEALING

• Isaiah 355 Then the eyes of the blind will be
  opened, and the ears of the deaf will be
  unstopped.
• 356 Then the lame man will leap like a deer, and
  the tongue of the mute will sing for waters will
  break out in the wilderness, and streams in the
  desert.
• Isaiah 2918 In that day, the deaf will hear the
  words of the book, and the eyes of the blind will
  see out of obscurity and out of darkness.
• Click to continue with Gods words to Isaiah.

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GODS WORDS TO ISAIAH ABOUT HEALING

• Isaiah 2619 Your dead shall live. My dead bodies
  shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the
  dust for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and
  the earth will cast forth the dead.
• Isaiah 611 The Spirit of the Lord Adonai is on
  me because Adonai has anointed me to preach good
  news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the
  brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the
  captives, and release those who are bound.
• Click for Christian prophetic rhetorolect.

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• IN CHRISTIAN PROPHETIC RHETOROLECT JESUS USES
  WORDS FROM ISAIAH TO INTERPRET HIS HEALINGS AND
  RAISING PEOPLE FROM DEATH TO LIFE

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Christian Prophetic Rhetorolectin Luke 7
JESUS INTERPRETS HIS HEALINGS WITH WORDS FROM
ISAIAH

• Luke 718 The disciples of John told him about
  all these things.
• 719 John, calling to himself two of his
  disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying, Are you
  the one who is coming, or should we look for
  another?
• 720 When the men had come to him, they said,
  John the Baptizer has sent us to you, saying,
  Are you he who comes, or should we look for
  another?
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  rhetorolect in Luke 7.

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Christian Prophetic Rhetorolectin Luke 7
JESUS INTERPRETS HIS HEALINGS WITH WORDS FROM
ISAIAH cont.

• Luke 721 In that hour he cured many of diseases
  and plagues and evil spirits and to many who
  were blind he gave sight.
• 722 Jesus answered them, Go and tell John the
  things which you have seen and heard that the
  blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the
  lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are
  raised up, and the poor have good news preached
  to them.
• 723 Blessed is he who is not offended by me.
  (compare Matthew 11 with Luke 7)
• Click for continuation of Christian prophetic
  rhetorolect in John 12.

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Christian Prophetic Rhetorolectin John 12
JESUS INTERPRETS HIS HEALINGS WITH WORDS FROM
ISAIAH cont.

• John 1237 But though he had done so many signs
  before them, yet they didnt believe in him,
• 1238 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might
  be fulfilled, which he spoke, Lord, who has
  believed our report? To whom has the arm of the
  Lord been revealed?
• 1239 For this cause they couldnt believe, for
  Isaiah said again,
• 1240 He has blinded their eyes and he hardened
  their heart, lest they should see with their
  eyes, and perceive with their heart, and would
  turn, and I would heal them.
• 1241 Isaiah said these things when he saw his
  glory, and spoke of him.
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Good Work!

• In this lesson you have learned that
• In the Hebrew Bible, Isaiah interprets his
  mission to Israel as an anointed prophet.
• Verses in Isaiah function as special resources
  both for the beginning of Jesus adult activity
  and for special features of his activity after
  its beginning.
• Christian prophetic rhetorolect presents Jesus
  reading a blend of Isaiah 61 and 58 to interpret
  his own mission as an anointed prophet.
• Click to continue the summary.

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Excellent!

• Click to continue the summary.
• In Christian prophetic rhetorolect, the Gospel
  of Matthew interprets Jesus going to Capernaum
  as a move to Galilee of the Gentiles, by the Sea.
• In Christian prophetic rhetorolect Jesus uses
  Gods words in Isaiah 6 to interpret his parables
  as hard to understand.
• In Christian prophetic rhetorolect, Jesus uses
  words from Isaiah 29 to defend not washing hands
  before eating, since it follows tradition of
  men rather than commandment of God.
• In Christian prophetic rhetorolect, Jesus uses
  words from Isaiah to interpret his healing and
  raising people from death to life.

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Congratulations!!!!

THIS WAS THE FIFTH LESSON on the Christian
Prophetic Story-Line. Every good wish as you
continue with Lesson 6 on the prophet Jeremiah.