(August 5, 2013)
These prophecies are some of the most direct of all Isaiah’s works, in my opinion. His language describing the gathering and the strangers who are joined into the House of Israel are quite clear to me. Additionally, there is some great language as to the differences between the righteous and the wicked. Perhaps I picked up on it because I am currently reading the New Testament as well, but Isaiah indicates that the righteous are those who rejoice in God’s highness and the wicked do not. That is consistent with what we know of pride as the universal sin. It is also appropriate in a discussion of the fall of Lucifer, who (despite his considerable abilities) lost everything because of his unwillingness to rejoice in God’s highness.
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