Devotion Booklets for Seasons of the Church Year Advent 2019 - God With Us | Page 4

Tuesday, December 3
Reading: Isaiah 4-5 (
5 minutes)
Short Reading: Isaiah 4:2-3 & 5:1-7 (
1 minutes)
After threats of punishment in chapters 2-3, God speaks words of comfort to the faithful. Judgments
would come, but believers would find beautiful comfort in God’s promises of cleansing and
protection. What special name is given to the Messiah in 4:2 (which comes up again in 11:1)? It is
worthwhile to take note of the all the names used of the Messiah in the book of Isaiah!
The song of the vineyard in chapter 5 is a short history lesson summarizing all of Old Testament
history up to the days of Isaiah. God made the house of Israel and people of Judah his very own
people. He had protected them and established them. But they deserted their God. Chapter 5 lists six
woes / denunciations of the people’s “bad fruit.”
Wednesday, December 4
Reading: Isaiah 6-7
(
5 minutes)
Short Reading: Isaiah 6:1-8 & 7:10-14 (
2 minutes)
Chapter 6 shares Isaiah’s call to serve as God’s prophet. Why was Isaiah fearful in the presence of
God? What caused him to go from fear to willing service for his God?
The New Testament quotes the book of Isaiah over sixty times! One of those times is Matthew 1:22-
23. When the virgin Mary conceived and gave birth to Immanuel (which means “God with Us”) this
fulfilled what the Lord had said through Isaiah in 7:14. Why is the name Immanuel and the fulfillment
of God’s promises such a comfort to us?
New Testament Connections:
Isaiah 6:9 → Matthew 13:14, Mark 4:12, Luke 8:10, John 12:39, Acts 28:25
Isaiah 7:14 → Matthew 1:23
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