* and look.
16 Ps 58:10,11 Eze 39:9-16 Zec 14:12,18,19 Re 19:17-21
* their worm.
14:11 Mr 9:44-49 Re 14:10,11
* their fire.
34:10 Mt 3:12
* and they.
65:15 Da 12:2 1Th 2:15,16
CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE BOOK OF ISAIAH.
Isaiah has, with singular propriety, been denominated the
Evangelical Prophet, on account of the number and variety of
his prophecies concerning the advent and character, the
ministry and preaching, the sufferings and death, and the
extensive and permanent kingdom of the Messiah. So explicit
and determinate are his predictions, as well as so numerous,
that he seems to speak rather of things past than of events yet
future; and he may be rather called an evangelist than a
prophet. Though later critics, especially those on the
continent, have expended much labour and learning in order to
rob the prophet of his title; yet no one, whose mind is
unprejudiced, can be at a loss in applying select portions of
these prophecies to the mission and character of Jesus Christ,
and to the events in his history which they are cited to
illustrate by the sacred writers of the New Testament. In
fact, his prophecies concerning the Messiah seem almost to
anticipate the Gospel history; so clearly do they predict his
Divine character. (Compare ch. 7:14; with Mat. 1:18-23, and
Luke 1:27-35; ch. 6:; 9:6; 35:4; 40:5, 9, 19; 42: 6-8; 61:1,
with Lu. 4:18; ch. 62:11; 63:1-4;) his miracles, (ch. 35:5, 6;)
his peculiar character and virtues, (ch. 11:2, 3; 40:11;
43:1-3;) his rejection, (Compare ch. 6:9-12; with Mar. 13:14;
ch. 7:14, 15; 53:3;) his sufferings for our sins, (ch. 50:6;
53:4-11;) his death and burial, (ch. 53:8, 9;) his victory over
death, (ch. 25:8; 53:10, 12;) his final glory, (ch. 49:7, 22,
33; 52:13-15; 53:4, 5;) and the establishment, increase, and
perfection of his kingdom, (ch. 2:2-4; 9:2, 7; 11:4-10; 16:5;
29:18-24; 32:1; 40:4, 5; 42:4; 46:13; 49:9-13; 51:3-6; 53:6-10;
55:1-3; 59:16-21; 60:; 61:1-5; 65:25;) each specifically
pointed out, and pourtrayed with the most striking and
discriminating characters. It is impossible, indeed, to
reflect on these, and on the whole chain of his illustrious
prophecies, and not be sensible that they furnish the most
incontestable evidence in support of Christianity. The style
of Isaiah has been universally admired as the most perfect
model of elegance and sublimity; and as distinguished for all
the magnificence, and for all the sweetness of the Hebrew
language.
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