Enduring Word Bible Commentary 9-10:4 – The Glory of the Messiah’s Reign (2024)

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What does Isaiah 9-10 mean? ›

In other words, the Israelites were "talking big." They were confident that the coming attack would make them stronger and wealthier in the long run. They put their hope in their own resilience, strength, and opportunism. They underestimated how committed the Lord was to bringing them to their knees.

God's new kingdom will have gladness and rejoicing forever. God's people will be a delight. So different from the physical nation. Again, it is God who is rejoicing and glad in his people.

The chapter begins by describing a land of darkness being blessed by a light appearing. Isaiah is looking to the future when Christ would begin his ministry in Galilee. He appears to sinful men. Jesus is the light of the world but men love the darkness, so they put the author of life to death.

Isaiah has prophesied that Israel and Judah would soon come under the yoke of oppression. In this future time of glory, however, the Lord will shatter the enemy yoke, their staff, and their rod. The Lord will break every weapon and means of control Israel's enemies could use against them.

The reason we need the rescue of God's salvation is because God is violently opposed to every expression of evil. And He is not waiting to pour out His wrath on sin one day in the future; He is actively coming against millions upon millions of acts of ungodliness and unrighteousness in this moment around the globe.

Isaiah 9:14 Meaning and Commentary

The people of Israel are compared to a beast with a tail, being so sadly degenerated and corrupted; as the Romish antichrist, in both his capacities, civil and ecclesiastical, is compared to a beast; the one being the head, and the other the tail, (

The Gospel of Matthew chapter 4 (verses 14–15) cites this and the next verse as a fulfillment of Messianic Prophecies of Jesus.

“Mighty” is a translation of the Hebrew word “gibbor,” which is defined as “strength, power, hero, warrior.” Isaiah 9:6 tells us that Jesus is El Gibbor, the God of Strength, the God of Power, God our Hero, and God our Warrior.

He will rule with justice and righteousness. All of this will be brought about by the enthusiasm of the Lord of hosts. In other words, God will accomplish this because He wants to do it. It is His plan and purpose, and He will bring it about by His power. This is Israel's great future.

Romans 8:18 "For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us." Though our sufferings may be extremely difficult, our glory will be eternally better than what we now experience in this world.

What does the Bible say about tattoos in Isaiah? ›

Isaiah 44:5 describes the children of Jacob committing themselves to God: “One shall say, 'I am the LORD's'… Another shall mark his arm 'of the LORD.'” Here a tattoo appears to be allowable as a sign of submission, not to a human master but to God.

We do not merely reflect the glory of God, but, even better, we can showcase the glory of God in us in the Person of Christ as we walk by faith and let the resurrection power of Christ work in and through us.

THE wrath and vengeance of the living God is Eternal and Everlasting; and this it is that renders it so fearful a thing to fall into his hand. The living God lives for ever to punish. He can and will inflict wrath for ever and ever. He lives to uphold the Soul under everlasting Sufferings.

Matthew 16:18) Gates in Scripture are places of power, authority, defense, splendor and safety. Whoever holds them or sits in them is in control of everything. Sadly, the unseen demonic world controls most of them today and they do so chiefly to resist the preaching of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

The author also calls him the perfecter of our faith. This word in Greek can be translated as “finisher” or “completer.” His sacrificial death on a cross, and his resurrection three days later, completed the mission of God.

Praying for the will of God to be done in and through our lives on earth, as it is in heaven, means that we are willing to go through whatever might prevent that purpose from being accomplished. Our prayer is that we want to be so aligned with the will and purpose of God that we ask God to empower us to accomplish it.