Granite Creek Community Church Sermons: Audio Podcast

Today we are taking our journey on to week 19 and we are stopping on Isaiah. The Prophet Isaiah was primarily called to prophesy to the Kingdom of Judah. Judah was going through times of revival and times of rebellion. Judah was threatened with destruction by Assyria and Egypt, but was spared because of God’s mercy. Isaiah proclaimed a message of repentance from sin and hopeful expectation of God’s deliverance in the future. The Book of Isaiah reveals God’s judgment and salvation. God is “holy, holy, holy”, and therefore He cannot allow sin to go unpunished. Isaiah portrays God’s oncoming judgment as a “consuming fire” . At the same time, Isaiah understands that God is a God of mercy, grace, and compassion.The nation of Israel (both Judah and Israel) is blind and deaf to God’s commands. Judah is compared to a vineyard that should be, and will be, trampled on. Only because of His mercy and His promises to Israel, will God not allow Israel or Judah to be completely destroyed. He will bring restoration, forgiven