All Articles For Isaiah

 “But Zion saith, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. Can a woman for­get her sucking child, that she should not have com­passion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of My hands; thy walls are continually before Me.” Isa. 49:14-16 Zion was wrapped in darkness in the prophetic vision of Isaiah.

III. Prophecies against individual nations of Is­rael’s and Judah’s limited world, Isaiah 13-23 1. The first prophecy against Babylon, Isaiah 13:1-14:2

“I have seen his ways, and I will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the Lord and I will heal him. But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.” Isaiah 57:18-21 Who hath believed our report!

6. Prophecy regarding an unnamed land, Isaiah 18.

c. Prophecy regarding Jerusalem called in the text valley of vision.” Isaiah 22:1-7

“Let My outcasts dwell with thee, Moab: be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land. And in mercy shall the throne be established and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.” Isaiah 16:4, 5

(Note: The following is the substance of a speech Rev. Joostens delivered at the Men’s League Meeting held in Southeast Church on April 5 of this year. We think that it is worthy of publication under the above rubric.) 

[Note: Your editor is writing this report as a substitute. Prof. Hanko had persuaded our Stated Clerk, Rev. Dale Kuiper, to report. But Synod did not adjourn until Friday afternoon, June 16. Rev. Kuiper had to return immediately to his congregation in Pella, Iowa, and would not be able to prepare a report in time for our July issue. Hence, he kindly turned over to me his notes. And from these notes, various committee reports, and memory, I am writing this report, so that our readers may be informed as early as possible about various decisions of Synod. HCH]

“The righteous man perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.” Isaiah 57:1, 2 Isaiah is the royal prophet: the prophet par excellence, the pre-eminent prophet. His nomenclature is the highest in the entire Old Testament: his vocabulary is by far the widest and the most poetic and beautiful. Also, he prophesied in the darkest period in Israel’s history. In his day Israel filled...

 Herman Hoeksema was the first editor of the Standard Bearer. * Standard Bearer, December 15, 1939. For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6 Wonderful, indeed! Wonderful, that the church of the old dispensation, while the mystery was still hid, could thus sing and shout for joy at the prospect of His coming, the coming of the Prince of Peace! And wonderful is He, as in the...