I have just begun my reading of the book of Isaiah. It is a book that I am not familiar with - I don't have any idea of what goes on in this book, which will be a refreshing way to read the Bible! But, the first chapter seemed to be way too profound to not be some type of foreshadowing for the rest of the book.
The first chapter of Isaiah tells of a vision that the prophet Isaiah receives from God where God informs Isaiah about how His people have turned away from him. The vision is written not in an instructive, prose format but through poetry. Perhaps using poetry to describe the vision provokes more empathy than the reader would receive in an informative prose passage. Nonetheless, after reading the poem, it seems to me that the rest of the book will be about how Isaiah is going to "fix" this problem that God has so passionately explained. Because the poem is so passionate and it opens the book, I believe that there is a legitimate reason to believe that the rest of the book will respond back to this passage!
I will probably post again with my response after reading the book of Isaiah in its entirety. Hopefully I'm not too far off in my beliefs about foreshadowing!
Audrey,
ReplyDeleteIt's great to bring fresh eyes to the prophets. They've been quoted so much, that it's easy to be jaded and to think you've seen/read it all before.