Q6. The Highway of Holiness

[Pastor Ralph]

Q6. (Isaiah 35:1-10) How do you think these verses brought hope to their first readers? What is promised here? Why do you think Isaiah relies on heavily figurative language to communicate these promises? How does he describe the “highway of holiness”? Who will walk on it? Who won’t? What does it mean to be redeemed and ransomed?

[Skinnykenny]

The first readers were encouraged for they knew what was waiting for them if there was no intervention by God. They were filled with the hope that only a loving God could give, a God who indeed is faithful and keeps his promises.

 

A new beginning a new land flowing with abundance of peace, freedom, liberty, joy, happiness, dignity, and milk and honey besides, a place and time not unlike paradise.  

 

These promises were and are more than merely physical happiness, they were spiritual happiness. The use of figurative language allows and encourages the use of imagination which when applied correctly and properly instill hope for a real future.

 

This highway might well be physical, but the language is figurative, and it leads the imagination to perceive that God will be victorious and only those souls who have trusted in the Lord will have the privilege of access to this highway which leads to the new Jerusalem and to the very throne of God. 

 

We are indeed ransomed and redeemed, i.e. purchased and this at the highest possible price. We not only are rescued from slavery to this world and the prince of the air, but we are rescued from our selves as well. We have become God's very own we are his personal possession, and if we let him he will teach us all things and we will become friends with God not merely servants or slaves.

[IvoryEagle]

How do you think these verses brought hope to their first readers? IT EFFECTIVELY DESCRIBED SOMETHING THAT WAS DEAD OR DESERTED AS COMING BACK TO LIFE.

 

What is promised here? HOPE, RESCUE, AND RESTORATION.

 

 

Why do you think Isaiah relies on heavily figurative language to communicate these promises?  THE HUMAN MIND CANNOT CONCEIVE OF THE PLAN; HE HAD TO USE SOMETHING WE UNDERSTAND AND CAN VISUALIZE.

 

 

How does he describe the "highway of holiness"? "And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness.The unclean will not journey on it; it will be for those who walk in that Way; wicked fools will not go about on it.

 

 

 

 

Who will walk on it?" it will be for those who walk in that Way; 

 

 

 

Who won't? "..wicked fools will not go about on it."

 

 

 

 

What does it mean to be redeemed and ransomed? "Redeemed" in verse 9 is gāʾal, here a passive participle describing those who have been bought back by the gōʾēl, the kinsman-redeemer, who is responsible to pay for the release of family members who have been sold into slavery to pay their debts. The kinsman-redeemer frees them. "Ransomed of the Lord" means "ransomed by the Lord." The word is pādâ, "ransom, rescue, deliver." The basic meaning of the Hebrew root is "to achieve the transfer of ownership from one to another through payment of a price or an equivalent substitute." Jesus is our Kinsman-Redeemer who paid the price for our redemption, "the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect" (1 Peter 1:18-19).

And so the joyous pilgrimage of former exiles and captives approaches Jerusalem with joyful music. These prophecies were fulfilled in part when the exiles returned to Jerusalem beginning in 538 BC following their Babylonian captivity. There was great joy and profound recognition that God had released them from their bondage. 

 

 

[antonate]

The first readers were filled with hope because they given a promise of new life and restoration.

Joy, peace gladness, restoration is promised in these verses. A promise that God will rescue his people from evil is seen here.

Isaiah speaks figuratively because the minds of the people had become dull and hard. They could not understand the ways of Yahweh God because they walked in rebellion and sin.

He describes highway to Holiness as the Way to Holiness. figuratively he speaks about a walking in  the holy ways of a Holy God.

Those who live a holy life- that is those who walk in the ways of Yahweh will walk on this highway.

 

People who disobey God ,those who are wicked and evil will not walk on this Way to Holiness.

 

Ransomed means a total price is paid for total redemption of a person or an object thus make the person free from slavery.

 

Jesus our Lord died on the Cross and paid the total price by his shed blood and redeemed us from the clutches of the enemy and freed us and gave us new life.

 

[RD35]

The first readers found hope in these verses because they were assured that there will be a full reward for all their troubles.

 

It is promised that the desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom.

Like the crocus, it will burst into bloom; it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy.  The Glory of the Lord will be seen in the lands of Lebanon, Carmel and Sharon.  Feeble hands will be strengthened, the knees that give way will be steady, and God will come and save his chosen one.  When Christ comes the spiritually blinded will be enlightened and those deaf to the calls of god will hear.

 

The Highway is a way of holiness; it will be a safe way without terror.

 

It will be for those who walk in the commandments of the Lord, for the redeemed of the Lord.  The unclean and wicked will not walk on it.

 

Redeemed are people who have been bought back from slavery.  Ransomed means one whose ownership is transferred by the payment of a price.  Jesus is our Kinsman-Redeemer who paid the price for our redemption

[wjcargile]

1. How these verses brought hope to the first reader? It gave Hope to those who had lost hope.

 

2. The promise here is: They will be redeemed.

 

3. Isaiah relies on figurative language because it painted a picture. 35:8 "And a highway will be there; it will be called the way to holiness."

 

4. Isaiah describe the "highway to holiness" as the WAY TO HOLINESS, and the unclean will not walk on it.

 

5. Who will walk on it? Only the redeemed, those who have walked in the ways of righteousness.

 

6. Who won't walk on it? wicked fools, no loin nor ferocious beast.

 

7. What does it mean to be redeemed and ransomed?

 

-Redeemed- JESUS paid our sin debt on the cross.

-Ransomed- Rescued by the precious blood of our Lord JESUS CHRIST.

[Jen]

Q6. (Isaiah 35:1-10) How do you think these verses brought hope to their first readers? What is promised here? Why do you think Isaiah relies on heavily figurative language to communicate these promises? How does he describe the “highway of holiness”? Who will walk on it? Who won’t? What does it mean to be redeemed and ransomed?

 

In the midst of despair, God promises coming home with joy and singing, He will right wrongs, those who were deaf, dumb and blind will hear, speak, and see.  This will be spiritual, physical and literal.

His highway will be holy!  and only those who are redeemed will walk it.

Those who are not redeemed will not walk on His Holy highway.  They will not defile the anymore God and His redeemed.

Redeemed and ransomed. We were bought at a price by the blood of Christ shed for us at Calvary.  We are redeemed.

 

God Bless!

Jen

Jude 21

[royk]

Q6. (Isaiah 35:1-10) How do you think these verses brought hope to their first readers? What is promised here? Why do you think Isaiah relies on heavily figurative language to communicate these promises? How does he describe the "highway of holiness"? Who will walk on it? Who won't? What does it mean to be redeemed and ransomed?

 

But only the redeemed will walk there,
¹⁰     and those the Lord has rescued will return.
They will enter Zion with singing;
    everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy will overtake them,
    and sorrow and sighing will flee awa

 

Life is beautiful knowing Jesus; taking time out to know we are redeemed. But Isaiah knew it long before Jesus came; God wispered it in his ear with such a sweet way of describing it in "earthly tones"

 

We know what in means to be redeemed, He spilled His blood for it, all of His blood.

 

Praise God for His perfedct Son!

[JanMary]

On ‎8‎/‎1‎/‎2013 at 10:07 PM, Pastor Ralph said:

 

 

Q6. (Isaiah 35:1-10) How do you think these verses brought hope to their first readers?

What glorious promises...and reassurance! These words speak to every need, fear, concern, expectation, disappointment they and we have faced or will face!

What is promised here?

Abundance, prosperity, healing, freedom from fear, streams and free flowing clean water in the desert (provision, material and spiritual)  guidance, redemption, righteousness, recompense for all they've (and we've) lost and suffered, safety from harm, singing, worship and unity in the Spirit!

Why do you think Isaiah relies on heavily figurative language to communicate these promises?

Probably because what is promised was unfathomable to their ears and experience.

How does he describe the “highway of holiness”? Who will walk on it?

A holy Way, for the redeemed (simple ones and fools included!) Isaiah and Psalms declare that each believer is a highway. We can choose to allow Him free access to our lives, or we put up "Detour, Under construction take alternate route, Road closed, Big dip ahead slow down, Stop! You're going the wrong way!....rather than allowing Him to heal our broken places so that He can flow/travel freely in and through us.

Who won’t?

The unclean...those not redeemed.

What does it mean to be redeemed and ransomed?

Redeemed  means to have been once owned, then lost to another, and bought back by the rightful owner. Ransomed means to pay a price for the privilege of buying back one's own property.(The believer's position in Christ, by His shed blood, death and resurrection)

[hanks]

Q6. (Isaiah 35:1-10)

How do you think these verses brought hope to their first readers?

What is promised here?

Why do you think Isaiah relies on heavily figurative language to communicate these promises?

How does he describe the "highway of holiness"?

Who will walk on it?

Who won't?

What does it mean to be redeemed and ransomed?

After all the chapters of doom and gloom, God’s judgment on nations for rejecting God, we now read about the glorious kingdom of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Every type of disability will be removed and there will be the personal presence of the Lord in glory and excellence. This is the state that all believers constantly hope for and it is best expressed in figurative language – it is a utopia in which peace and the parched land will become rich agricultural land. Joy and gladness will accompany this transition. The ‘Highway of Holiness” will be exclusive to God’s redeemed people – in other words a “limited access highway.” The Highway of Holiness will be plainly marked allowing believers to travel safely on it without going astray and for the “ransomed of the Lord” leads to our ultimate home. There will not be any sinners on this highway. Because we as sinners are in bondage to sin and to Satan, we need someone to provide redemption and thereby redeem us out of that bondage. When we speak of redemption, the idea of a ransom comes into view. A ransom is the price paid to redeem someone from bondage or captivity. All this our Heavenly Father did for us, as we read in Colossians 1:13, “For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves”. 

 

 

[humblejon]

All of Israel's traditional enemies and foes will be defeated by God through His vengeance. Plus, no matter what fate befalls upon them, the people of God can have hope that their nation and city will be restored and God will forgive them of all their sins.

The use of figurative language is to convey the notion that Isaiah is not just talking about a specific event in the near future. His prophecies will be fulfilled shortly and dubly so in the future when the world will be totally restored for God eternal reign on the new earth.

Jesus referred to Himself as the way and the truth and the life, only through Him can one come to the Father. Thus Christ is the "highway of holiness" where His redeemed--ones whose debt he paid for on the cross--will follow on the way to eternal joy and life. Those who reject Christ, or the "unclean," will not follow this path.

[Squirt]

Q6. (Isaiah 35:1-10) How do you think these verses brought hope to their first readers?
    There is a time of joy ahead.  A time of restoration, of singing; a time of plenty and protection such as they hadn’t really experienced since they first turned from the LORD.    

What is promised here?
Abundance in the land
They will see the glory of the LORD, His splendor.
Joy and gladness
Vengeance against their enemies
Healing of their infirmities--the blind will see, the deaf will hear, the lame will walk, the mute will sing
Guidance so that no one will go astray
Protection from everything unclean, from predators

Why do you think Isaiah relies on heavily figurative language to communicate these promises?
    He’s describing a spiritual highway to them in word pictures, using illustrations familiar to them, to encourage and strengthen them--desert blossoms when there is a sudden rain, and precious live-giving water, and the dangers of  lions and highways.  But there is also a sense of dual prophecies...return from captivity and return of the King of kings.

 How does he describe the "highway of holiness"?  ( The Way of Holiness, the Holy Way, the Holy Road, the Highway of Holiness) It is a safe path with no dangers from without and on the highway are only the redeemed of God.  There are no turnings, and even the simple can safely travel it without losing their way.  There is joy and singing along the way.

Who will walk on it? Who won't?  The redeemed will walk on the Holy highway, but those who are not redeemed, those who are unclean, will not walk on it.

What does it mean to be redeemed and ransomed?  
    We are redeemed by Jesus, our kinsman-redeemer, who paid the ultimate price and liberated us from sin and death by His sacrifice on the cross. .  

 

[Guitar Jim]

Q6. (Isaiah 35:1-10) How do you think these verses brought hope to their first readers?

 

At the time these verses were written the people of Israel were facing up to the fact that soon they'd be conquered. To read or hear that the prophet of the Lord had foretold of a time of restoration would have given them hope.

 

 

 

What is promised here?

 

The destruction of Israel's enemies and the bringing forth of God's Kingdom with God Himself ruling it.

 

 

 

Why do you think Isaiah relies on heavily figurative language to communicate these promises?

 

He's had visions from God that prompted him to write these things and I suppose the joy of the Spirit came out in his writings.

 

 

 

How does he describe the “highway of holiness”?

 

Isaiah describes it as a highway that only the righteous can travel. It will be safe and secure and lead to God's capital.

 

 

 

Who will walk on it?

 

Only those God has redeemed and made righteous.

 

 

 

Who won’t?

 

The wicked, the fools, because the fool has said in his heart there is no God, and the unclean.

 

 

 

What does it mean to be redeemed and ransomed?

 

We have been ransomed by God, who paid the price for us, the life of His only Son. The price for our sins is death and Jesus paid it so we don't have to. God set that price and then He paid it Himself. We were owned by sin and we couldn't get out from under it. We don't have the means ourselves.God now owns us because we were bought at a price.

 

[Sank T Monius]

Isaiah 35:1-10
Q). How do you think these verses brought hope to their first readers?
A). By promising a glorious future where the Lord will be king.
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Q). What is promised here?
A). It is promised that in the Day of the Lord, the New Jerusalem will be a place of wealth, of healing, and of forgiveness.
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Q). Why do you think Isaiah relies on heavily figurative language to communicate these promises?
A). To instill a strong sense of hope and anticipation
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Q). How does he describe the "highway of holiness"?
A). "and it shall be called The way of holiness" (Isaiah 35:8)
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Q). Who will walk on it?
A). "but the redeemed shall walk there" (Isaiah 35:9)
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Q). Who won't?
A). "the unclean shall not pass over it" (Isaiah 35:8)
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Q). What does it mean to be redeemed and ransomed?
A). The redemeed are those who have been bought back by the gospel. Ransomed means Jesus paid the price for our redemption.

[DocI333]

Q6. (Isaiah 35:1-10)

Q1. How do you think these verses brought hope to their first readers?

Now the New Jerusalem and its king;  In that day there will be no merely human king;

New Jerusalem will be a place of wealth, of healing, and of forgiveness.

 

Q2.  What is promised here?

Psalm of hope to those who had almost lost hope.

Salvation has come and the desert has been transformed by Life!

It is a spiritual place for those who love the Lord.

 

Q3.  Why do you think Isaiah relies on heavily figurative language to communicate these promises?

Paints a beautiful picture in ones mind and creates a desire to experience it bringing hope.

 

Q4.  How does he describe the "highway of holiness"?

"⁸ And a highway will be there;
it will be called the Way of Holiness.
The unclean will not journey on it;
it will be for those who walk in that Way;
wicked fools will not go about on it.
⁹ No lion will be there,
nor will any ferocious beast get up on it;
they will not be found there.
But only the redeemed will walk there,
¹⁰ and the ransomed of the LORD will return.
They will enter Zion with singing;
everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy will overtake them,
and sorrow and sighing will flee away." (35:8-10)

 

Q5.  Who will walk on it?

The ones who walk in the way of the Lord.; Only the redeemed, the ransomed of the Lord.

Q6. Who won't?

The unclean; wicked fools;

 

Q7. What does it mean to be redeemed and ransomed?

Redeemed" passive participle (= verb acting also a adjective) describing those who have been bought back by the kinsman-redeemer, who is responsible to pay for the release of family members who have been sold into slavery to pay their debts. The kinsman-redeemer frees them. " Jesus is our Kinsman-Redeemer who paid the price for our redemption, "the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect" (1 Peter 1:18-19).

Ransomed of the Lord" means "ransomed by the Lord." - "ransom, rescue, deliver."

[angelbaby]

Q6. (Isaiah 35:1-10) How do you think these verses brought hope to their first readers?

When they were faced with  destruction they read this passage and it brought immense Hope because they felt like a bonded slave which was being bought back by the master at a ransom price  for the release of their debt...they could feel the love of God for them.

 

 What is promised here?

They would see the City Of God, Jerusalem with Rejoicing  and glory.. they would see the desert land totally changed into a paradise  they would wear a crown of glory.

They would see Jerusalem a Peaceful abode with abundance of food and water .

The Lord would be a protector and He would rule as Lawgiver, Judge,  King AND LORD.

Why do you think Isaiah relies on heavily figurative language to communicate these promises?

God always talks in figurative language involving everyday life ..even Jesus spoke in parables so that the comparison is easy to draw.

 

 How does he describe the "highway of holiness"?

The description is very much like the last chapter of Revelation and this seems to be a miracle in itself that so many centuries before he would foresee the end of this world/Age....a road by which all the redeemed will enter the City of God with rejoicing and without fear and experiencing only happiness  .

 

Who will walk on it?

God will walk on it with us ..the redeemed only.

 Who won't?

No evil person will walk on it....

Even no lion will walk on it ..i.e. there will be nothing to fear  while walking on this Highway

What does it mean to be redeemed and ransomed?

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Redeemed  means to be bought back ...as a kinsman buys back his relative who has been sold as a slave for his debts

Ransomed means to pay a price for the release from bondage

 

Jesus Christ is our Kinsman Redeemer and He bought us back by the price he paid  which was his precious blood on the Cross at Calvary

[angelbaby]

Q6. (Isaiah 35:1-10) How do you think these verses brought hope to their first readers?

When they were faced with  destruction they read this passage and it brought immense Hope because they felt like a bonded slave which was being bought back by the master at a ransom price  for the release of their debt...they could feel the love of God for them.

 

 What is promised here?

They would see the City Of God, Jerusalem with Rejoicing  and glory.. they would see the desert land totally changed into a paradise  they would wear a crown of glory.

They would see Jerusalem a Peaceful abode with abundance of food and water .

The Lord would be a protector and He would rule as Lawgiver, Judge,  King AND LORD.

Why do you think Isaiah relies on heavily figurative language to communicate these promises?

God always talks in figurative language involving everyday life ..even Jesus spoke in parables so that the comparison is easy to draw.

 

 How does he describe the "highway of holiness"?

The description is very uch like the last chapter of Revelation ad this seems to be a miracle initself that so many centuries before he would foresee the end of this world/Age....a road by which all the redeemed will enter the City of God with rejoicing and without fear and experiencing only happiness  .

 

Who will walk on it?

God will walk on it with us ..the redeemed only.

 Who won't?

No evil person will walk on it....

Even no lion will walk on it ..i.e. there will be nothing to fear  while walking on this Highway

What does it mean to be redeemed and ransomed?

 Redeemed means when a relative buys back a member of the family who has been sold as a slave for the debts owed to the owner.

 Ransomed means when a large price is paid for the release of the slave .

 

Jesus Christ is our Kinsman Redeemer and He Ransomed us with the price He paid by shedding His precious Blood on the  Cross of Calvary.  

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[haar]

Q6. (Isaiah 35:1-10) How do you think these verses brought hope to their first readers? What is promised here? Why do you think Isaiah relies on heavily figurative language to communicate these promises? How does he describe the "highway of holiness"? Who will walk on it? Who won't? What does it mean to be redeemed and ransomed?
 

The hope came from the promise by God for redemption from captivity to restoration from captivity to freedom, from want to abundance and prosperity in their homeland.

 

The highway of holiness is where only the redeemed of the Lord will walk. 

 

 

[charisbarak]

I think it brought the readers hope, that the covenant would be fulfilled.

Some may not be figurative, but they were describing something to happen in the far future and they used the best means they could to explain what they had seen and heard of happening.

Only those who were redeemed would be allowed on it--way too holy for unredeemed!

It means they have heard the gospel, believed, repented and allowed Jesus to cleanse them. It also means they will be inhabited by the Holy Spirit. Jesus redeemed us--He paid our ransom.

[Lion of Grace]

These versus brought hope to their first readers because they were promises to the captives for hope, peace, gladness and restoration. They had almost lost hope. They were oppressed and like a crippled ship. "Your rigging hangs loose, the mast not held secure, the sail is not spread." They were likened to as dwelling in a parched land. But hope was coming!

The promise to them is that the now parched land would become glad; the wilderness would rejoice and bloom. They would rejoice greatly and shout for joy. They would see the glory of the Lord and the splendor of their God. The eyes of the blind would be opened and the ears of the deaf would be unstopped! Salvation would come and the barren wilderness would be transformed by life!

Isaiah relies heavily on figurative language to communicate this message because it was a way the people could relate to and see enough to have hope while they are still blinded to spiritual truth. It is similar to the way Jesus taught with parables. He conveyed a spiritual truth by using figurative language.

The Highway of Holiness is described as the way of holiness. It will be for those who walk in the way and only the redeemed will walk there.

Those who will not walk there are those not redeemed. The unclean will not walk there. Wicked fools will not be on it. No lions or ferocious beasts will be found there. There will be no dangers, no sin. Only those redeemed by Jesus will walk on the Highway of Holiness because they are made righteous and perfect by His blood.

To be redeemed and ransomed means to be bought by the blood of Christ. We, who believe, are ransomed, rescued and delivered. Through Christ we have salvation and redemption and there is no other way but to be bought by the blood of the Lamb. He alone pays our debt so we can live! Thank you Lord Jesus!

[Delivered]

Q6. (Isaiah 35:1-10) How do you think these verses brought hope to their first readers and what is promised here?

Hope filled the hearts of the house of Israel who were faithful (Psalm 98:3 He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.) for the "promise" will come when the Messiah of Israel will be seated in Zion, this brings hope to me also, because of the Messiah I have been grafted into the promises of God.

 

How does he describe the "highway of holiness"?

The “highway of holiness" - a narrow road, that many sad to say, have chosen not to tread, however, for those of circumcised hearts, those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for them the "highway of holiness" is where God promises they will be comforted with springs of living water, refreshed from the scorched and parched land filled with persecution, the results of "sin"

 

Who will walk on it?

The faithful remnant of the house of Israel will return from captivity, making access to the Messiah's reign, a road of holiness would be open to the redeemed, those ransomed by God's Son, whose end is to glorify God and to love him forever.

 

Who won't?

The wicked and unclean will not be there, for they chose to walk the wide road instead.

 

What does it mean to be redeemed and ransomed?

Isaiah's prophesy to the House of Israel and to Judah is that they who are faithful will be ransomed from their circumstances - Jeremiah 33:14-16  Behold, the days come, said the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.  In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.  In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness.

 

Jeremiah 32 says the LORD, God of Israel, concerning this city that I in my anger and wrath delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, famine and by pestilence in order to bring them to repentance, that I will "ransom" them, they will dwell safely, they will be my people, I will give them one heart that they may fear me forever, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that they will not depart from me, and I will assuredly plant them in this land.

 

I too have a song to sing, for the promised King and Messiah of Israel has placed a song in my heart, Zion's Passover Lamb has "ransomed" me from the bondage of sin, my eyes have been opened, my ears can hear, and my lips sing a rejoicing song of gladness and joy, for the LORD does what he promises.

[WinstonY]

question 5.6

 

These verses bring hope for they are referring to a new time, a new age where the wilderness and the desert shall bloom.  A time when the land will flow with milk and honey.  Yahweh this God who has invested so much into Jerusalem tells the people “he will come and save you” .  Verse 41) .  And at the time their bodies will be healed .  It seems similar to the time when Jesus was in his missionary travels then the blind saw, the deaf heard, the lame walked, and the hungry were fed.    And in that time the people will sing for joy.  

The figurative language which God uses has many purposes.  It can be applied to the present of Isaiah .  It can apply to the time of Jesus when we as Christians can interpret the words, Christologically , and it can apply to the future when we die and meet Jesus as he stands by the throne of God and waits for us.  These words can also apply to the day of the Lord, the day for which we pray when we say , thy kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven.  

The highway of holiness is the road to Christ standing at the right hand of God waiting for us.  This is the highway to God which people take after they are redeemed.  A time that their sins, their cares and their sorrows will be washed away and we have been redeemed as slaves at an auction and we can joyously walk the highway of holiness for we now have been clothed by Christ in a robe of righteousness.  We will be as if we were righteous , made righteous by the grace of God.

 

 

winstony

 

[Old Jerry]

These verses bring hope not only to the first readers because they know that their suffering will not be for not but also for us. We have the New Testament to also encourage us.

 

The promise here is that they will be redeemed by the Lord if they will continue to follow Him. I think that Isaiah relies on heavily figurative language to communicate these promises because that is what the people understand. He wanted them to know for sure that their suffering will be rewarded later.

 

The “highway of holiness” is going to be a place of safety. There will be no people on there that are not saved and they will not need to worry about an animal attacking them.

 

To be redeemed and ransomed means that somebody else has paid the dept that you owe.

 

 

[Craig]

Q6. (Isaiah 35:1-10) How do you think these verses brought hope to their first readers? What is promised here? Why do you think Isaiah relies on heavily figurative language to communicate these promises? How does he describe the “highway of holiness”? Who will walk on it? Who won’t? What does it mean to be redeemed and ransomed?

 

God gave the first readers of this passage hope and comfort by providing insight into their coming deliverance from sadness and sorrow and gloom and ultimate restoration with Him in the New Jerusalem. 

 

God promises a new land of abundance in all things; a display of His glory; all will be encouraged; fear will be removed from all; enemies destroyed; eyes and ears will be opened; people will be healed; it will be a land of spring time; and no one will thirst (physically and spiritually).

 

Isaiah's rich figurative language creates wonderful and vivid images of all of  the promises God is making to Israel as well as believers down through the ages.  This language resonates well in capturing the imagination of Isaiah's readers.  A person has no problem seeing what Isaiah is saying.

 

The Highway of Holiness is a great road that will go through a once deserted land.  Only the those walk with the Lord God Almighty will be permitted to travel on that road.  Evil-minded people and fools will never walk on that road.  There will be no dangers on that road.  Only the redeemed will walk on it.

 

Jesus Christ took on the sins of the world and was sacrificed on the cross for the forgiveness of that sin.  Jesus paid the price of judgment and punishment for our sins.  Jesus said: "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."  John 3:16.   We are redeemed from our sin through Jesus Christ.  He was sacrificed on the cross and rose again on the third day for us.  He is our redeemer.  All we have to do is to accept this act of grace from God.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Q6. (Isaiah 35:1-10) How do you think these verses brought hope to their first readers? What is promised here? Why do you think Isaiah relies on heavily figurative language to communicate these promises? How does he describe the “highway of holiness”? Who will walk on it? Who won’t? What does it mean to be redeemed and ransomed?

 

 

God gave the first readers of this passage hope and comfort by providing insight into their coming deliverance from sadness and sorrow and gloom and ultimate restoration with Him in the New Jerusalem. 

 

God promises a new land of abundance in all things; a display of His glory; all will be encouraged; fear will be removed from all; enemies destroyed; eyes and ears will be opened; people will be healed; it will be a land of spring time; and no one will thirst (physically and spiritually).

 

Isaiah's rich figurative language creates wonderful and vivid images of all of  the promises God is making to Israel as well as believers down through the ages.  This language resonates well in capturing the imagination of Isaiah's readers.  A person has no problem seeing what Isaiah is saying.

 

The Highway of Holiness is a great road that will go through a once deserted land.  Only the those walk with the Lord God Almighty will be permitted to travel on that road.  Evil-minded people and fools will never walk on that road.  There will be no dangers on that road.  Only the redeemed will walk on it.

 

Jesus Christ took on the sins of the world and was sacrificed on the cross for the forgiveness of that sin.  Jesus paid the price of judgment and punishment for our sins.  Jesus said: "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."  John 3:16.   We are redeemed from our sin through Jesus Christ.  He was sacrificed on the cross and rose again on the third day for us.  He is our redeemer.  All we have to do is to accept this act of grace from God.