The Old Testament Witness to Christ and His Kingdom, Mentor's Guide, MG09

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C. Restoration after Captivity (Isa. 40-66): the blessedness of God’s people in their restored relationship with God. Isa. 40.9 - Get you up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good news; lift it up, fear not; say to the cities of Judah, “Behold your God!” Isa. 52.7 - How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.” Isa. 61.1 - The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound.

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1. This portion of prophetic Scripture is dramatically rich in making associations regarding the “good tidings.”

2. As God promised “good tidings proclaimed” for the people of God after the return from exile, so we see this fulfilled in the NT history.

a. John the Baptist as the voice in the wilderness, Isa. 40.3

b. The Suffering Servant of Jehovah as the Lord Jesus himself, Luke 4.18-19

3. The outpouring of God’s Spirit on his people, Joel 2.28-32 and Acts 2.16-18 (cf. Joel 2.28-32)

4. Rebuilding of Zion and the establishment of God’s glory among his people as a type of the Church’s waiting on God’s building of the New Jerusalem, Heb. 11.13-16