Acknowledged To Be Blessed of Jehovah
Rev. VanOverloop's pre-synodical sermon expounds Isaiah 61:9 in the context of Isaiah's broader prophecies concerning God's judgment on Jerusalem and subsequent restoration. The sermon traces how God's covenant promises to His people find fulfillment through multiple stages, beginning with the return from Babylonian captivity and extending to ultimate eschatological fulfillment. Through careful exegesis of Isaiah 6 and 61, the sermon demonstrates how God's sovereign purposes of judgment and restoration establish the identity and blessing of His covenant people.
"And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed." Isaiah 61:9 This is the abbreviated text of the pre-synodical sermon that Rev. VanOverloop preached on June 9, 2014. The church of God in Isaiah's day was filled with so much sin, that God commissioned Isaiah to declare severe judgment. "Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye...
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