Messiah in Isaiah
Emmanuel [Isa 7:14-17; 8:6-10]
- He was to be born to a virgin [Isa 7:14]
- A sign that God is with the house of David and land of Judah
- He will save the remnant of Judah and Israel and bring them back to their God
- He will save his land from the Assyrian invasion [Isa 8:6-10]
- He is the same as
- Yahweh’s Majestic Voice [Isa 30:30-31], and
- The Angel of Yahweh [Isa 37:36-37]
- The Name of Yahweh [Isa 30:30-31]
- He is the same as
The Child Born and the Son Given to Us [Isa 9:6]
- He will, obviously, be born to the house of David
- He will reign forever
- He is the same as
- Immanuel [Isa 7:14-17; 8:6-10]
- The Light, the Great Light [Isa 9:2]
- Under his reign there will be peace in all the earth [Isa 9:7]
- He will be called [Isa 9:6]
- Wonderful Counselor,
- Mighty God,
- He is the same as Immanuel which means “God with us.” [Isa 7:14-17; 8:6-10]
- He is the same as
- Everlasting Father,
- He is the same as “the Servant of Yahweh.” [Isa 22:21]
- Prince of Peace.
The Sanctuary [Isa 8:13-15]
- He will defend all who trust in him
- He is the same as
- The Rock and Cornerstone [Isa 28:16-17; 8:13-15]
- He is the same as
The Stone, the Rock of Israel, the Cornerstone [Isa 28:16-17; 8:13-15 cf., Isa 26:4; 30:29]
- The people of Israel and Judah will stumble on account of him. This points to their unbelief in him. [Isa 8:14-15]
- He is the same as the Servant of Yahweh [Isa 53:11ff]
- Men are to put their trust in him [Isa 28:16 cf. Isa 53:11]
- Those who trust in him will not be dismayed. In other words, this Stone will be a source of salvation from the wrath and anger of Yahweh to all who trust in him [Isa 28:16].
- He will save those who trust in him from death (unlike the incompetent rulers of Jerusalem who trust in their covenant with death to save them [Isa 28:14-15])
- Those who do not trust in him will suffer death, contrary to their faith in the covenant they have with death [Isa 28:17b—“...hail will sweep away your refuge, the lie, and water will overflow your hiding place.”]
- He will rule over Israel [Isa 28:16-17] (this is what it means that he is a foundation stone, Isa 19:13. Also, consider Isa 28:14-15—he is the replacement for the incompetent rulers of Jerusalem)
- He is someone that God has tested and proven [Isa 28:16]
- He is precious to God [Isa 28:16]
- He was chosen by God [Isa 28:16-17; 1Pet 2:4-6] before the foundation of the world [1Pet 1:20; 2:4-6 cf., Joh 17:5]
A Great Light, a Light [Isa 9:2]
- He will honor Galilee of the Gentiles, by the way of the sea, along the Jordan [Isa 9:1]
- He is the same as
- Immanuel [Isa 7:14-17; 8:6-10]
- The Son born to David’s house [Isa 9:6]
- He is the same as
The Branch and Root of Jesse [Isa 11:1,10]
- He will be a descendant of David [Isa 11:1]
- He will rule over the remnant in the land [Isa 11:1]
- He is the same as
- The Son born to David’s house [Isa 9:6]
- The Spirit of Yahweh will rest on him [Isa 11:2]
- He will be a righteous Judge receiving his judgments from Yahweh [Isa 11:3-4]
- He will slay the wicked with the breath of his mouth [Isa 11:4]
- Under his rule, the place of his rest, i.e., the land of Israel, especially Zion, will be glorious [Isa 11:10]. It will be so glorious that dangerous animals—carnivorous and poisonous—will not be dangerous to man and other animals alike on Yahweh’s Holy Hill [Isa 11:6-9]
- The Nations will rally to him, he will be a uniting force for mankind [Isa 11:10]
- He will regather the exiles of Israel and Judah from all the nations [Isa 11:12]
- He is the same as
The Name of Yahweh [Isa 30:27]
- He will come to Jerusalem from afar [Isa 30:21]
- He will destroy the nations gathered against Jerusalem [Isa 30:21]
- Same as
- Immanuel [Isa 8:6-10], and
- The Angel of Yahweh [Isa 37:36-37]
- Mount Zion is the place of the Name of Yahweh of Hosts [Isa 18:7]
- All men will fear him [Isa 59:19]
- Same as
- The Glory of Yahweh [Isa 59:19], and
- Same as
- Same as
Yahweh’s Majestic Voice [Isa 30:30-31]
- Men will hear him speak [Isa 30:31]
- He will destroy Assyria [Isa 30:31]
- He is the same as
- Immanuel [Isa 8:6-10], and
- The Angel of Yahweh [Isa 37:36-37]
- The Name of Yahweh [Isa 30:30-31]
- He will come “...down with raging anger and consuming fire, with cloudburst, thunderstorm and hail” [Isa 30:30]
- He is the same as the Name of Yahweh [Isa 30:30-31]
- He is the same as
The King That Will Reign in Righteousness [Isa 32:1-2]
- He will have righteous rulers under him reigning with him [Isa 32:1-2]
- The curse of blindness and hardness will be broken under his reign [Isa 32:3-5]
- He will rule in righteousness [Isa 32:1]
- He is the same as
- The Arm of Yahweh for the Arm of Yahweh will rule for Him [Isa 40:10]
- The Son to be born to David’s house [Isa 9:6]
- He is the same as
The Arm of Yahweh [Isa 40:10; 53:1; 51:9-10; Isa 30:30]
- He will be born and grow as a man [Isa 53:1-2] (he has to be a man to be able to die)
- He is the same as
- Immanuel [Isa 7:14-17; 8:6-10]
- The Son born to David’s house [Isa 9:6]
- He will not be easily recognizable because of his humanity [Isa 53:2]
- He will be despised and rejected by the people of Israel [Isa 53:2-3,7]
- He will suffer and will die for the sins of his people [Isa 53:6-10]
- He will rise from the dead—“After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light of life” [Isa 53:11]
- After his resurrection from the dead, he will intercede for sinners
- he will bear their iniquities. [Isa 53:11]
- …he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. [Isa 53:11]
- God will reward him with great honor for his service unto him [Isa 53:12]
- He will come “...down with raging anger and consuming fire, with cloudburst, thunderstorm and hail” [Isa 30:30]
- Men will hear his voice on the day he comes [Isa 30:30]
- It was by/through him that God rescued the Israelites from Egypt [Isa 51:9] and
- He is the same as
- The Angel of His Presence [Isa 63:9]
- It was he who parted the Red Sea [Isa 51:10]
- He will rule on behalf of Yahweh God [Isa 40:10]
- He is the same as
- The Majestic Voice of Yahweh [Isa 30:30-31]
- The Servant of Yahweh [Isa 53:1-2,11]
- He is the same as
- He is the same as
- He is the same as
The Servant of Yahweh [Isa 42:1-7; 49:1-2ff; Isa 53:11]
- The Spirit of Yahweh will be upon him [Isa 42:1]
- He will be a righteous judge [Isa 42:3]
- He will bring justice to the nations [Isa 42:1]
- He will establish justice on the earth [Isa 42:4]
- He will have his own law and in it “the islands will put their hope” [Isa 42:4]
- He will be a light for the Gentiles [Isa 42:6; 49:6]
- He will be a Covenant for the People [Isa 42:6]
- He will open the eyes of the blind [Isa 42:7] spiritually [Isa 6:10; 42:16-17,18-20] (but also physically)
- He was named “Israel” by God [Isa 49:3]
- He his Yahweh’s servant “to bring Jacob back to him and gather Israel to himself” [Isa 49:6]
- Yahweh’s splendour, glory, will be displayed through him [Isa 49:3]
- Yahweh promises not to share His glory with any other person except for the Servant of Yahweh [Isa 42:8]
- He will bring Yahweh’s salvation to the ends of the earth [Isa 49:6]
- He will be wise [Isa 52:13]
- He will suffer and be humiliated and be killed unjustly [Isa 50:5-6; 52:14; 53:11]
- He is the same as the Rock, Stone [Isa 7:14-17; 8:6-10]
- He will be righteous and sinless [Isa 53:9,11]
- He is the same as
- The Arm of Yahweh [Isa 53:1-2,11]
The Servant of Yahweh—Eliakim, Son of Hilkiah [Isa 22:20]
- He will rule over Jerusalem—He will be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the house of Judah [Isa 22:21]
- He will have the highest authority—“I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.” [Isa 22:22 cf., Rev 3:7]
The Anointed of Yahweh [Isa 61:1]
Yahweh
- Everlasting Light [Isa 60:21]
- Savior, Redeemer, Mighty One of Jacob [Isa 60:16]
Pillar of Cloud and Fire [Isa 4:5-6]
- He is the same as the Angel of Yahweh's Presence [Isa 53:1-2,11]