Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Isaiah 40:1-8
by: Jennifer Lewis Berg.
This chapter begins the prophet Isaiah’s focus on the distant future—the eventual coming of The Messiah, the creation for Jews and Gentiles alike of God’s kingdom on earth. Even though Isaiah wrote after the conquest of Israel by Assyria and before the Babylonian exile, he saw Israel’s suffering as already accomplished. He called God’s people to turn from disobedience and prepare for the coming of the Savior. The lowliest would be raised up and the high-and-mighty laid low. Then, God’s glory would be revealed to all and His Word would endure forever.