453 - Seraphim Hamilton - Isaiah: The Fifth Gospel

The Symbolic World

Jonathan Pageau

Education, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 933 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

I’m joined again by Seraphim Hamilton to discuss his upcoming Symbolic World course on Isaiah, beginning June 15th. We talk about why Isaiah is central for understanding Christ in the Old Testament, the relationship between prophecy, exile, the suffering servant, the gentile nations, and the deep symbolic unity between Scripture, liturgy, and creation.

Join Seraphim Hamilton in studying the Book of Isaiah this June. Register now to get 15% off before the early bird sale ends: https://www.thesymbolicworld.com/courses/the-fifth-gospel

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Coming up
00:47 - Intro music
01:01 - Introducing Seraphim Hamilton and the Isaiah course
01:48 - Seminary, liturgy, and returning to Scripture
02:39 - Why Isaiah?
03:02 - Isaiah as a Christological book
05:27 - High Christology in the Old Testament
06:52 - Leviathan, Revelation, and the Angel of the Lord
07:51 - Isaiah 27 and the serpent of Genesis
08:22 - Sennacherib, Hezekiah, and the Angel of the Lord
10:51 - Are Old Testament prophecies taken out of context?
11:18 - Exile, Assyria, Babylon, and biblical prophecy
14:57 - Course promo: The Fifth Gospel
15:47 - Isaiah 14 and the fall of Satan
16:44 - The king of Babylon and the Daystar
19:06 - Isaiah 14, Isaiah 53, and the suffering servant
22:46 - Venus, Lucifer, and Christ as opposite images
24:22 - Angels, humanity, and the transfer of authority
25:57 - Is the suffering servant Israel or the Messiah?
26:23 - The Messiah as the son of David
28:50 - The servant, the seed, and the restoration of Israel
32:13 - How the nations participate in the promise
32:41 - The Old Testament and the redemption of the nations
34:54 - The mountain of the Lord and divine fire
37:34 - The heavenly Jerusalem and Isaiah 60
38:02 - Isaiah 59, incarnation, and the redemption of Israel
40:19 - The nations coming to honor the Jewish Messiah
43:14 - What the Isaiah class hopes to offer
43:56 - Seeing Christ disclosed in the Old Testament
46:36 - Symbolism, the Fathers, and the tight weave of Scripture
47:44 - Course details: five classes on Isaiah
48:49 - Closing and where to sign up

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0:00.0	We were talking about this a little bit before we got on.
0:02.7	You said that you didn't want me to give away the whole class here.
0:05.6	And kind of what you said relates to that.
0:07.7	That this is something which compounds.
0:09.1	I could talk about Isaiah for 10 hours.
0:11.4	And all that would do is give me and you and everyone else
0:16.2	100 hours more things to say about it.
0:18.0	Because with every connection, it generates 10 more connections.
0:21.2	And the coolest thing, the paradoxical thing,
0:23.7	the extraordinary thing, is that all of these connections
0:27.2	are all really there, because what's inside the world
0:31.6	is the Logi of the God who is infinite,
0:34.2	and that's what the Bible is all about as well.
0:36.0	Music who is infinite, and that's what the Bible is all about as well.
0:51.1	This is Jonathan Peugeot. Welcome to the symbolic world.
1:02.3	Hello, everyone.
1:04.2	I'm here with Serafim Hamilton.
1:06.2	Most of you know Serafim.
1:07.8	He's been on my channel a few times.
1:08.8	I've been on his, and he has also already given a class for the
1:11.8	symbolic world. And there is a new class that he's going to start very soon, starting June 15th,
1:17.7	on Isaiah. And the messianic aspects of Isaiah, you know, kind of diving in to the book. I'm
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