The voice of Him that cryeth in the wilderness, prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Isaiah chapter 40, verse 3.

Hey listeners, this is Nick from Book of Mormon Central, and today's podcast addresses the question,

How did Isaiah prophesy of the Savior?

Historically, many interpretations have been offered for the writings of Isaiah, but Christian

audiences, including Latter-day Saints, have traditionally seen in Isaiah's prophecies a vision

of the coming Messiah,

identified as Jesus Christ. Many of Isaiah's prophecies have reference and

fulfillments within the prophet's own lifetime, but since antiquity, his words have also

been seen as pointing ahead to a further fulfillment through the Messiah.

The earliest prophetic commentary on Isaiah

in Latter-day Saint Scripture was written by Nephi in the 6th century BC. He explained,

I Nephi write more of the words of Isaiah, for my soul delighteth in his words, for he verily

saw my Redeemer even as I have seen him. Nephi purposefully used Isaiah's

words to more fully persuade his people to believe in the Lord their Redeemer. During and after his

mortal ministry, Jesus Christ likewise interpreted Isaiah's prophecies as pointing to him, an understanding that continued

in the early Christian Church. Regarding the use of Isaiah in the New Testament, Latter-day Saint

scholar Donald W. Perry notes, the Apostles and Gospel W. W. W. W. W. W. Peter, Matthew, Luke, John,

and Paul recorded the fulfillment of many of Isaiah's prophecies that pertained to Jesus Christ.

By citing Isaiah's prophecies of the mortal Messiah, these writers demonstrated that Jesus was indeed the promised Messiah of whom Isaiah had prophesied seven centuries earlier.

So vital are Isaiah's Messianic prophecies that even

Jesus Christ himself cited this Old Testament prophet and then declared that the prophecies were

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