Welcome to a year in the Bible with daily grace. The Bible tells one big story of

redemption and we want to spend five minutes every day journeying through the Bible from start to finish, and exploring how all of it

points to Jesus. Hey Daily Grace family, welcome back. My name is Tiffany and I'm your

host through the book of Isaiah. We are inching ever closer to the end of Isaiah, but there is still so much for us to learn and ponder.

For several days now, we've been in a section of chapters that were meant to bring encouragement to the future exiles of Babylon.

God's declaration of his glory and salvation would be a balm for their hearts in a foreign land, and his plan to punish their captors and send a remnant

home to Jerusalem would provide great hope.

This theme continues in chapters 49 through 51 today,

as we also see the work of the servant, who we know to be Jesus.

So let's dig into these rich chapters.

In Isaiah chapter 49, the first in God appointed Jesus as the servant that would bring salvation.

But salvation was not just for Israel,

but for all nations.

Verse 6 says,

It is not enough for you to be my servant raising up the tribes of Jacob and restoring the protected

ones of Israel. I will also make you a light for the nations to be my salvation to the ends of the earth. Jesus brings

salvation and redemption to all who call in his name, whether they are a Jew or a Gentile.

The Apostle Paul confirmed this in Romans 116 when he said,

for I am not ashamed of the Gospel because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes,

first to the Jew and also to the Greek.

There is also great encouragement for us in verse four when Jesus speaks about

laboring in vain. Jesus' ministry was marked by men and women who despised and

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