Welcome to a year in the Bible with Daily Grace.

This year, we want to spend a few minutes with you every day walking through our study Christ and all of Scripture.

Each week we will dive deeply into two passages of Scripture, one from the Old Testament and one from the New,

seeing how they connect and point to Jesus.

Whether you are doing the study yourself or just following along with us here, we are hopeful

that through studying these passages each week, you will see how Christ is not only present

throughout the entire biblical story, but the center of it.

Hey everyone. Welcome back to a year in the Bible. My name is Beth and I am joined for my co-host

Alexa. Hi, friends. So yesterday we discussed the annotation day for Isaiah 42, 6 through 7 and Isaiah

496. And so now we want to go deeper into these passages to better understand their context

and significance. So Alexa, can you help us learn more about Isaiah 42, 6 and 7 in Isaiah 496?

Starting off with where these passages fit in the story of scripture.

Yes, we have been in Isaiah for the past couple of weeks now, and we're going to be in the prophets from here on out.

The prophetic books, Isaiah included, have a lot of hard passages in them because God is bringing

judgment on his people because of their sin. He is going to send them into exile. And yet, God also

speaks words of promised restoration to his people, showing them that even though they have sinned,

he is still faithful to his covenant with them and will restore them.

So often in Isaiah, we see both of those realities present, judgment and restoration.

Isaiah 42 was one of those chapters that speaks to God's restoration while also speaking to Israel's sin.

Isaiah 42 was also the first chapter in a series of

chapters often referred to as the servant songs. So these chapters speak about a promised servant

that God is going to send who will redeem and restore God's people. The opening of Isaiah 42

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