The Book of the Prophet Isaiah
Advent 1B2023 Isaiah 64:1-9, Mark 13:24-37 Here they are, the people of Israel, after the Babylonian Exile, towards the end of Old Testament history. They are back in Jerusalem after decades of slavery, religious and cultural desolation, and despair. All …
Pentecost 19A2023 Isaiah 5:1-7 If, in hearing the first lesson from Isaiah, you scratched your head and wondered: Is this the God I know in Jesus? you aren’t alone. When Isaiah prophecies about a vineyard yielding wild grapes, the resulting …
Advent 1A2022 Matthew 24:36-44, Isaiah 2:1-5 Jesus sits outside the temple in Jerusalem with his disciples and teaches them about the destruction of the temple which would happen in 70 of the common era, about what would happen to them …