Isa. 43:8-15, Salvation in the Prophets (1)

First, there are two passages from Proverbs that give us insight on the means by which a person is “saved.”  Now, let us begin our journey through the Prophets.  It is a repeated term in the preaching of Isaiah, and to a lesser degree, Jeremiah.  And then it is prominent in the last half of Zechariah’s prophecy.

Prov 20:22: wait for the Lord & He will deliver you. (God’s salvation comes in His own time, which is a time best for us as well as most glorifying for Him.)

Prov 28:18: he whose walk is blameless is kept safe.  (God saves through His word.  Therefore, the blameless man, i.e. the man who lives by God’s word, is kept safe.  This man is not earning God’s salvation by his obedience; he is receiving God’s salvation by the obedience of faith.  Cf. Acts 6:7; Rom. 1:5; 16:26.)

·       Isa 17:10: Israel (the Northern Kingdom which is lumped together with Syria/ Damascus in this chapter) had forgotten God their Savior, their Rock & fortress.

Isa 19:20: In the Kingdom Egypt will cry out bec. of her oppressors and the Lord will send a Savior, a Mighty One to rescue them. Amazing: Messiah is for Egypt.

Isa 25:9: in that day, "Let us rejoice & be glad in his salvation." (Note the context.  This is Israel in the future, after the terrible affliction of the Babylonians, and then the tribulation of the future Day of the LORD.  Israel’s situation will be hopeless.  Yet, the saved nation will “wait for Him.”  In the future, the salvation of the nation of Israel will take the place of the Red Sea as the greatest picture of salvation.)

Isa 30:15: In repentance & rest is your salvation, in quietness & trust your strength (a verse well worth memorization; this is always true!)

Isa 33:22: the Lord is our Judge, Lawgiver, King; it is he who will save us

Isa 35:4: say to those w/fearful hearts, God will come to save you (note the connection between the vengeance of God and the salvation of God).

Isa 37:20: Lord, deliver us fr. Sennacherib so earth may know you are God (and here again is the purpose of salvation: the glory of God!)

Isa 37:35: God to defend Jerusalem, save it (fr Assyria, in the time of Hezekiah),

Isa 38:20: The Lord will save Hezekiah (his time of illness).

Isa 43:3: "I am the LORD, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior"

Isa 43:11: I, even I, am the Lord, & apart fr me there is no Savior (cf. with Titus 2:13 where Jesus is our Savior).

Isa 43:12: I have revealed (boldly declared that He would save) & saved (did what was necessary) & proclaimed (and then proclaimed His faithfulness, that He had kept His word)--I & not some foreign god.  (For that reason, Israel was to be His witness, to declare His glory above all gods.)