This week, the book of Isaiah painted a clear picture for me of what reality looks like. I think that often times we get so bogged down in the myre of our foggy world that we lose sight of the clearest of lifes realities. The primary governing truth of life is, as shown in Isaiah, that God is exalted above all else. He is truly "Holy, holy, holy" (Is. 6:3). He isn't just "holy" in the way that Israel was meant to be "a holy nation". "Holy, holy, holy" would indicate that something is holy upon holy upon holy; you can get no closer to holiness than God. He is the definition of holy. This reality of God's exaltation leads into a particular reaction from mankind, mirrored by Isaiah himself: "Woe is me! For I am lost..." (6:5)…show more content… Chapters 6, 40, 41, and 42 especially stuck out to me as portraying His awesomeness. But as I was reading through and studying the Messianic prophecies, it jarred me to know that the God portrayed by Isaiah- the one who is engullfed in holiness and power, the first and the last, and the one who holds the seas in his hand-literally dwelled on the earth, incarnated in the person of Jesus Christ. Though I believe that Jesus "emptied himself, ESV" (Phil. 2:7) of some of His blazing glory and power to live on the earth, I do affirm that He was both fully man and fully God. It really puts the life of Jesus in a whole new light. The one who parted the Sea atoned for my sins through His unjust death?…show more content… There have been quite a few times when I, upon reading a New Testament reference of an Old Testament passage, have thought quitely: "It almost seems like the author has really taken this verse out of context..." It was great to read Plummers thoughts on typology. I really enjoyed his section on corporate solidarity as well. I had wondered these past few weeks, before reading his chapter, why God would punish "the remnant" in the same breathe as the majority rebels? His parallel to Jesus really opened my eyes. I have come to appreciate throughout our study how Plummer always goes back to the anchoring standard of
