hdv∂dsj hrcoo (doing a new thing). isaiah 43:18,19 do not remember the earlier things, and the...
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hDv∂dSj hRcOo
(doing a new thing)
Isaiah43:18,19
Do not remember the earlier things,And the former things, do not consider them.
Pay Attention! I’m doing a new thing,It’s springing forth, don’t you recognize it?Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert
Second Isaiah• Isaiah actually three separate books
Second Isaiah aimed at a Post-Exilic Israel
• Switches from tone of judgement to consolation and hope
Prophesies reversal of fortunes for Israel through a foreign conqueror: Cyrus the “Messiah”
Isaiah 42 & 43
• Commissioning of a servant
Praise of YHWH
• Divine reassurance
• Announcement that God will lead the people back
• Forgiveness of sins
43:18, 19• “Do not remember the earlier things”
release from slavery through the Reed Sea
• God makes/does a new thing
• New things will totally outweigh any glory or punishment of the past
• New order
Second Corinthians
5:17
Thus, if someone in Christ is a new creation, then the old things passed away.
Look! They have already become new!
2 Corinthians 3-5• Emphasizes difference between
message of the world and the gospel
New creation
• Old things pass away
• Reflection on Isaianic passages describing restoration and cosmic renewal
• Ministry of Reconciliation
REVELATION21:5
And the one sitting on the throne said, “Pay attention! I’m making everything
new!” and he says “Write! Because these words are trustworthy and true.”
Revelation
• Description of End of Time (?)
Final tribulations
• New heavens, new earth, new Jerusalem
End of suffering, beginning of reign of God
Revelation 21
• Begins description of new order
First things pass away
• God makes things new
Followed by description of New Jerusalem (paradise)
Common Themes• Isaiah and 2 Corinthians
New creation in God
• Blind servant and walking by faith, not by sight
• Isaiah and Revelation
New Jerusalem and return from exile
• New heavens and new earth (Isa 65:17, 66:22)
Common Themes
• New heavens and new earth (Isa. 65:17, 66:22)
Common Tradition
• God living among people
Grammatical Ties• All three use ka/inh, as opposed
to other words (e.g. ne/oß)
• opposition to ‘old things’
• aÓrcai√a and prw◊ta
• use and tense of poiw◊
• relation to hRcOo
Grammatical Ties
• Verb tense in Corinthians and Revelation
All three use i˙dou\
Conclusions
• Did Paul and John have Isaiah in mind when they wrote?
Common traditions
• Grammatical evidence
Christian appropriation of Isaiah
• Why is Isaiah cited in 2 Corinthians and Revelation?
God’s work
• Theme of newness
Living as a new creation
• What are the theological implications of this connection?
Nature of God
• Work of God
• Renewal
• Creation
kai/nh kti/siß
Sources• Blenkinsopp, Joseph. "Isaiah 40-55" The
Anchor Bible. Doubleday, New York. c. 2002
Childs, Brevard S. "Isaiah." The Old Testament Library. Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville. c. 2001
• Düsterdieck, Friedrich. "Critical and Exegetical Handbook to the Revelation of John." Meyer's Commentary on the New Testament. Funk & Wagnalls, New York. c. 1887
• Harris, Murray J. "The Second Epistle to the Corinthians." The New International Greek Testament Commentary. Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids. c. 2005
• Schramm, Brooks. Class notes. Spring 2007