Isaiah draws concentric circles around the Kingdom. Written by an Israelite seer in a time of great national distress, the book offers warning, encouragement, judgment, and prophecy about both the circumstances of his time and the coming Messianic Kingdom. As in all books of the Bible, God’s love is there—if we are looking. And in chapter 56, Isaiah tells us God’s...

Editor’s Note: For more information on this important topic, please see Echoes of Scripture in the Letters of Paul by Richard Hays and Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament by Beale and Carson. In the previous article, we saw that the Gospels are generally applicable to the modern Christian. In this article, we will turn to a section of Scripture...