Isaiah: A Covenant to be Kept for the Sake of the Church salvation · sacred days

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then the relevance of this book for the twenty-first-century church becomes clear

for thirty-eight years

a clear vision for the church

Isaiah: A Covenant to be Kept for the Sake of the Church salvation · sacred daysIsaiah has been called the 'fifth gospel'. Why? Because in it God speaks through his prophet of his people's departure from truth, the need for repentance and the redemption provided by a coming saviour. Isaiah's imagery is some of the most beautiful, and terrifying, in the Bible. It was written in the 8th century BC at a time of material prosperity. This wealth had brought increased literacy and so God's people could be brought back by a book of 66