We are walking through the letter to the Hebrews. In our last GN we looked at “Living in His Glory”from chapter 3, verses 3 thru 6.  His glory shines thru us when in us,His life shines. This is possible because Christ Jesus literally died to be “created” in us; “born from above,” so that His life isonce again visible but now thru us.

God is building a house of people in His created worlds and upon His earth. Israel became His chosen people. They rebelled and did not acknowledge God as Creator or Savior. Glory will come back to Israel but right now all Israel is not Israel. The “Arm of the Lord” is seen in Isaiah in both judgment and blessing toward Israel. In fact, Isaiah is a whole Bible in miniature. Just like the Bible, it has 66 chapters. The first 39 are about the judgment of God against Israel and the last 27 show the grace of God in salvation. The church is tucked inside Isaiah but it was not visible until Jesus came and was rejected by Israel. Isaiah is the most quoted OT book in the new Testament and in it is depicted “death and Life.”