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Isaiah 40:3 · BSB
40:3 A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.
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…he's also a God of mercy. He addresses his people with a law, but he also speaks words of gospel. He exposes sin, but he also forgives it.Isaiah 40 verse 3says that, quote, A voice cries in the wilderness, prepare the way of the Lord. And Isaiah is saying that someday a prophet will come and will…
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…was hardly out of his lips, and it was answered centuries before John prayed for a child. God, through Isaiah, prophesied about John's coming inIsaiah 40, verse 3. A voice is calling, Prepare the way for Yahweh in the wilderness, make smooth in the desert a highway for our God. The apostle John recorded in…
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…divine prerogatives for himself as he has done throughout the gospel. This is intentional. In Matthew chapter 3, verse 3, Matthew quotesIsaiah 40, verse 3, and says that John the Baptist is the one who fulfills the prophecy that someone would come who would prepare the way of the Lord. In the original…
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…to visit us, he makes a highway. He doesn't come on a little path, he's going to make a highway. And Isaiah is filled with this image as well.Isaiah 40, verses 3 to 5. A voice is calling Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness, make smooth in the desert a highway for our God. Let every valley be lifted up…
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…One is Malachi and one is Isaiah. In your Bible, verse 2 is actually Malachi chapter 3 verse 1 or comes from that. And verse 3 actually comes fromIsaiah chapter 40 verse 3. However, Isaiah was a much more well-known prophet. His book's a lot longer. He's written a lot more. He's written a lot more. And he was much…
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…his voice was going to make a difference. And the Bible says I know we aren't going to go there, but jot this down, we will not camp here.Isaiah 40, verse 3, just jot it down. But it says that his voice would do several things. Number one it would prepare a way. It would make, straight in the desert, a…
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…came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah inIsaiah 40, verse 3. The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight. So Matthew tells us that this is the prophet of…
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…here in chapter 3, verses 4 through 6 that we read a moment ago, he brings forward the words of Isaiah the prophet. And it's actually quoted fromIsaiah chapter 40, verses 3and 5, or 3 through 5. And he does this to further explain John's ministry here in language that calls to mind the preparations that would be made…
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…shall become straight, and the and the rough places shall become level places, and all flesh shall see the salvation of God. This is a quote out ofIsaiah chapter 40, verses 3and 4, when Isaiah was giving this prophecy. This ancient prophecy is coming to pass. You know, prophets in the old covenant have been looking for…
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…years before Jesus was born. We also notice that Luke feels free to paraphrase and condense a few lines of this quote. He condenses and paraphrasesIsaiah 40 verse 3make straight paths for him instead of make straight in the desert a highway for our God. And he also feels free to leave out the first line of…
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…then it moved down the road. But it was a readied place. Well, John the Baptist was prophesied about. I want you to see in Isaiah chapter 40. InIsaiah chapter 40, verse 3and 4. It wasn't happenstance that John the Baptist, after Mark said, Jesus Christ the Son of God, that John the Baptist is introduced. Isaiah 40,…
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…Number two, Jesus's lineage is of the tribe of Judah. You can find that in Numbers chapter 24, verse 17 #3 Jesus would be preceded by a messenger.Isaiah 40, verses 3 through 5#4 Jesus would be given away for 30 pieces of silver. That's in Zechariah Chapter 11, verses 12 and 13 #5 Jesus's betrayal. Money would be used by…
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…here. It's at hand. It has drawn near. The long-awaited king has come. And Matthew tells us that we can trust John's announcement because he quotesIsaiah 40, verse 3, in verse 3 of this passage. For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, the voice of one crying in the wilderness,…
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…then why are you baptizing if you are neither the Christ nor Elijah nor the prophet? See, John is pointing to his role that was prophesied about inIsaiah 40, verses 3 to 5. This is where it's coming from when he says that he's a voice crying out in the wilderness, make straight the path. And he's baptizing, and they…
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…but the rest of our lives, the way we encounter the presence of God can fundamentally change. If you got your Bibles, would you open up toIsaiah chapter 40, verse 3? Isaiah says this there's a voice of one calling. In the wilderness, go ahead and say, wilderness. Prepare the way for the Lord. In the wilderness,…
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…there I am? That's what John's doing right here. He's saying, Let me tell you about the scriptures that do talk about me. So he's pointing them toIsaiah chapter 40, verse 3. And that says, a voice of one crying out, prepare the way of the Lord in the wilderness, make a straight highway for our God in the desert. That's…
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…and in God and in Jesus, and he gives us the most complete picture of any book in the Old Testament, from his birth to his triumphant return. InIsaiah, chapter 40, verses 3 to 5, says Comfort, comfort my people, says your God, speak tenderly to Jerusalem and cry to her that her warfare has ended, that her iniquity is…
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…ahead of the king, shouting, crying out in the wilderness, make straight the way of the Lord, prepare the path. John's gospel here is quoting fromIsaiah chapter 40, verses 3 to 5. So I'm going to read them in a second. And I wonder if, as I read them, you will again find yourself with Handel's Messiah in your mind's eye or…
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…There is mentioning of the coming of John the Baptist, like I said. Malachi 3.1 is a great example, and of course, there's the famous verse inIsaiah, chapter 40, verses 3 through 5. We're not going to go over that, but that can be found in your notes. We then go to verse 2. Who can endure the day of His coming? And who can…
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…this passage out of Isaiah. Here's what Isaiah 40 literally says, because the quote you have in your text. In the Bible in front of you, you haveIsaiah 40 verse 3quoted in Matthew. But listen, listen, this is what Isaiah 40 1 through 3 actually says. Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly…
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