Isaiah · The Book in Four Peaks

The Cast · who is who in Isaiah

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Isaiah is the largest of the prophets and holds the whole gospel in one book: a thrice-holy God, a child who is God with us, a Servant pierced for our sins, and a new heavens and new earth. This study climbs its four highest peaks. The index tags the book prophecy, messiah, judgment, and holiness.

The Holy One

the LORD on the throne

The thrice-holy God whose glory fills the earth, high and lifted up above the seraphim.

The LORD

Isaiah

“the LORD is salvation”

The prophet who saw the throne, cried “unclean,” was touched by a coal, and answered, “here am I.”

The Prophet

The Seraphim

the burning ones

The six-winged flames around the throne, forever crying “holy, holy, holy” and carrying the cleansing coal.

The Burning Ones

Immanuel

the Child who is God with us

The virgin's son, the child born to us, Wonderful Counselor and Prince of Peace, the branch from Jesse.

The King

The Suffering Servant

pierced for our sins

The one who bore our griefs, wounded for our transgressions, silent as a lamb, healing many by His stripes.

The Servant

Zion

the city and the remnant

Jerusalem called to arise and shine, the people God refines, comforts, and gathers to Himself.

The City

The New Creation

new heavens and earth

The world God promises to remake, where the former pain is not remembered and everything begins again.

The New World

Who is teaching: the colored dot beside each lettered point below shows which IHOPKC teacher it came from. Mike Bickle Allen Hood Dana Candler Corey Russell ESV text

Isaiah · The Book in Four PeaksPeak I · 1 of 4

Peak I · Chapters 1–6

Holy, Holy, Holy

Isaiah 1:18; 6:3, 8

Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.Isaiah 1:18 · ESV

✓ 5578 exact match · 3 exact refs for Isaiah 1:18 · Mike Bickle / IHOPKC (Ten Expressions of God's Beauty) · open in studio

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A.Isaiah opens with God taking His people to court. They are covered in sin, and His first move is an astonishing offer: come, let us reason together. Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow.Isaiah opens with God taking His people to court. They are covered in sin, and the very first thing He does is make a stunning offer: come, let us talk this out. Even if your sins are bright red, I will make them white as snow.

Mike Bickle

And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!”Isaiah 6:3 · ESV

✓ 5578 exact match · 8 exact refs for Isaiah 6:3 · Mike Bickle (Introduction to the Beauty of God) · Dana Candler · open in studio

B.Five chapters later, Isaiah sees the LORD high and lifted up. The seraphim are crying holy, holy, holy, and the whole earth is full of His glory. The sight of that holiness undoes the prophet where he stands.Five chapters later, Isaiah sees the LORD high and lifted up. The burning angels are crying holy, holy, holy, and the whole earth is full of His glory. Seeing that holiness completely undoes the prophet.

Dana Candler

C.He cries that he is a man of unclean lips. A seraph brings a burning coal from the altar and touches his mouth, and his guilt is taken away. The holiness that terrified him is the very holiness that cleanses him.He cries out that his lips are unclean. A burning angel brings a hot coal from the altar and touches his mouth, and his guilt is taken away. The holiness that scared him is the same holiness that cleans him.

Mike Bickle

And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.”Isaiah 6:8 · ESV

D.Then he hears the question: whom shall I send? And the cleansed man answers, here am I, send me. The vision of holiness turns a terrified prophet into a willing volunteer.Then he hears the question: whom shall I send? And the cleaned-up man answers, here am I, send me. The vision of holiness turns a terrified prophet into a willing volunteer.

Mike Bickle

The first peak sets the whole book on the holiness of God. Isaiah begins with a throne, a cleansing coal, and a call. Everything the book will say about sin, a Savior, and a new world starts from that one glimpse of a God who is holy, holy, holy.The first peak sets the whole book on the holiness of God. Isaiah starts with a throne, a cleansing coal, and a call. Everything the book will say about sin, a Savior, and a new world starts from that one glimpse of a God who is holy, holy, holy.

Sources Mike Bickle / IHOPKC (Ten Expressions of God's Beauty; Introduction to the Beauty of God) and Dana Candler on Isaiah 6. Isaiah 1:18 returned 3 exact matches, 6:3 returned 8.Index tags for Isaiah 1 through 6: holiness, throne, prophecy, messiah, judgment · ESV

Isaiah · The Book in Four PeaksPeak II · 2 of 4

Peak II · Chapters 7–12

Unto Us a Child Is Born

Isaiah 7:14; 9:6; 11:1

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.Isaiah 7:14 · ESV

✓ 5578 exact match · 6 exact refs for Isaiah 7:14 · Allen Hood (Excellencies) · Stuart Greaves (150 chapters 07) · open in studio

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E.To a king paralyzed with fear, Isaiah gives a sign that reaches centuries past him. The virgin will conceive and bear a son, and call his name Immanuel, which means God with us. The rescue of the world is announced as a birth.To a king frozen with fear, Isaiah gives a sign that reaches centuries past him. A virgin will have a son, and call his name Immanuel, which means God with us. The rescue of the whole world is announced as a baby being born.

Allen Hood

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.Isaiah 9:6 · ESV

✓ 5578 exact match · 15 exact refs for Isaiah 9:6 · Mike Bickle / IHOPKC (LastThingsScriptures; The Father Heart of God) · open in studio

F.The darkness deepens, and then the light. The people walking in darkness have seen a great light, for to us a child is born, and His name is Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. The titles of God are laid on a baby.The darkness gets deeper, and then the light comes. The people walking in darkness have seen a great light, because a child is born to us, and His name is Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. God's own titles are given to a baby.

Mike Bickle

There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.Isaiah 11:1 · ESV

✓ 5578 exact match · 2 exact refs for Isaiah 11:1 · Allen Hood (Excellencies) · Corey Russell · open in studio

G.And a shoot comes up from the stump of Jesse. When David's royal line looks like a dead stump cut to the ground, a green branch grows out of it, carrying the sevenfold Spirit of the LORD. The King comes up out of what looked finished.And a shoot grows up from the stump of Jesse. When David's royal family looks like a dead stump cut to the ground, a green branch grows out of it, carrying the sevenfold Spirit of the LORD. The King comes up out of what looked dead and done.

Allen Hood

The second peak is Christmas, seven hundred years early. Isaiah describes the coming King before anyone has met Him: born of a virgin, called God with us, crowned with the titles of God, springing from a family tree cut down to a stump. Isaiah cannot stop pointing at the child.The second peak is Christmas, seven hundred years early. Isaiah describes the coming King before anyone has met Him: born of a virgin, called God with us, given the titles of God, growing from a family tree cut down to a stump. Isaiah keeps pointing at the child.

Sources Allen Hood (Excellencies), Stuart Greaves (150 chapters 07), Mike Bickle / IHOPKC, and Corey Russell on Isaiah 7 through 12. Isaiah 9:6 returned 15 exact matches, the most on this page, 7:14 returned 6.Index tags for Isaiah 7 through 12: prophecy, messiah, judgment · ESV

Isaiah · The Book in Four PeaksPeak III · 3 of 4

Peak III · Chapters 40–53

Comfort My People, and the Servant

Isaiah 40:31; 53:5

But they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.Isaiah 40:31 · ESV

✓ 5578 exact match · 1 exact ref for Isaiah 40:31 · Corey Russell (Eternal Glory) · open in studio

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H.At chapter 40 the whole tone turns to comfort. Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. To an exhausted, exiled people He promises that those who wait for the LORD will renew their strength and mount up with wings like eagles.At chapter 40 the whole tone turns gentle. Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. To a tired, beaten-down people He promises that those who wait for the LORD will get new strength and rise up with wings like eagles.

Corey Russell

But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.Isaiah 53:5 · ESV

✓ 5578 exact match · 2 exact refs for Isaiah 53:5 · Mike Bickle / IHOPKC (Enjoying Intimacy; Forerunner Curriculum) · open in studio

I.At the center of the comfort stands a Servant who suffers. He was pierced for our transgressions and crushed for our iniquities, and by His wounds we are healed. Seven hundred years before the cross, Isaiah describes it in detail.At the center of the comfort stands a Servant who suffers. He was pierced for the wrong things we did and crushed for our sins, and by His wounds we are healed. Seven hundred years before the cross, Isaiah describes it in detail.

Mike Bickle

J.He is led like a lamb to the slaughter and does not open His mouth. The Servant carries the sin of many and pours out His soul to death. God calls this the plan that prospered in His hand. The cross was written into Scripture centuries before it happened.He is led like a lamb to be killed and does not even open His mouth. The Servant carries the sin of many people and pours out His life to death. God calls this the plan that worked in His hand. The cross was written into the Bible centuries before it happened.

Mike Bickle

The third peak is the deepest valley in the book, and the reason for all the comfort. God comes all the way in to rescue His people, sending a Servant to be pierced for them, and out of those wounds comes the peace and healing the whole book was reaching for. Chapter 53 is the clearest picture of the cross in the Old Testament.The third peak is the deepest valley in the book, and the reason for all the comfort. God comes all the way in to rescue His people, sending a Servant to be pierced for them, and out of those wounds comes the peace and healing the whole book was reaching for. Chapter 53 is the clearest picture of the cross in the Old Testament.

Sources Corey Russell (Eternal Glory) on Isaiah 40 and Mike Bickle / IHOPKC (Enjoying Intimacy; Forerunner Curriculum) on the Suffering Servant. Isaiah 40:31 returned 1 exact match, 53:5 returned 2.Index tags for Isaiah 40 through 53: prophecy, messiah, judgment · ESV

Isaiah · The Book in Four PeaksPeak IV · 4 of 4

Peak IV · Chapters 60–66

Arise, Shine, and the New Creation

Isaiah 61:1; 65:17

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives.Isaiah 61:1 · ESV

✓ 5578 exact match · 10 exact refs for Isaiah 61:1 · Mike Bickle / IHOPKC (God's Plan to Transform Earth; End-Time Litmus Test) · open in studio

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K.The book turns toward glory. Arise, shine, for your light has come. And the Servant speaks again: the Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, to bring good news to the poor, to bind up the brokenhearted, to set the captives free. Jesus stands up in Nazareth and reads this as His job description.The book turns toward glory. Arise, shine, for your light has come. And the Servant speaks again: the Spirit of the Lord is on me, to bring good news to the poor, to heal broken hearts, to set prisoners free. Jesus stands up in Nazareth and reads this as His mission.

Mike Bickle

For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind.Isaiah 65:17 · ESV

✓ 5578 exact match · 3 exact refs for Isaiah 65:17 · Mike Bickle / IHOPKC (Seven Churches of Revelation) · open in studio

L.And it ends with a whole new world. Behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former pain will not be remembered or come to mind. Isaiah closes the largest book in the prophets with the whole creation made new, the ache finally gone for good.And it ends with a whole new world. Behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the old pain will not even be remembered. Isaiah closes the biggest book in the prophets with the whole creation made new, the ache finally gone for good.

Mike Bickle

Isaiah holds the whole story in one book. A holy God on a throne, a child who is God with us, a Servant pierced for our sins, and a new heavens and new earth at the end. The prophet who cried “unclean” heard “here am I, send me,” and the book he wrote became the one the New Testament quotes more than any other. This is peak one of the major prophets.Isaiah holds the whole story in one book. A holy God on a throne, a child who is God with us, a Servant pierced for our sins, and a new heavens and new earth at the end. The prophet who cried “unclean” heard “here am I, send me,” and the book he wrote became the one the New Testament quotes more than any other. This is peak one of the major prophets.

Sources Mike Bickle / IHOPKC (God's Plan to Transform Earth; Seven Churches of Revelation) on Isaiah 60 through 66. Isaiah 61:1 returned 10 exact matches, 65:17 returned 3.Index tags for Isaiah 60 through 66: prophecy, messiah, judgment · ESV

Isaiah today · modern pictures

What each peak looks like now

Isaiah in the language of now, the book that runs from a throne room to a remade world. Each card carries the verse it grows from.

Isaiah 1:18

The clean slate

Today it looks likeThe offer of a fresh start no matter how deep the stain, the record wiped white when you were sure it was permanent.

Isaiah 6:8

Undone, then sent

Today it looks likeThe encounter that first shows you how small you are and then hands you a mission, being humbled and commissioned in the same moment.

Isaiah 9:6

Power that comes small

Today it looks likeThe greatest news of all arriving as a baby, world-changing power showing up quiet and unguarded instead of loud and armored.

Isaiah 40:31

Strength from waiting

Today it looks likeThe counterintuitive renewal that comes from waiting on God rather than grinding harder, rising on a current instead of flapping to stay up.

Isaiah 53:5

Someone bore it

Today it looks likeThe innocent one taking the hit that was yours to take, the debt paid by a person who did not run it up, so you go free.

Isaiah 61:1

Good news to the poor

Today it looks likeA mission aimed straight at the broke, the brokenhearted, and the locked-up, the exact people the world tends to skip.

These Isaiah parallels are the study's own work; the verses are ESV, and the grounding comes from the index's prophecy-messiah-judgment tags and the exact matches marked above.