Isaiah Chapters 2-5
The same prophecy found in Isaiah 2:1-4 is also mentioned by Micah, a contemporary of Isaiah, in Micah 4:1-3. This does not mean that one writer copied from another, for God could give the same prophecy to both men. “Some question whether one copied from the other, but such discussions are profitless since both were inspired of God. Why wouldn’t their message be identical if they received revelation from the same source (2 Peter 1:2021)?” (Harkrider p. 14). “From the dark picture of Zion as a forsaken shed in the midst of desolation (1:8) and as an unfaithful wife who had become a harlot (1:21), the prophet turns to the future and sees Zion glorified above all cities and nations (2:14). He is then called back to reality once more and sees the city in its present condition, polluted with sin, the fruit of idolatry (2:5-4:1)” (Hailey p. 45). 2:1 Here is another revelation that Isaiah is given (1:1). 2:2 “In the last days”: The New Testament uses the same expression and applies it to the period between the incarnation and the second coming, the Messianic age (Joel 2:28; Acts 2:17; 2 Timothy 3:1-5; Hebrews 1:1-2). Notice that this is not the “last day” when Jesus comes, rather the expression the “last days”, refers to the final age or era on the earth. 150 years after Isaiah spoke, Daniel used a similar expression, “the latter days”, and referred this period of time to the time of the Roman Empire (Daniel 2:28ff). Most premillennial writers feel that his expression refers to the period of time right before the end, but such is a misuse of the term.
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