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Bible study · Isaiah 65:1-25

Isaiah 65: New heavens and a new earth

Read Isaiah 65:1-25 before you meet.

In a few lines

Paul gives 65:1-2 in Romans 10:20-21, and Peter, without naming Isaiah, looks for "new heavens and a new earth" "according to his promise" (2 Peter 3:13). The LORD's "See me, see me" (65:1) is the word of "Here I am" in 58:9. And "when I called, you didn’t answer" (65:12) turns around: "before they call, I will answer" (65:24).

The verse to carry

“For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things will not be remembered, nor come into mind.”

Isaiah 65:17

To talk about

  1. 1. "I said, ‘See me, see me,’ to a nation that was not called by my name" (65:1). What does it tell you about God that he speaks first, to those who didn't ask?

  2. 2. "before they call, I will answer" (65:24) turns around "when I called, you didn’t answer" (65:12). What do the two verses, side by side, show you about God?

  3. 3. "But be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create" (65:18). What in this chapter's picture of what God will make do you most look forward to, and why?

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