2024 ADVENT 9 – Isaiah 55:11-- A Hidden Prophecy of the Coming of The WORD+ of GOD, JESUS CHRIST ... Hidden in Plain Sight . . . within HIS WORD.

 

A Hidden Prophecy of the Coming of The WORD+ of GOD,  JESUS CHRIST, Hidden in Plain Sight . . .  within HIS WORD.

Sometimes it takes an unsophisticated Reader of Scripture to discover a prophecy hidden within the Hebrew Scriptures.

Why is that true ?

Because a novice is looking for the PEARL+ of Great Price.

The Picture of THAT PEARL+ of Great Price is always before the reader’s eyes.

Thus, the reader is always searching the Scripture through a special lens . That special lens holds a specific PATTERN before the eyes of the reader.

Thus, when the reader comes across a verse which FITS EXACTLY into that Divine Pattern , he discovers a prophecy which has been hidden from the eyes of jaded or bored or complacent scholars.  

Isaiah 55:11 is such a case. Here is the English version via the KJV.

So shall MY word be that goeth forth out of MY mouth:

it shall not return unto ME void,

but it shall accomplish that which I please,

and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

^{Isaiah 55:11}

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Nothing in this verse is apparently out of order until the Rules of Hebrew Grammar are applied to the Hebrew verbs.

Let us keep this rule in mind. The 3rd person singular [ he, she, it ] has a peculiarity in the Hebrew language: there is NO “it.”  

Everything is assigned a gender as a “he” or “she.”  Even tables and chairs, books and paper.

The gender [ he or she ] is indicated by the Hebrew verb form to which the pronoun is attached.

However, in our English versions , we add in “it” so that a verse makes sense in our culture, for we do not call a table a “he.”  A non-living item like a table is considered an “it.”

So then, let’s look carefully at Isaiah 55:11 and substitute the 3rd person MASCULINE singular  “he” in the place of “it” when “it” is supposed to be a masculine as indicated by the Hebrew verb governing the pronoun.

 

So shall MY word be that goeth forth 

out of MY mouth:

he shall not return unto ME void,

but he shall accomplish that which I please,

and he shall prosper in the thing 

whereto I sent him.

^{Isaiah 55:11}

With the grammar corrected, “he” would indicate a MALE PERSON is being referenced as the “he,” correct ?

Then,  what MALE PERSON  is " the WORD"

whom The LORD GOD has sent forth ?

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In the beginning was THE WORD+,

and THE WORD+ was with GOD,

and THE WORD+ was GOD. 

The same was in the beginning with GOD. 

^{John 1:1-2}

 

So, let us read Isaiah 55:11 with that distinction in mind.

Hence:

So shall MY WORD+ be

that goeth forth out of MY mouth:

 HE+ shall not return unto ME  void,

but HE+ shall accomplish

that which I please,

and HE+ shall prosper in the thing

whereto I sent HIM+.

^{Isaiah 55:11}

Does the Hebrew grammar agree in any other way with using “he” in this verse ?

YES.  The Hebrew noun WORD in the first clause, is also masculine.  Thus, “HE+ “  fits perfectly into the context of the verse.

The LORD GOD sent forth HIS Only-Begotten SON+ , HIS LIVING WORD+. 

That LIVING WORD+, HIS SON+, was:

·       promised as the SEED of woman,

·       born of the SEED of Abraham,

·       born of the tribe of Judah through David

·       born of the Divine SEED+ of a young Hebrew virgin

BORN as the SON+ of GOD … exactly as  promised !

HE+ was sent for a Purpose . That Purpose was planned and agreed upon by the ELOHIM and recorded for us in Genesis  those many long years ago.

Glory be to GOD in the Highest

and on earth, PEACE,

GOODWILL toward men !