1. Celebrating the Servant-Savior
The Gospel of Isaiah
Jason S. DeRouchie, PhD
Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Theology
Bethlehem College & Seminary
Bethlehem Baptist Church, 2017

2. Isaiah 24–27: Outline
Main theme: God’s Desolation and Recreation of His World/Garden City
Outline:
Isaiah 24–25 – God’s Great Salvation
24:1–23. The Earth’s Desolation & the Wasted City
25:1–12. Death’s Destruction & God’s Exaltation
Isaiah 26–27 – Further Description of God’s Great Salvation
26:1–21. God’s Protection of His Remnant
27:1. God’s Slaying of the Enemy
27:2–13. God’s Full Deliverance of His People

3. Isaiah 24–27: Outline
Main theme: God’s Desolation and Recreation of His World/Garden City
Outline:
Isaiah 24–25 – God’s Great Salvation
24:1–23. The Earth’s Desolation & the Wasted City
25:1–12. Death’s Destruction & God’s Exaltation
Isaiah 26–27 – Further Description of God’s Great Salvation
26:1–21. God’s Protection of His Remnant
27:1. God’s Slaying of the Enemy
27:2–13. God’s Full Deliverance of His People

4. Isaiah 24–27: Context
Isaiah 13–27: God’s Desolation & Recreation of the World
Chs. 13–23. Oracles Concerning the Nations
Set 1:
Babylon (13:1–14:27)
Philistia (14:28–32)
Moab (15:1–16:14)
Syria-Israel alliance (17:1–18:7)
Egypt (19:1–20:6)
Set 2:
Babylon (21:1–10)
Edom (21:11–12)
Arabia (21:13–17)
Jerusalem (22:1–25)
Tyre (23:1–18)
Chs. 24–27. God’s Desolation & Recreation

5. Earth’s Desolation & the Wasted City (Isaiah 24:1–23)
Outline:
The Promise of Desolation (24:1)
The Results (24:2–23)
Result 1: The emptying and plundering of the earth (24:2–17)
Result 2: The irreversible destruction of the earth’s wicked (24:18–20)
Result 3: The delayed but certain punishment of all those hostile to YHWH’s reign (24:21–23)