A Festival of 9 Lessons and Carols – -The Gosple…
A Festival of 9 Lessons & Carols The Lord's Day Evening December 11, 2005 Isaiah 11:1-9 “The Gospel According to Isaiah” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III We begin tonight exactly where Derek left off this morning. If you’ll remember the third “D” in the outline this morning, it was Dominion. And this passage picks up with dominion, but let me remind you of what Derek has already told us. From at least Isaiah 7 on for a number of chapters, the context is King Ahaz and his plan to rescue Judah from the opposition that has come from the combination of the King of Syria to the north and the King of Israel. And his plan is to go to Assyria (not to be confused with Syria). Assyria is the 800 pound gorilla on the block. Assyria is a great empire, and the idea is simply this: If…