The Valley of Vision = Carpe Diem or Coram Deo?

Isaiah 22

Sermon Notes:

1) The Valley of Vision Can’t See the Coming Commotion, 1-8

2) The Self-Sufficiency of God’s People Can’t Replace Repentance, 8-11

3) The ‘Senseless Revelry’ of God’s People Can’t See beyond the Now, 12-14

4) The case studies of self-centeredness can teach us, if we let them, 15-25

Reflection questions:

1. What does Carpe Diem mean? What does Coram Deo mean? Which one seems like a more Biblical way to live?

2. Read I Corinthians 15:1-34, especially v12, 19, and 29-34. What reference do you see to Isaiah 22? How does Paul correct their attitude and their beliefs in 1 Cor 15?

3. Refection quote: “The words of v11b (and of 37:26) are a striking anticipation of chs.40-66, where God is repeatedly named as (lit.) ‘making and forming’ (who made … who planned) and as doing so from of old (cf. 43:7; 44:2, 24). It is another hint of single authorship.” (Derek Kidner, p646 from the New Bible Commentary) In other words, Isaiah, through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit (2 Peter 1:20-21), is the single author. There are not 2 or 3 or more Isaiahs who wrote this book.