Isaiah  1 Timothy

Isaiah 56:1-8 and the epistle of 1 Timothy.

^1.1Thus says the Master: ^1.2Preserve judgment, ^1.3and do justice; ^1.4for my salvation will come soon ^1.5and my righteousness will be revealed. ^2.1Blessed is the man who does this ^2.2and the son of man who lays hold on it, ^2.3he who also preserves the sabbath that he may not profane it ^2.4and keeps his hands from doing any evil. Isaiah 56:1-2^3.1Do not let the son of the foreigner who follows the Master speak, saying, ^3.2The Master has utterly separated me from his people, ^3.3nor let the eunuch say, ^3.4I am a dry tree. ^4.1For, thus says the Master: To the eunuchs who preserve my sabbaths ^4.2and choose the things that please me ^4.3and take hold of my contract, ^5.1I will give to them in my house ^5.2and inside my walls a place ^5.3and a name better than sons and daughters. ^5.4I will give them an everlasting name ^5.5that will not be cut off. ^6.1Also to the children of the strangers who follow the Master, ^6.2to serve him ^6.3and to love the name of the Master, ^6.4to be his servants, ^6.5each who keeps from profaning the sabbath ^6.6and takes hold of my contract, ^7.1even them I will bring to my holy mountain ^7.2and make them joyful in my house of prayer. ^7.3Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices ^7.4will be accepted on my altar. ^7.5For my house will be called ^7.6a house of prayer Q Matthew 21:13 Q Mark 11:17 Q Luke 19:46 for all peoples. ^8.1Thus says the Master God ^8.2who gathers the outcasts of Israel, ^8.3Yet I will gather others to him, ^8.4besides those who were gathered to him. Isaiah 56:3-8

(Isaiah 56:1-8 BRB)

Isaiah says Yahvah's house will be called a house of prayer for all nations. This matches prayer for all men.

¹Therefore, I beg you 1st of all, to offer to God 1|4 petitions, 2|4 and prayers, 3|4 and supplications, 4|4 and thanksgiving, for the sake of all the children of men, ²for the sake of kings and princes, that we may live a quiet and peaceable life, in all fear of God and purity, ³for this is good and acceptable in the sight of God, our lifegiver, ⁴he who desires all the children of men will have life, and will return to the knowledge of the truth, ⁵for there is 1 God, and 1 mediator between God and the children of men, the son of man, Joshua the Messiah, ⁶who gave himself a ransom for all, a testimony which came in due time. 1 Timothy 2:1-6⁷For that testimony, I was appointed a preacher and an apostle; I tell the truth and I do not lie; and I became the teacher of the peoples in a true belief. 1 Timothy 2:7-8

(1 Timothy 2:1-7 BRB)

Ryan Eaton 2008-09-14 2013-07-09