Isaiah 65:17-25
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- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- Vision I.3, Shepherd of Hermas. (c.145)
- Chapter LXXXI, Dialogue With Trypho, Justin Martyr. (c 160)
- V.XV.1, V.XXXIV.4, V.XXXV.1, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
- III.15, V.14, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- V.2, V.19, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 212)
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
- From the Geneva Notes.
- "He proposes to the faithful the blessings which are contained in the law, and so under temporal things comprehends the spiritual promises."
- From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
- "In the grace and comfort believers have in and from Christ, we are to look for this new heaven and new earth. The former confusions, sins and miseries of the human race, shall be no more remembered or renewed."
- From
Wesley's Notes.
- "I am about wholly to change the state not only of my people, but to bring a new face upon the world, which shall abide until a new heavens and earth appear, in which shall dwell nothing but righteousness."
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "The former sorrows of the earth, under the fall, shall be so far from recurring, that their very remembrance shall be obliterated by the many mercies I will bestow on the new earth."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
-
Commentary, Isaiah 65:17, 21-24, Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas, The
African American Lectionary, 2010.
- "In this respect, stealing refers to the food I throw away and the shoes I stack and store while others go hungry and naked."
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Commentary,
Isaiah 65:17-25, Carolyn J. Sharp, Pentecost +25, Preaching
This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2010.
- "Isaiah invites us into a theological vision of what life can be for God's faithful people."
-
Thy Kingdom Come: Reflections on Isaiah 65:17-25, John C. Holbert,
Patheos, 2010.
- "The tradition often chided people for their refusal to call out to God, but in this new earth God will answer even before they call, and God will continually listen to a people now made loquacious in the presence of a God who is all ears."
- Isaiah 65:17-25, Pentecost 25C, Commentary, Background, Insights from Literary Structure, Theological Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church in Australia.
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Isaiah 65:17-25, Easter C,
The Old Testament Readings: Weekly Comments on the Revised Common
Lectionary, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church,
Melbourne, Australia.
- "The theme of a new creation, of a new Jerusalem, of joy replacing weeping, of life overcoming death abounds in this reading from near the end of Isaiah."
- Isaiah 65:17-25, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series C, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
-
Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Discussion,
Isaiah 65:17-25, Wesley White. "A place of
conversation regarding Progressive Christianity."
- "The need for Isaiah's imagery is as real as it is seemingly so far off. No amount of betrayal will interrupt the promise. No amount of expectation will prepare us for a breakthrough of vision into reality - it still comes as a surprise, a vision resurrected is transformative."
- Reflection
on Isaiah 65:17-25 by Helen Hanten. Environmental &
earth-centered reflections from the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota Environmental
Stewardship Commission.
- "Our pilgrimages may be to shrines already built, locations where some event occurred of wide impact such as a plane crash or a ship sinking, or a pilgrimage can be to a place in our personal history -- the birthplace or home or grave of an ancestor or relative or someone we loved."
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Lectionary
Commentary, Isaiah 65:17-25, 24th Sunday After Pentecost, (Year C),
Dennis Bratcher, Christian Resource Institute.
- "We can "maintain justice, and do what is right" precisely because "my salvation will come, and my deliverance be revealed." Hope, and faith, that God will not leave the world the way it is frees us to be his people, frees us to light candles in the present darkness of sin, knowing that finally the darkness will be vanquished!"
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Isaiah 65:17-25, The Old Testament Readings: Weekly Comments on the
Revised Common Lectionary, Howard Wallace Audrey Schindler, Morag Logan,
Paul Tonson, Lorraine Parkinson, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church,
Melbourne, Australia.
- "We are coming to the end of the Christian year and our attention is directed to the fulfilment of God?s purpose for all creation. It is as if we are taken back to the beginning of things again, as if there is in the end a return to the start. That is true in more ways than one in our reading for this week."
- "Transitions..." Expository Essay, Dr. William R. Long.
- Isaiah 65:17-25, Proper 33C, Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
-
Commentary, Isaiah 65:17, 21-24, Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas, The
African American Lectionary, 2010.
- Articles & Background:
-
"Mission and Unity," Jan vanButselaar,
The Ecumenical Review,
2000.
- "...these theologians were often asking the same questions with regard to the faith and the order of the church as their colleagues in CWME asked about the mission of the church: questions about justice, liberation, (economic) ethics. Did this similarity not show how closely mission and unity were related for the church, and should they therefore not be studied together? Should there not be a joint world conference on mission and unity?"
-
"Isaiah 65,20:
Centenarians or Millenarians?" A. Gardner, Biblica, 2005.
- "In order to resolve the difficulties presented by Isa 65,20 it is necessary to consider the context."
-
"Mission and Unity," Jan vanButselaar,
The Ecumenical Review,
2000.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS
for this week's texts (includes direct links).
- Bratcher, Margaret Dee,
"Salvation Achieved," Review & Expositor, 1991.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Carroll, Sister Janet, M.M.,
"The Mission of the Churches in Realizing a New World Order: Morality -
Justice - Peace," Missiology, 1985.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Castens, Kyle D., "Homiletical Helps on LW Series
C.," Concordia Journal, 2007. (Section on this text begins on p.
75.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - deGruchy, John W.,
"A New Heaven and a New Earth," Journal of Theology for Southern
Africa, 1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Grab, Ginger,
"Books and Articles on the Theme of Joy," The Living Pulpit,
1996. (see
Joy issue focus of The Living Pulpit 5.4, 1996.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Mauser, Ulrich,
"Expository Article: Isaiah 65:17-25," Interpretation, 1982.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Smoak, Jeremy D., "Building Houses
and Planting Vineyards: The Early Inner-Biblical Discourse on an Ancient
Israelite Wartime Curse," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - van Butselaar, Jan,
"Mission and Unity," Ecumenical Review, 2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Webster, Edwin C.,
"The Rhetoric of Isaiah 63-65," Journal for the Study of the Old
Testament, 1990.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Williams, Delores,
"The Sent and the Sender," The Christian Century, 1990.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Webster, Edwin C.,
"The Rhetoric of Isaiah 63-65," Journal for the Study of the Old
Testament, 1990.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Bratcher, Margaret Dee,
"Salvation Achieved," Review & Expositor, 1991.
- Sermons:
- "Your Future Is Too Small,," Richard Lischer, Duke Divinity School's Faith & Leadership, 2010.
- "The Victory of Justice," Rev. Dr. Tony Campolo, 30 Good Minutes, Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 2005.
- Reviews:
- Review: Leszek Ruszkowski, Volk und Gemeinde im Wandel: Eine Untersuchung zu Jesaja 56-66. (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2000) Review by Roy D. Wells in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. (Review is in English.)
- With Children:
- "Children's Literature: A Resource for Ministry," November 14, Union Presbyterian Seminary, 2010. Connections: Isaiah 65:17-25 and What Does Peace Feel Like? by Vladimir Radunsky / Paths to Peace by Jane Breskin Zalben.
- "New Heavens and a New Earth," children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian Center.
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