Titles of the Hope of Israel

Isaiah ch1-12 opens one of the prophecies that is a center piece of the Scriptures.  Yahweh pleads with His people to return to Him, offering forgiveness of sins if they repent, be willing and obedient.  The remnant who would turn back, would find their hope in Emmanuel - God with Us. The names of this one are plentiful in these opening chapters, depicting who Emmanuel would be, born in Bethlehem of Judaea 750 years later.

The following is not a great study, but simply a list of the names of the one who is the Promised One, omitting the frequent use of the LORD in solo (Yahweh):

ch1 - The LORD of hosts - The Holy One of Israel - Mighty One of Israel
ch2 - The Lord - the LORD of Hosts
ch3 - The Lord GOD of Hosts
ch4 - The Branch of the LORD
ch5 - My Beloved - The Holy One of Israel - The God that is Holy - The LORD of hosts
ch6 - the Lord, high and lifted up
ch7 - 8 - Immanuel [God with us]
ch9 - Wonderful Counsellor - the Mighty God - the Father of Eternity - The Prince of Peace
ch10 - The Mighty God - The Holy One
ch11 - The Branch - Root of Jesse
ch12 - the Holy One of Israel

A Certain Samaritan

Luke 10:30-37 - My Neighbour, A Certain Samaritan

The Lord spoke to a lawyer one day in response to a question: What must I do to inherit eternal life? The answer the Lord Jesus gave was going to mean that this man, devoted to the Law of Moses, was going to fall short. Bordering on the craftiness of today's lawyer, who study another type of law, the question came: Who is my neighbour?

The example of the man going beyond what the Jewish man would consider thinking would be possible, crossing tense cultural borders, must have in some ways been repulsive to the lawyer. Yet one, the Lord Jesus, did this very thing. He is the pictured "certain Samaritan," identifying himself with a people that were hated by the Jews for their place of worship, reducing the quantity of Scripture, and having Gentile blood flowing through their veins. We in our sins viewed God as repulsive, an enemy of His. Nevertheless, in my dead condition, the Saviour overlooked who I was, and took me up as His own to be cared for based on His own work as I lie in weakness.

This little poem exemplifies this:

Fell among thieves,

They robbed me, then leave.

The law and ritual can't aid; 

Hope of righteousness fade? 

A certain Samaritan drew near

He treated me so dear

Oil and wine poured in,

Righteousness! Saved from sin

Left in care to sustain,

Look now for him to come again.

Salvation through works not mine

That this glory and beauty might shine.