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First Sunday After Christmas / Holy Family
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Lectionary Preaching Workbook
Series IV
This passage, written by Third Isaiah around 530 B.C. deals
with a time when the returned exiles did not find conditions as
glorious as Second Isaiah promised. Third Isaiah kept the message
of righteousness and salvation, pictured as festive garments,
alive in a disappointed people. In chapters 60-62 the prophet
announces God's promise of deliverance. Verses 10-11, spoken by
Isaiah or Jerusalem, constitute praise and thanksgiving for the
promised deliverance. In 62:1-3 the problem is when God will save
with a time when the returned exiles did not find conditions as
glorious as Second Isaiah promised. Third Isaiah kept the message
of righteousness and salvation, pictured as festive garments,
alive in a disappointed people. In chapters 60-62 the prophet
announces God's promise of deliverance. Verses 10-11, spoken by
Isaiah or Jerusalem, constitute praise and thanksgiving for the
promised deliverance. In 62:1-3 the problem is when God will save
