Meridian Magazine--Come Follow Me Latter-day Saint Podcast

Isn’t it amazing that Isaiah’s prophecies date back more than 2,700 years and they are so completely applicable today! No wonder the Lord Jesus Christ commanded the Nephites and the Lamanites:
1 And now, behold, I say unto you, that ye ought to search these things. Yea, a commandment I give unto you that ye search these things diligently; for great are the words of Isaiah.
2 For surely he spake as touching all things concerning my people which are of the house of Israel… (3 Nephi 23:1-2)
Isaiah is speaking to us today and let’s see what he has to say about fasting, keeping the Sabbath Day holy and the last days we are in.

Welcome to Meridian Magazine's Come Follow Me podcast. We are Scot and Maurine Proctor, and we are grateful to be with you today. We'll be studying Isaiah chapters 50 through 57. in a lesson entitled, “He hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows.” We are so excited to be able to talk about this material. It's not often in the course of the curriculum of the church, over the years that we've had five different weeks focused on Isaiah. That's exciting, and we could use five lifetimes, but we have five weeks, and we're grateful for each one of them.

Welcome to Meridian Magazine’s Come Follow Me Podcast where today we’re studying Isaiah chapters 40-49 where we are talking about the kind of help God is to His people. We have with us Dr. Kerry Muhlestein who is a professor of Ancient Scripture and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at Brigham Young University. He holds a PhD in Egyptology from UCLA, directs BYU's Egypt Excavation Project, has taught at the BYU Jerusalem Center, and was a visiting fellow at Oxford University. His scholarship brings together the world of the ancient Near East and the scriptures, including extensive teaching and research on Isaiah and the Old Testament.

I love that in our reading we get to study parts of Isaiah 29 this week where the Lord speaks with this language:
14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. (Isaiah 29:14)
I am taken by the word marvelous. Elder LeGrand Richards published a book in 1950 that many of you have read called A Marvelous Work and a Wonder. This used to be standard reading material for full-time missionaries. That word marvelous is used in Section 4 of the Doctrine and Covenants, “Now behold, a marvelous work is about to come forth among the children of men.” (Doctrine and Covenants 4:1) But that same word is used in Section 6, Section 8, Section 11, Section 12, Section 14 and Section 18. I think the Lord means to astound us.

Welcome to this special joint podcast today. The Meridian magazine podcast, and the Scriptures are Real podcast. We are with Dr. Kerry Muhlestein, and we are Scot and Maurine Proctor, and this is such a delight as we, today, study Isaiah chapters 1 through 12, with a lesson entitled, God is my salvation. We're so thrilled to be together today.