Isaiah 60 - Gloriously Global

  1. Play cultural bingo with your group. Check your belongings for the place of manufacture (phone, sweater, shoes, car, etc.). Whoever can identify 5 nations first wins! Then answer the question: What aspect of our ‘globally enriched lives’ do you enjoy most?

  2. Read Isaiah 60 in its entirety. What is the tone of this chapter? How does it compare with Chapter 59 in tone and content? What do you think Isaiah was feeling as he wrote the song in chapter 60? What does the emotion of the song communicate about the heart of God?

  3. In the sermon today, we explored two aspects of this prophecy. The first is the GATHERING of the nations. How many places are mentioned in this chapter? To what are they drawn?

  4. How has this prophecy been fulfilled in Christ (see Luke 1:78-79, John 1:14)? How has it yet to be fulfilled (Revelation 21:21-26)?

  5. The second aspect of prophetic fulfillment discussed this morning was the GLORY of the nations. What specific glory (or gifts) are brought by the nations in Isaiah 60:6-13? What cultural ‘glories’ have you personally witnessed being contributed to God’s global church?

  6. We live in the era of prophetic fulfillment. How can we participate in the exciting work of God around the world? List a few ways you have seen people participate. Then pray together and ask the Lord what he would have YOU do. What step of faith and obedience could you take this month?

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