The Anticipated Christ: Kings Shall Come

Christians reading Isaiah in the first decades after the death and resurrection of Jesus interpreted all the promises of Israel’s glorious future as prophecies about Jesus Christ, and Isaiah was an especially rich treasure trove of these prophecies. They read Isaiah and proclaimed that Jesus is Isaiah’s virgin-born Immanuel and Prince of Peace in whose kingdom swords are turned to plowshares, and where the lion lays down with the lamb. They also saw Isaiah’s prophecy of Gentile nations coming to worship the God of Israel as fulfilled in Gentile converts to Christ.