In this message we will focus on the final verses of Isaiah 26 concluding our three part series on this chapter. This entire chapter is a song that is meant to be sung in troubled times and it communicates that God is the God of all comfort. It indicates that God walks with His people in times of trouble and He gives them a song to sing. There are times of trouble for the people of God. Often it comes when the judgment of God is upon a nation. Sometimes it comes when the people of God are oppressed and even killed. At other times it comes when we have been foolish or sinful and we are under the chastisement of the Lord. This is the context of the song in chapter 26.
This is a famous text for Scottish Covenanters. During the killing times of the Scottish reformation, Donald Cargill, preached on this text (Isaiah 26:20-21) on July 10, 1681, two days before he was hanged. A wayward young man was present at his hanging – James Renwick. He was so moved by the scene, that it changed his life and he was never the same again and devoted his life to declaring the fame of Jesus Christ. Two years later, Renwick Nov 1683 preached his first sermon from this text. He deliberately chose Isa 26:20 in order to publicly maintain the same testimony as Cargill, and perhaps even suffer the same fate. On Feb 17, 1688 He was caught, beaten and hanged. His head was removed from his body in the Grass Market in Edinburgh. It is no accident that Isaiah 26:20-21 would be a famous passage of scripture during the killing times. It was meant for times of trouble.
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