A Commentary on Isaiah, Part 1: The Sinful Nation

William Finck
Isaiah 1:1-9
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Here we are going to venture a commentary on the book of the prophet Isaiah. While it seems as though it may be a long journey, and I am persuaded that it may take as long as a year and a half to complete, the Genesis commentary had taken that long to complete. I can only pray that it is worth the time and effort in the end. As we discussed here last week, I am still pondering some supplementary material for the Genesis commentary, so I may occasionally revert to that in the near future. The Book of Isaiah is nearly as long as the Book of Genesis, about 37,000 words in the King James Version where Genesis has just over 38,000, and the dives into ancient history and some elements of the language may be nearly as deep. However we also hope to elucidate its close relationship to the Gospel of Christ and the epistles of His apostles in ways beyond those we have already discussed in our New Testament commentaries.

Here we are going to venture a commentary on the book of the prophet Isaiah. While it seems as though it may be a long journey, and I am persuaded that it may take as long as a year and a half to complete, the Genesis commentary had taken that long to complete. I can only pray that it is worth the time and effort in the end. As we discussed here last week, I am still pondering some supplementary material for the Genesis commentary, so I may occasionally revert to that in the near future. The Book of Isaiah is nearly as long as the Book of Genesis, about 37,000 words in the King James Version where Genesis has just over 38,000, and the dives into ancient history and some elements of the language may be nearly as deep. However we also hope to elucidate its close relationship to the Gospel of Christ and the epistles of His apostles in ways beyond those we have already discussed in our New Testament commentaries.

A Commentary on Isaiah, Part 1: The Sinful Nation

The prophet Isaiah describes himself as the son of Amoz, and little more can be known about him with any absolute certainty, aside from the apparent fact that he was a man of Judah. Being a man of Judah, he could have been of the tribe of Judah or of Levi, or perhaps even of Benjamin, and the only indication is found in circumstantial evidence later in his writing. There it is also evident that Isaiah had been married with children, as he recorded in chapter 7 that he had been told to go to meet Ahaz the king, and to bring “Shearjashub thy son” along with him. If this were the only reference to a son, we may think the Hebrew term בן or ben (# 1121), which is literally a son, was being used metaphorically, as it is used on many occasions. But in the subsequent text there is another indication that he did indeed have a wife and children, and very much in the same fashion that the prophet Hosea had children – as an example to the people for whom he had prophesied.

On Genesis, Part 60: A Post-Genesis Chronology

William Finck
CHR20240719-Post_Genesis_Chronology.mp3

On Genesis, Part 60: A Post-Genesis Chronology

As we have often stated, one of the primary endeavors of this ministry is to provide Christian Identity with a firm academic foundation. That is because Christian Identity is Truth, and it certainly can be established in Scripture, history and archaeology that it is truth. Of course, our enemies can find ways to try to undermine us, just as they have found countless ways to criticize Scripture itself. But those ways are hardly honest, and always deceptive. One of the many avenues they have exploited in order to achieve their ends is Biblical chronology. They take simplistic interpretations of certain passages and use them to assert that somehow the Bible is false, that it can only be a collection of fairy tales, because, for example, there is no record in Egypt that the Israelites were in slavery there for four hundred years. But upon deep scrutiny of those same passages, and with an accurate understanding of Scripture and history, all of their attacks fail.

In recent weeks here we have concluded a commentary of the Book of Genesis, and in the course of that work we had provided a rather detailed chronology, using the Septuagint as our primary resource, which in this respect is certainly much more accurate than the translations which are based on the Masoretic Text, such as the popular King James Version. In that chronology, we asserted that among the last significant events in Genesis, Jacob had gone to Egypt with his family around 1665 BC, and since the call of Abraham was about 1880 BC, when the patriarch was 75 years old, and since Paul of Tarsus had written in Galatians chapter 3 that there were 430 years from the time of that call to the giving of the law at Sinai, the sojourn to Egypt was halfway through that period, leaving 215 years. So from the time Jacob went to Egypt, there would be another 215 years until the giving of the law at Sinai some time around 1450 BC. Moses, having been 80 years old at Sinai, must have been born some time around 1530 BC.

The Watchman, a Critical Review of a Sermon by Bertrand Comparet

William Finck
CHR20240712-Comparet_Watchman_REMAKE.mp3

Notice: The original recording had some gaps, and several hundred words missing, especially from 11:28 to 13:16. These gaps were in the original recording as it had been recorded, and there is no explanation since there were no evident spaces in the recording itself. The recording software must have been freezing intermittently for this to have occurred.  So I have made a new recording, posted on Sunday afteroon at about 5:45 PM, and that now appears here for download, as well as in the player above. Doing that, I have also amended some of the notes below. - William Finck

The Watchman, a Critical Review of a Sermon by Bertrand Comparet

There are two general attitudes which are prevalent among Identity Christians towards politics and the economic, social, demographical and political circumstances in the United States today, and also in others of the nations which were formerly known as Christendom. The first attitude is conservatism. Those who have this attitude hope that somehow the nation can prevent a disastrous meltdown, that politicians can fix things, that they can stop the slide to oblivion, or at least, slow it down. But this is not what the Scripture warns, as the apostle Peter had professed, in 2 Peter chapter 3, “7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.” That is the only fitting judgment for Sodom.

Often, people who fashion themselves as conservatives take such a position because they are selfish, or self-preserving; because they want to hold onto and enjoy the things which they have, and retire comfortably to a life of leisure. Identity Christians with these attitudes may not admit it, but it is fully apparent in their social media profiles and their ongoing participation in the political process. They know what the Word of God says in the prophets and the Revelation, they know the world is worthy of His wrath and judgment, but they just don’t want it to happen in their own lifetimes so they put their faith in men, rather than in God.

Christian Identity Apologetics with White

William Finck
The Against Heresies Handbook discussed here is found at: A Handbook Against Heresies for Identity Christians.
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Modern Christian apologetics often leans towards fideism. Fideism, a word which seems to have been coined by Roman Catholic apologists, may be loosely defined as faith without reason. But lines such as “Jesus changed my life so Christianity must be true” are simply a form of self-validation, circular reasoning, and they are not a true defense of the faith. A lot of false religions change people’s lives, perhaps even all of them, so that is not a measure of the truth of the faith. A faith without reason allows anyone to think what they want about Jesus, and still call themselves Christians. So fideism seems to be an excuse for Catholics to teach all of their heresies, such as transubstantiation, universalism, and other heresies which are not found in Scripture. But we would contend that Christian Identity is a faith with reason, which leads to a greater assurance, and having that assurance, there is a greater obedience to the faith.

But here our focus is not on the broader matters of Christian apologetics. Rather, I would see Christian Identity apologetics as a defense of our faith within Christianity, internal to Christian belief. It is something which must be presented to people of our own kind, White men and women of European heritage, who are already Christian or who are considering Christianity. We do not need to defend Christ Himself. But we may better defend Christ once we establish the fact that the Christian Identity view of Christianity is the only true form of the Christian faith.

New Version July 5th! A Handbook Against Heresies for Identity Christians

William Finck

A friend has created a Christian Identity: Handbook Against Heresies which seeks to compile and explain from Scripture a collection of basic Christian concepts which is meant to be a quick witness to help address and combat basic heresies and misunderstandings. This may also serve as a good primer for those wanting an overview of our general Christian Identity professions.
 

The Handbook was updated and a new copy posted July 5th, 2024. We expect this to happen periodically.

Download the PDF handbook here. There is also a clean version formatted for printing without any underlined cross-references and no highlighting. Another version without highlighting removes all background color from the text, but it has underlined cross-references. here you may also download the clean version, the version without highlighting, or now for a combined version which contains both highlighted and clean copies of the text.