In the News ... "Isaiah foretold Jesus"

The prophet Isaiah, by Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni

• Prophet known for vision of God on his throne

By Bob Campbell, Reporter
• Odessa American

ODESSA, TEXAS - Quoted in the Gospels eight times by Jesus, Isaiah is one of the Old Testament’s major prophets and is remembered for his Messianic references in Chapters 52 and 53 and for his vivid account of God’s commissioning of him in Chapter 6 of the book named for him.

Ministers say he was a very articulate, fearless man who prophesied in the 7th and 8th Centuries B.C. ...

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