Hamilton Smith (1862-1943), born in Barnes, Surrey, started work in the office of his uncle’s building firm. By 1901, married and with a young family, he had retired from the building trade and entered full-time upon the task of building up the church of God. His personal ministry was delivered in the United Kingdom, but his written ministry is still read worldwide. His written expositions of Scripture are brief: in keeping with a desire “to be nothing and to give Christ all the glory”. Yet they are clear and very much to the point: “We are to speak as those who, by grace, know the certainty of the truth they proclaim.”
The present volume consists of a systematic verse-by-verse exposition of the second part of Isaiah’s prophecy, focussing on the issue of idolatry in chapters 40 to 48, and the Messiah, God’s Servant, in chapters 49 to 57. A dispensational approach is taken, identifying past and future fulfilment of prophecies. At each stage practical lessons are drawn for Christians today.
