Read Isaiah 30:8-18 and pages 79-82 of A.S.K.
Questions from the Bible reading
1. What is meant by calling the prophecy an “everlasting witness”? (v8)
2. God accuses the Israelites of three problems – what are they? (v9)
3. What do the Israelites say to God’s prophets and why do they say it? (v10-11)
4. God says that their sin will be like a huge wall which does what? (v12-13)
5. What does God say of the final state of the wall, to show how devastating his judgement will be? (v14)
6. How could the Israelites have been saved from the awful disaster? (v15)
7. How does the LORD describe himself to Israel and what is he willing to do for them? (v18)
8. Draw a picture, or write a description, of how Israelites will try, yet fail, to flee from their enemies. (v16-17)
Questions from the book
1. What are some of the different views that people have about Hell?
2. What does Jesus say about those who reject his salvation from their sin?
3. What does it mean for Hell’s punishment to be eternal?
4. God is just. What does this mean Christians must believe about Hell?
5. God is compassionate. What does this mean Christians must believe about Hell?
6. Write a prayer in which someone asks God to save them from the judgement which is to come.
Questions to do at home
1. Ask a Christian you know to explain how they think of Hell.
2. Think about your reply to a friend who says to you, “Hell can’t be that bad – my friends will be there!”
3. What did Isaiah mean when he talked about God as the “Holy One of Israel”?