Isaiah 13-35 • Sister Kathryn Davis • Sept 21-27 • Come, Follow Me 2026

Isaiah 13-35 • Sister Kathryn Davis • Sept 21-27 • Come, Follow Me 2026

Author: Hank Smith & John Bytheway September 16, 2026 Duration: 1:53:32

Why does a good God allow the desert–and why does he wait so long to bring us out of it? Kathryn Davis examines Isaiah’s message of destruction and restoration, showing how Christ’s role as both “restorer” and “repairer” offers a framework for trusting God’s timing even when prayers go unanswered.

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00:00 Beginning of Episode - Kathryn Davis

00:28 A Marvelous Work and a Wonder

00:54 Welcome and Intro

2:26 Finding Jesus Christ in difficult Isaiah chapters

5:43 Meet Kathryn Davis

8:18 Jesus Christ as Restorer

10:27 Inviting the Holy Ghost into our learning

13:04 Why Jesus asks us to Study Isaiah

16:53 Slow Down

19:21 Isaiah 12–Trust and do not be afraid

21:14 Babylon as a symbol and a burden

25:40 Natural consequences and a God who still restores

29:57 Pride and trusting ourselves instead of God

31:08 “God’s not worried about my son”

33:45 Isaiah 14–After scattering comes gathering

38:10 Jesus Christ–the Repairer of the breach

42:32 The fall of Babylon and Lucifer

45:57 Stop looking elsewhere to be saved

47:26 The gospel is simple–Choose Him

50:07 The Stripling Warriors were all wounded

52:59 Recognizing Christ by His scars

54:35 Who are you going to trust?

59:12 the Assyrian army approaches Jerusalem

1:02:56 Shebna, Eliakim, and “the nail in the sure place”

1:07:44 The God of the 4th Watch

1:09:55 Why does God sometimes wait?

1:13:20 Saved in the fire, not from it

1:17:51 Comfortable gods and divine discontent

1:21:38 Apostasy, restoration, and the gospel feast

1:26:50 Perfect peace–Where are you looking?

1:29:40 Trust the plan and its Maker

1:32:18 Gathered, repaired, and rescued one-by-one

1:36:49 “A voice speaking from the dust”

1:39:27 A marvelous work

1:42:21 The power is in the words

1:45:19 The Lord will wait, that He may be gracious

1:47:31 Isaiah points us toward a Person

1:48:23 The desert is not the end

1:50:04 I will trust

1:52:08 Closing thoughts and testimony

1:53:05 End of Episode - Kathryn Davis

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