In Isaiah, chapter fifty-four, verses one to three, “Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD. Enlarge the place of thy tent, and […]
In Isaiah, chapter fifty-three, verse twelve, “Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.”God promised
In Isaiah, chapter fifty-three, verse eleven, “He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.” The suffering of the Messiah would accomplish God’s purpose and result in salvation for the “many” who believe. Come, and see how
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In Isaiah, chapter fifty-three, verse ten, “Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.” It was the will
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In Isaiah, chapter fifty-three, verse nine, “And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.” This phrase may indicate that Jesus Christ would die alongside the wicked, or that the Roman soldiers intended to bury Him
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In Isaiah, chapter fifty-three, verse seven, “He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.” Jesus endured His suffering for us patiently and voluntarily, as in First
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In Isaiah, chapter fifty-three, verse six, “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.” Every person at one time or another has preferred following his or her own selfish and sinful way to obeying God’s
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In Isaiah, chapter fifty-three, verse five, “But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.” Christ was crucified because we have sinned and are guilty before God, as in Psalm twenty-two, verse sixteen, Zechariah twelve, verse
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In Isaiah, chapter fifty-three, verse four, “Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.” This verse is quoted in Matthew eight, verse seventeen, “That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare
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In Isaiah, chapter fifty-three, verse three, “He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.” Instead of being accepted by the chosen nation, Jesus Christ would be hated and rejected by
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