Isaiah 53:1-12 The Sin-Bearing Messiah
“Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no form or comeliness; and when we see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him.
He is despised and rejected by men, a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so He opened not His mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment,
and who will declare His generation? For He was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgressions of My people He was stricken. And they made His grave with the wicked—But with the rich at His death, because He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.
Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You 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. He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, for He shall bear their iniquities. Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great, and He shall divide the spoil with the strong, because He poured out His soul unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors, and He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.”
If you are familiar with Jesus’ life and ministry, you realize that these verses written by Isaiah hundreds of years before Jesus’ birth describe Jesus quite accurately. Jesus grew up in the small village of Nazareth in the region of Galilee, an area previous described by Isaiah as “the people who walked in darkness.” Rather than coming from a priestly family, Jesus was born into a poor working class family and worked as a carpenter and possibly a stone mason until age 30.
During Jesus’ three years of ministry, he never owned a house, a boat, or even a donkey. Jesus and his disciples walked everywhere and when they crossed the Sea of Galilee, they may have done so on borrowed boats.
Although there are hundreds of paintings depicting Jesus as tall, blond, and blue-eyed, it is far more likely that Jesus was short and swarthy. None of the Gospel writers bothers to describe Jesus physically because they were so impressed by him spiritually.
When Jesus eventually suffered through a mockery of a trial, he never reproached nor defended himself, despite urging. As Jesus was dying on the cross, he was begging his Heavenly Father to forgive those who were crucifying him. And when Jesus died, his body was placed in a borrowed tomb.
But Jesus’ life was a triumphant one. Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You 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. He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, for He shall bear their iniquities. Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great, and He shall divide the spoil with the strong, because He poured out His soul unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors, and He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.”
Jesus fulfilled the perfect will of his Heavenly Father and succeeded in his ministry. Because of Jesus, there is hope for eternal life who all will believe. There is a beloved carol that expresses this joy and hope.
Good Christian men rejoice
With heart and soul and voice!
Give ye heed to what we say
News! News!
Jesus Christ is born today!
Ox and ass before Him bow
And He is in the manger now
Christ is born today!
Christ is born today!
Good Christian men, rejoice
With heart and soul and voice
Now ye hear of endless bliss
Joy! Joy!
Jesus Christ was born for this
He hath ope’d the heav’nly door
And man is blessed evermore
Christ was born for this
Christ was born for this
Good Christian men, rejoice
With heart and soul and voice
Now ye need not fear the grave:
Peace! Peace!
Jesus Christ was born to save
Calls you one and calls you all
To gain His everlasting hall
Christ was born to save
Christ was born to save
PRAYER: Father God, thank You for loving us and for caring for us. Lord, there are no words sufficient to thank You for living for us, for dying for us, and for taking away our sins. Help us to follow You and to serve You for the rest of our lives. In the mighty and precious Name of King Jesus. Amen.
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