~ Consider Some Images of the Lord
Jesus Christ in Isaiah 53 ~
Please note
that each section below continues the passage of Isaiah 53.
The Tender Plant (in
youth) ~ “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…” (Isaiah
53:1-2).
The Man of Sorrows (in
service) ~ “…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…” (Isaiah
53:3).
The Sinbearer (on
the Cross) ~ “…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…” (Isaiah 53:4-6).
The Substitute (in
death) ~ “…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…” (Isaiah 53:7-9).
The Justifier (in
resurrection) ~ “…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” (Isaiah 53:10-12).
the key question:
“Who do you say that I am?”
(Matthew 16:15). This is the most
important question you will ever answer. If you do not answer it, or answer it
incorrectly, you have made the biggest mistake anyone can make!
~ Robert
Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE
NOW
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