“Isaiah 53:1-12”

Monday, May 11, 2020

“Who has believed our message? and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of parched ground; He has no stately form or majesty that we should look upon Him, nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him. He was despised and forsaken of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and like one from whom men hide their face. He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. Surely our griefs He Himself bore, and our sorrows He carried: yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, and by His scourging we are healed. All of us like sheep have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; but the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all to fall on Him. He was oppressed and He was afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth; like a lamb that is led to slaughter, and like a sheep that is silent before its shearers, so He did not open His mouth. By oppression and judgment He was taken away; and as for His generation, who considered that He was cut off out of the land of the living for the transgression of my people, to whom the stroke was due? His grave was assigned with wicked men, yet He was with a rich man in His death, because He had done no violence, nor was there any deceit in His mouth. But the Lord was pleased to crush Him, putting Him to grief; if He would render Himself as a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the Lord will prosper in His hand. As a result of the anguish of His soul, He will see it and be satisfied; by His knowledge the Righteous One, My Servant, will justify the many, as He will bear their iniquities. Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the booty with the strong; because He poured out Himself to death, and was numbered with the transgressors; yet He Himself bore the sin of many, and interceded for the transgressors.”

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Here is the new 50 day Bible reading schedule. The focus will be on the life, the mission, the teaching, the miracles, the death, the resurrection of Jesus the Christ. I pray as we spend more time with our Master that we will be drawn closer to Him and learn to love Him more and live more like He lived.

Today's reading is Isaiah 53:1-12. Isn't it amazing that the prophet Isaiah wrote this passage over 700 years before Jesus was born? And yet He captured the essence of the mission of our Lord and Savior perfectly. The Holy Spirit revealed to him that the whole purpose for Jesus coming into the world would be to sacrifice Himself in order to offer salvation to all people (verses 10-12).

Jesus came into this world to bear our griefs and carry our sorrows and be pierced through for our sins (verses 4-5). The death of Christ was no accidental thing. Jesus didn't die because the Jews rejected Him. Jesus died according to the "predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God" (Acts 2:23). The sacrifice of Jesus has been God's plan to save mankind since before the foundation of the world (1 Peter 1:18-20).

As you read this passage please take note of all the prophecies that were fulfilled in the life and death of Jesus. That is one of the main reasons why we know for certain that the Bible is the inspired revelation of God, and that we can completely place our trust in it. When predictions are made by an Old Testament writer and then fulfilled with detailed precision over 700 years later, we can rest assured that those prophecies were inspired by God. As we read our New Testaments we learn that over 300 Old Testament prophecies were fulfilled in the life and death and resurrection and ascension of Jesus.

Wow what an amazing book the Bible is! Nothing in the world comes close to comparing with it! Okay let's prepare to be amazed!

Please read Matthew 18:1-25 for tomorrow.

Have a great day!

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-Louie Taylor

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