Isaiah 53
The Forbidden Chapter
Of The Messiah’s Mission
One chapter that has changed the world.
5 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.
… “for that which had not been told them shall they see;
and that which they had not heard shall they consider.”
13 Behold, my servant shall deal prudently,
he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.
14 As many were astonied at thee;
his visage was so marred more than any man,
and his form more than the sons of men:
15 So shall he sprinkle many nations;
the kings shall shut their mouths at him:
for that which had not been told them shall they see;
and that which they had not heard shall they consider.
The end of Isaiah 52, and all of Isaiah 53, perfectly portrays, the last natural day of life, of the Messiah of Israel.
1 Who hath believed our report?
and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant,
and as a root out of a dry ground:
he hath no form nor comeliness;
and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.3 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.4 Surely he hath borne our griefs,
and carried our sorrows:
yet we did esteem him stricken,
smitten of God, and afflicted.5 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.6 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.7 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.8 He was taken from prison and from judgment:
and who shall declare his generation?
for he was cut off out of the land of the living:
for the transgression of my people was he stricken.9 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.10 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.
11 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.12 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.
Ever since, the last day of the messiah’s natural life, when he was whipped, beaten, nailed to across, by his hands and feet, and died at the hands of the Jews and of Rome, who work together to crucify him until he break his last breath. Jesus ended his natural life here on earth. But since that day he has begun, living his supernatural life, and has been calling, and directing all the children of God, who would hear his voice, would come into his kingdom, god transformer and be transformed by his spirit and his word.
This message is clear as day:
The mission of the Messiah was to pour out his soul unto death. He was to be numbered with the transgressors. He was come: to bear the sin of many, and to make intercession for the transgressors. He was to be a righteous servant who would justify many, by bearing their equities upon the cross. He would make his soul an offering for sin. He would make his grave with the wicked, even though no violence would be found in him, nor neither deceit in his mouth. He would be oppressed and afflicted, yet he would not open his mouth. Like a lamb that is dumb, he would be led to the slaughter. He would die without raging or lashing out.
It is because we all have gone astray, that He took our punishment upon himself. He was wounded for our transgressions. He was bruised for our iniquities. The chastisement of our peace was upon him. By his stripes, we are healed.
Surely he hath borne our griefs. He has carried our sorrows. Yet we did esteem him stricken,
smitten of God, and afflicted. He was despised and rejected of men. He was a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. He was one, from whom we hid as it were our faces from him. He was despised, and we esteemed him not. He had no form nor comeliness, the we should see or care about him, no beauty that we should desire him.
He had no story of prosperity or worldly wealth, that we should desire to believe in Him.
Only One man in human history can lay claim to this prophetic picture.
“The Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the World.”
Isaiah 53 is one key Bible Chapter, that will essentially lead, many Jews to their one and only true Messiah: If they will only read it, hear it, study it, and believe it.