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Embracing the Prophetic Message of Isaiah 52 and 53
January 8, 2025 · 13 min
Explore the profound comfort in Isaiah's words to the Jews, and how this message of salvation resonates for all believers.
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The Suffering Servant: Isaiah's Prophecy 0:10 Good morning. Welcome to Stand on the Word. I hope you're staying warm this morning. Alright. You do not want to miss today's reading. Isaiah chapters 52 and 53. Verse 5 chapter 53. But he0:22 was wounded for our transgressions. He was bruised for our iniquities. The chastisement of our peace was upon him, and by his stripes we are healed. Now what we have here in chapter 52 is a0:34 continuation of the encouragement to the Jews as they were coming out of exile from Babylon. But as Matthew Henry states, going back to to chapter 51, which0:45 we continue here in chapter 52, he says this, quote, this chapter, that is chapter 51, is designed for the comfort and the encouragement of those that fear God and keep keep his commandments even when they walk in0:56 darkness and have no light. Whether it was intended primarily for the support of the captives in Babylon is not certain. Probably it was. But comforts, thus generally expressed, ought not to be so1:07 confined. Whenever the church of God is in distress, her friends and her well wishers may comfort themselves and 1 another with these words, end quote. While we might not have been the initial recipients of this message,1:19 the word of God was written and preserved for us that we might find direction, deliverance, and hope through it, all of it. So these last 3 verses of, of chapter1:31 52 transition to chapter 50 three's focus on the Messiah, the suffering servant, in such a detailed and vivid way that there is no mistake1:43 of whom Isaiah was writing about. But let's begin in verse in in chapter 52 verse 1. Awake. Awake. Put on your strength, oh Zion. Put on your beautiful garments, oh 0 Jerusalem, the holy city, for the uncircumcised and1:55 the unclean shall no longer come to you. Shake yourself from the dust. Arise. Sit down, oh Jerusalem. Loose yourself from the bonds of your neck, oh captive daughter of Zion. For thus says the lord,2:07 you have sold yourselves for nothing, and you shall be redeemed without money. For thus says the lord god, my people went down at first into Egypt to dwell there, then the Assyrians oppressed them without cause. Now2:19 notice how god frequently gives a history lesson to the people over and over. See, our history reminds us of who we are, where we came2:31 from because that, more than anything, shapes who we will become. That's why there's such a battle over the history of our own country and and efforts to rewrite history because it2:43 shapes who we think we are, which then shapes who we become. Verse 5. Now, therefore, what I what have I here, says the lord, that my people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule2:55 over them make them wail, says the lord, and my name is blasphemed continually every day. Therefore, my people shall know my name. Therefore, they shall know in that day that I am he who speaks. Behold, it is3:07 I. Now don't miss this point. We've seen this over and over again, and I'm gonna repeat it every time I see it because it is so important.3:21 Based upon his name and his reputation. Based upon his name and his reputation, and we need to take that into consideration. When we're praying for our3:33 nation, when we're praying for our families, when we're praying even for ourselves in our walk with the Lord, we need to be appealing to his reputation as a nation that is at least identified3:45 with Christianity, but yet we see the policies that are coming forth from our country that mock biblical truth. We need to be praying that God would turn our country back to him3:57 for his sake, for his name and his reputation, not for our comfort, not for our benefit, not to keep us from being persecuted. All those things are important. But the most important4:09 thing, what prompts god to act is his name and his reputation. Alright. Verse 7. How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who proclaims peace, who4:25 salvation, who says to Zion, your god, reigns. Now, this speaks of the messengers bringing the news of the return of the captivity but it also speaks of the messengers of the gospel4:37 that are bringing the message of spiritual freedom. As Paul writes in Romans chapter 10 verse 15, and how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, how beautiful4:49 are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things. Verse 10. The Lord has made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations, and all the5:01 ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. Now through the return to Jerusalem and through the gospel, the lord is revealing his saving power. He is bearing5:13 his arm as a warrior would do as they prepared for battle. Verse 11, depart, depart, go out from there, touch no unclean thing, go out from the midst of her, be clean, you who5:24 bear the vessels of the Lord, for you shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight, for the Lord will go before you. And the Lord of Israel will be your rear guard. The the5:36 unknown, when God calls us out, the unknown is often intimidating. Living for the Lord and stepping out in faith to stand on his promises, frankly, is not easy, especially in5:48 our day when the culture is turning away from the truth of god. But the lord says he will go before you to lead you and behind you to protect you. We need to claim and stand upon the6:00 promises of god's word. Now from verse 13 through the end of chapter 52, we have 1 of the strongest and most convincing pieces of evidence of Jesus as the Messiah,6:12 the validity of the Bible, and the truth of the gospel. Bible commentator AR Fawcett wrote, the correspondence of the life and death of Jesus Christ is so minute that it could not have6:24 resulted from conjecture or accident. An imposter could not have shaped the course of events so as to have made his character in a life appear to be a fulfillment of it. Now, keep in6:36 mind these additional facts, alright? Isaiah delivered this prophetic description of the Messiah 700 years before the cross, yet it reads as as if Isaiah was looking6:48 up at Jesus hanging there on the cross. Now to silence the critics who would say, well, the prophecy has been altered to fit what happened to Jesus, get6:59 this, the lord kept hidden until the appointed time the sword of truth, the word of God. Of all of the books of the Old Testament, Testament, it is Isaiah7:12 that the oldest complete copy exist. It dates between 150 to a hundred years BC before Christ. A copy of7:23 Isaiah was discovered in 19 48 in Qumran among what is known as the Dead Sea Scrolls. The bottom line is this. With what God has revealed,7:36 alright, 1 has to choose not to believe. Verse 13. Behold, my servant shall deal prudently. He shall be exalted and extolled and be very high.7:48 Just as many were astonished at you, so his visage was marred more than any man and his form more than the sons of men, so shall he sprinkle many nations. Kings shall shut their mouths at8:00 him. For what had not been told them, they shall see. And what they had not heard, they shall consider. Who has believed our report? This is, in the chapter 53 verse8:12 1. Who has believed our report, and to whom has the arm of the lord been revealed? Now this chapter will sound very familiar. Even if you've not read it because it is quoted extensively8:24 in the New Testament beginning with this first verse, verse 37. But although he had done so many signs before them, they did not believe in him. That the word of Isaiah, the prophet might be8:36 fulfilled, which he spoke, Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? Back to chapter 53 verse 2, for he shall grow up before him8:48 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 despised9:00 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 born our griefs9:12 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 chastisement9:24 of our peace was upon him, and by his stripes, we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray. We have turned everyone to his own way, and the lord has laid on him the iniquity9:36 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 his shears is9:48 silent, so he opened not his mouth. Now look at what Peter writes in first Peter chapter 2 verse 21. For to you, this to for to this you were called because10:00 Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example that you should follow his steps, who committed no sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth, who when he was reviled, did not revile in return, when10:11 he suffered, he did not threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously, who himself bore our sins in his own body on the tree that we, having10:23 died to sins, might live for righteousness by whose stripes you were healed. For you were like sheep going astray, but now have returned to the shepherd and overseer10:35 of your souls. Verse 9, and they made his grave with the wicked, but with the rich at his death, because he had done no violence, nor was any10:47 deceit in his mouth. Now on my visit to Israel in December, I went once again to the garden tomb where many scholars believe Jesus was buried. Now this is interesting. The10:59 enemies of Jesus crucified him between 2 thieves to humiliate him, but 2 rich men, Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus, secured his body and buried11:11 him in the tomb of the rich. Now just a note on the on the Hebrew word here at his death, it it's plural, deaths, speaking to his physical and spiritual death that he11:23 endured on our behalf. Now then it transitions from his, humiliation to the victory and his exaltation. Verse 11, he shall see the labor of his soul and11:34 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 strong11:47 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 transgressions. That's Jesus. That's what he did for11:58 you and for me, and all we have to do is accept it. Believe in our heart that god raised him from the dead and confess him with as lord of12:10 our lives. Father, we thank you for your word and what an amazing word this is, this passage that describes Jesus and his death on the cross, his suffering, and taking our sin12:22 upon him 700 years before it happened. Lord, we thank you for your word. We thank you for the holy spirit leading us on this journey, and may we take these truths and may we12:34 apply them to our lives. We thank you, and we pray this in Jesus' name. Amen. Alright. Thanks again for being with me this morning, and until next time, keep standing on the word.12:47 Today's study comes from the Stand on the Word Bible Reading Plan available for free at frc dot org slash bible. By following along in just a few minutes a day, you12:59 can read through the entire Bible in just 2 years. Learn more and request the free reading guide at frc dot org slash bible.In this video 0:10 The Suffering Servant: Isaiah's Prophecy
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