Isaiah 52:13–15
- The Servant will be exalted because he will act wisely.
- The Servant will appear in the world as one whose “appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any man and his form marred beyond human likeness,” and He will also appear as King of all kings.
Isaiah 50:6; 52:14
Matthew 27:28–31; 39–44
- The Servant suffered a humiliating death, mocked and insulted by those who killed him. However, such a death was part of God’s plan to redeem His people, and Jesus understood the importance of His sacrificial Death. Jesus therefore “offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard; I did not hide my facefrom mocking and spitting.”
- Acts 2:32 tells us that God has raised Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of this. In Luke 24:51 and Acts 1:9, we are told that Jesus was taken up into the Heaven. And in Acts 2:33 and Philippians 2:9, we see that God exalts Jesus to His right hand and gives Him the Holy Spirit.
Isaiah 53:1–3
- The Servant appeared to the people as an average person, someone who was not especially attractive.
- The people despised and rejected Jesus.
- Jesus Christ had to suffer such a sacrificial death because only His blood could wash away our sins once and for all. And in order to fulfill what has been prophesied, Jesus therefore had to die the way it was foretold.
Isaiah 53:4–6
- Jesus suffered for us. “He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows… he was pierced for our transgressions… he was crushed for our iniquities.”
Psalm 22
- Jesus’ hands and feet were pierced through to hold up his body on the cross. He was “poured out like water” and all of His bones were “out of joint.” Jesus suffered so many beatings and flogging that by the time He was nailed to the cross, His heart had “turned to wax” and “melted away within” Jesus. His strength was all gone, and His tongue stuck to the roof of His mouth.
- The suffering of Jesus frees us from our sins and brings us peace.
Isaiah 53:4–6
- This provides a good insight into the death of Jesus Christ:
Isaiah 53:7–12
Matthew 26:63; 27:12–14
Luke 23:8–9
John 19:8–9
- In Isaiah 53:7, Isaiah prophesied that Jesus would not open his mouth even though He would be oppressed and afflicted, led like a lamb to the slaughter. Matthew 26:63; 27:12–14; Luke 23:8–9 and John 19:8–9 all document how even though the Romans charged Jesus wrongly, Jesus gave no answer. Despite all the wrongful accusations that were brought against Jesus, Jesus “made no reply, not even to a single charge.”
John 1:29, 36; 10:18; 19:11
Acts 2:23
- Jesus did not defend Himself because He knew this was part of God’s set purpose, part of God’s plan to redeem His people. As Isaiah prophesied, “Though He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth… yet it was the Lord’s will to crush Him and cause Him to suffer, and though the Lord makes His life a guilt offering, He will see His offspring and prolong His days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in His hand.” Jesus thus was not a helpless victim, for He said, “No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.”
Matthew 27:38
John 19:38–42
- Jesus was “assigned a grave with the wicked” in His death and Matthew 27:38 documents how on the day of the Crucifixion, two robbers were crucified with Jesus, one on His right, and one on His left. Jesus was also assigned a grave “with the rich” in His death, for we see in John 19:38-42, Jesus was buried by His people, in accordance with Jewish burial customs, in a new tomb within a garden. Furthermore, as promised by God, the suffering of Jesus brings about the light of life, and Jesus will be risen as King of kings, to whom all will bow their heads.
- Upon suffering His death, Jesus will see the light of life and be satisfied. Jesus will justify many, and He will bear our iniquities. Because Jesus poured out His life unto death, Jesus took on our sins, transgressions, and iniquities and purified our souls.
- “Justify” means to show something/someone to be right, to be reasonable, or to provide adequate ground for; to absolve from wrong. Hence, when God promised that “my righteous servant will justify many,” God is telling us that the suffering and death of Jesus will cleanse us of our sins.
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