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The suffering of the Servant

The suffering of the Servant

de Henk Kleinschmidt - Número de respuestas: 1

According to Isaiah 53:5, when Jesus was hanging on the cross, He took our transgressions and our iniquities. He brought us peace by receiving the chastisement that we were to receive, and by His wounds we are healed. So, in this passage, we see how the crucifixion was the payment for all our iniquity and sin, and even for the effects of sin on our bodies, but also how it brought peace between God and us.

As we look at Isaiah 53 and compare it with Psalm 22:16-18, Zechariah 12:10, and then read the account of what took place on the cross in John 19:31–37, we see how all of these passages refer to the piercing wounds that Jesus received: the nails through His hands and feet, the crown of thorns and the spear that pierced His side to confirm that He was dead. We also see the significance of the fact that His bones were not broken. Psalm 22 speaks of being able 'to count all of His bones', and this also connects with the Passover lamb, whose bones were not to be broken.

'Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old.' (Ex.12:5) and 'They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break any of its bones; according to all the statute for the Passover they shall keep it.' (Numbers 9:12)

Jesus became the perfect, unblemished sacrifice for us, becoming our substitute, taking our sin and punishment upon Himself so that we could truly live.

All of these prophecies were signs to reveal the death that the Messiah would suffer, opening the eyes of the Jewish people to recognise this event when it took place.  

 

 

En respuesta a Henk Kleinschmidt

Re: The suffering of the Servant

de Henk Kleinschmidt -
This Scripture in 1 Peter 2 reminds us of the power of the wounds of Christ, how we were healed by them, and that Jesus took our sickness and disease upon Himself. We see the same concept in Psalm 103:1–5, where it speaks of remembering the benefits of God and how He heals all our diseases.

The idea is this reminder of the redemptive power of God in our lives and through the cross: how physical healing also flows to us, but how there is also healing of the heart, healing of the soul, and healing of the spirit.

We also see this idea of the sheep that has gone astray. In Matthew 18, we find that the shepherd goes after one; how much more after 'all who have gone astray '. Peter shows that Jesus is the SHpeherd who came for us:

“But you have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls” (1 Peter 2:25).

Jesus, the Shepherd, came for all of us who have gone astray. He is the Shepherd of our souls who died on the cross, paid the price for our sin and our sickness, and now takes His position as the Shepherd of our souls so that we would no longer be astray. He left the ninety-nine and came for us—for me, for you, for the one.

I also think it is so powerful that Jesus tells Thomas to place his hands in His side. He shows His wounds to His disciples, reminding them of Isaiah 53 and, in essence, preaching the gospel through that reality. The Jewish people would be reminded of the prophecies, and the Gentiles as well would be reminded of the prophecy of Isaiah 53: that this is the Messiah, the One who was pierced for our transgressions.