Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? This is the question which God is asking through Isaiah in Isaiah 53. Of the billions of people on this planet, only a very small fraction has believed the record which God has given to mankind regarding His Son. As to whom the arm of the LORD has been revealed, that is even a smaller number, since too many Christians have not fully grasped what Christ has accomplished at Calvary. So when we take Isaiah 53 and regroup the verses to see the pattern that God has presented, here is what we find:
THE REASON FOR THE SUFFERINGS AND DEATH OF THE SAVIOR
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.
THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE OF THE SAVIOR
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.
THE REJECTION OF THE SAVIOR
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.
THE OPPRESSION OF THE SAVIOR
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. 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.
THE PUNISHMENT OF THE SAVIOR
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 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. 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.
THE DEATH OF THE SAVIOR
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.
THE REWARD OF THE SAVIOR
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. 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.
No one other than the Lord Jesus Christ could have endured what God the Father placed upon Him. No one else could become the Lamb of God who took away the sin of the world. Therefore God has highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name. That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
THE REASON FOR THE SUFFERINGS AND DEATH OF THE SAVIOR
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.
THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE OF THE SAVIOR
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.
THE REJECTION OF THE SAVIOR
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.
THE OPPRESSION OF THE SAVIOR
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. 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.
THE PUNISHMENT OF THE SAVIOR
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 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. 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.
THE DEATH OF THE SAVIOR
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.
THE REWARD OF THE SAVIOR
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. 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.
No one other than the Lord Jesus Christ could have endured what God the Father placed upon Him. No one else could become the Lamb of God who took away the sin of the world. Therefore God has highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name. That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
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