Isaiah 53:1-12
The Suffering Servant
1 Who has believed our message
and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot,
and like a root out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
3 He was despised and rejected by mankind,
a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
4 Surely he took up our pain
and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
stricken by him, and afflicted.
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to our own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away.
Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;
for the transgression of my people he was punished.
9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked,
and with the rich in his death,
though he had done no violence,
nor was any deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer,
and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin,
he will see his offspring and prolong his days,
and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.
11 After he has suffered,
he will see the light of life and be satisfied;
by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many,
and he will bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,
and he will divide the spoils with the strong,
because he poured out his life unto death,
and was numbered with the transgressors.
For he bore the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors.
Who can believe the story of the Life of Jesus and the way His life was revealed to us?...He grew up as a Young Man and became a Carpenter...He is not known for His carpentry work or carpentry skills...Then He started a ministry...He recruited Twelve Disciples...He was not recognized by many of the religious groups of who He really was...And so He traveled from village to village teaching about God...He healed others...He did great signs...He would take up our pain and He bore our suffering...He carries our sorrows...He was pierced for our transgressions and our sins...He was oppressed, arrested, and crucified yet, He did not open his mouth; He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers He remained silent, so He did not open His mouth...By oppression and judgment He was taken away and died on the cross...And He could have walked away from the cross at anytime, but He chose to die for us...Yet who of His generation protested for Him?...For He was cut off from the land of the living; for the sins of His people and that is why He was punished...Yet, it was God's Will to crush Him on the cross, for an offering of our sins...After He had suffered and died on the cross He came alive again...He saw the Light of Life again on the third day...By His knowledge our Righteous Suffering Servant will justify many, and He will also bear their iniquities...Therefore, I will give Him a portion among the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He poured out His Own life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors...For He bore the sin of many, and made intercession and sacrifice for those who sin...