Isaiah 53:
1 Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? (Is it revealed to you? The Jews did not believe this! It wasn’t revealed to them)
2 For He shall grow up before Him 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. (Jesus didn’t grow out of the palace, not with any clearly distinguishing features, not exceptional in any way. His life was humble, and carnal hearts could not discern him.)
3 He is despised 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. (Clearly speaks of Christ as he journeyed towards death, they slapped him, mocked him, betrayed him, denied him, despised him)
4 Surely He has borne our grieves and carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. (While he carried our pains, we saw him as one punished by the religious leaders representing God)
5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed. (Our savior was bruised with a crown of torns on his head, and with lashes, he was wounded and he bleed, he was striped for our wickedness)
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. (The lamb that takes away the sin of the world, he took the penalty due us)
7 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 its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth. (He was silent, he didn’t speak in his defence, because he was guilty on our behalf)
8 He was taken from prison and from judgment, And who will declare His generation? For He was cut off from the land of the living; For the transgressions of My people He was stricken. (Exactly! He was taken from prison and from judgement, he died before he had lived long, he was stricken for our wrong doings. Who will declare his generation? Who will be his own children to continue after him? The baby in my loins jumps at this – I)
9 And they[a] made His grave with the wicked— But with the rich at His death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was any deceit in His mouth. (How could Isaiah see where he would be buried and who would take responsibility for it? How could he see that he would die with the thieves and be buried with the rich?)
10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You 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. (Hmmm… wow, on that cross, he will see his seed, those who will make Christ continue on the earth will gain the access at this death. They will prolong his days. It will also not be like he’s no longer there, only now it’s his hand that the pleasure of the Lord will prosper in. His hand is in his body!)
11 He shall see the labor of His soul,[b] and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, For He shall bear their iniquities. (Is Jesus satisfied when he sees you? This is your company!)
12 Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great, And He shall divide the spoil with the strong, 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 transgressors. (Amen!)
This is the most excplicit prophesy about Christ in the Bible! The Jews missed this! Wow! What are we who have had Christ for loing in our yes missing today?
Selah
Adeolu Akinyemi
