Isaiah 53: Prophecy of the Messiah's Sacrifice and Triumph / S3E28

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Step into one of scripture's most remarkable prophecies as we explore Isaiah 53, the profound "Suffering Servant" passage written seven centuries before Jesus walked the earth. This chapter stands as an astonishing testament to divine inspiration, describing with haunting accuracy the rejection, suffering, death and ultimate triumph of the Messiah.

We journey through Isaiah's vision verse by verse, unveiling how Jesus perfectly fulfilled each prophetic detail. From His humble arrival without majestic appearance to His silent suffering before accusers, from bearing wounds for our transgressions to making His grave with the rich after death - the parallels are unmistakable and powerful. We examine how Jesus was "led as a lamb to slaughter," remained silent before Pilate, was crucified among criminals yet buried in a wealthy man's tomb.

The theological implications reverberate through time: substitutionary atonement revealed, where God's justice and love meet as the innocent bears punishment for the guilty. This passage forms the foundation of Christian understanding of salvation - that Jesus, the spotless Lamb, took our place so we might be reconciled to God. The prophecy's fulfillment strengthens faith and offers compelling evidence for skeptics.

As we conclude, we're challenged to consider how we respond to this sacrifice. Are we living our lives for Jesus? Are we helping others find their way to Him? Read Isaiah 53 for yourself, compare it with the New Testament accounts, and discover why these ancient words continue to transform lives today. Jesus did it all for us - will you share His truth with others?

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
So today we're going to talk about Isaiah 53.
It is one of the mostsignificant and prophetic
chapters in the Old Testament,in the book of Isaiah.
It's also called the SufferingServant passage because it
describes in great deal thesuffering, rejection and

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eventual triumph of a figure whobears sins of many.
This chapter is especiallyimportant in Christian theology
because it seems as a prophecyabout Jesus Christ and His
sacrificial death on the crossfor the sins of humanity.
Many New Testament writersrefer to Isaiah 53 as a
fulfillment of Jesus' life,suffering and resurrection.

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Let's talk about it.
Isaiah 53, the first threeverses, is rejection of the
servant.
Isaiah 53, 1 through 3, sayswho has believed our report and
to whom has the arm of the Lordbeen revealed?
For he shall grow up before himas a tender plant and as the

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root out of dry ground.
He has no form or comeliness.

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This passage describes how theMessiah was rejected by the
people.
He could come out humbly,majestically or beautifully, but
he was despised and rejected,meaning that the people would
turn away from him, failing torecognize his true identity.
His true identity this wasfulfilled in Jesus' rejection by

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his own people in John 1.11 andLuke 23.18-21.
The next part of Isaiah isverses 4-6.
And Isaiah 53.4-6 says Surely,he has bore our griefs, he has
carried our sorrows.
Yet we esteem him, strucken,smitten by God and afflicted.
But he was wounded for ourtransgressions, he was bruised

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for our iniquities.
The chastisement of our peacewas upon him and by his stripes
we were healed.
All we, like sheep, have goneastray and we have turned every
one to his own way, and the Lordhas laid on him the iniquity of
us all.
The servant bears our grief andcarries our sorrow.
This signifies that Jesus tookon our burdens.

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He was wounded for ourtransgressions.
He showed that he suffered notfor his own sins but for ours.
The phrase by his stripes wewere healed points to Jesus
being beaten and crucified,which brings spiritual healing
and salvation.
That's in Peter 8, 17 and 1Peter 2, 24.

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Humanity is described as sheepgone astray, but God places all
sins upon the servant,fulfilling the concept of
substitutionary atonement.
The next part of Isaiah 53 isverses 7 through 9.

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It says afflicted, yet heopened not his mouth.
He was led as a lamb toslaughter and as a sheep before
its shearers is silent.
So he opened not his mouth.
He was taken from prison andfrom judgment and who will
declare his generation?

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For he was cut off from theland of the living For the
transgressions of my people.
He was stricken and they madehis grave with the wicked but
with the rich at his death.
Because he had done no violencenor was any deceit in his mouth
.
Silence remains during hissuffering, just as Jesus

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remained silent before Pilate.
The phrase led as a lamb to theslaughter is the direct
reference to Jesus as the Lambof God in John 1.29.
He was cut off from the land ofthe living, meaning he dies for
the sins of others, not his own.
His grave with the wicked butwith the rich at his death was

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fulfilled when Jesus wascrucified among criminals but
married in a rich man's tomb.
That's in Matthew 27, 57through 60.
The next verses are Isaiah 10through 12.
Yet it pleased the Lord tobruise him.
He has put him to grief.
When you make his soul anoffering for sins, he shall see

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his seed, he shall prolong hisdays and the pleasures of the
Lord shall prosper in his hand.
He shall see the labors of hissoul and be satisfied by his
knowledge, by his righteousness.
Servants shall justify many,for he shall bear their
iniquities.
Therefore, I will divide him aportion with the great.

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He shall be divided the spoilwith the strong.
Because he poured out his soulinto death, he was numbered with
the transgressors.
He bore the sin of many andmade intercession for the
transgressors.
Though the suffering wasintense, god willed it for the

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purpose of salvation.
For us, a servant's death isdescribed as an offering for sin
and that he takes on the roleof sacrificial offering.
He shall see his seed, he shallprolong his days.
A reference to his resurrectionand many who will come to faith
in him, to his resurrection andmany who will come to faith in
him.
He was numbered with thetransgressors was fulfilled when

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Jesus was crucified between twocriminals, and that was in Luke
23, 37 and Mark 15, 27.
The servant justifies many bybearing their iniquities,
highlighting Jesus' role asSavior Romans 5, 9.
The importance of Isaiah 53,.
It's a clear prophecy of Jesus.
Many New Testament referencesaffirm that Isaiah is filled

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with Jesus.
It was also an atonement andredemption.
This chapter emphasizes Jesus'sacrificial death as the means
for humanity's salvation.
By his suffering, he bringspeace and healing to sinners.
That's Romans 5.1 and 1 Peter2.24.
God's love and justice.

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God's justice is satisfied, sinis punished and his love is
displayed.
The servant bears thepunishment.
It fulfills the New Testamentmessage of grace, and that's in
Ephesians 2, 8-9.
Strengthens faith in biblicalprophecy.
Isaiah wrote this 700 yearsbefore Jesus a powerful

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confirmation of divine prophecy.
Isaiah 53 is one of the mostpowerful and clear Masonic
prophecies in the Bible.
It reveals the suffering, deathand triumph of Jesus, showing
God's plan for redemption ForChristians.
This chapter is the foundationof the gospel that Jesus bore
the sins of the world so thatall that believe in him might

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have eternal life.
John 3.16.
This is a wonderful book of theBible, the 53rd.
It tells us all about Jesus andwhen you look at the things
that went on in his life that helived, you see where Isaiah was
so true about everything thathe did.

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Jesus was there for us.
Jesus was crucified for us.
Jesus lived his life for us.
Are you living your life forJesus?
Are you living your life toshow others the way to Jesus?
Today I want you all to go outand read Isaiah 53 and go back

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and listen to some of thescriptures that I gave you that
are in the New Testament andcompare those.
He did it for us.
Let others know that he did itfor us.
Let others know that he is theway, the truth and the life, and
no man cometh to the Fatherexcept through Him.