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#151. Isaiah 53 Explained: The Prophecy of Jesus That Changes Everything ⭐ · Dwelling Place: The Bible for Moms

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  Steph: This is The Dwelling Place from Entrusted Ministries.
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  Steph: I'm Stephanie Hickox, and in our reading today of Isaiah 51 through 53, we will be humbled by the depth of the sacrifice of the suffering servant king and will be amazed at the accuracy of Isaiah's prophecies Isaiah 53
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  Steph: is one of the most comprehensive prophecies about Jesus and his sacrifice but let's begin today in chapter fifty-one.
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  Steph: Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the Lord.
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  Steph: Look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the quarry from which you were dug.
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  Steph: Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you.
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  Steph: For he was but one when I called him, that I might bless him and multiply him.
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  Steph: For the Lord comforts Zion, he comforts all her waste places, and makes her wilderness like Eden, her desert like the garden of the Lord.
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  Steph: Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the voice of song My daughter's middle name is Eden Because I wanted her to live in light of all that Jesus already accomplished which of course means dwelling with
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  Steph: him throughout life.
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  Steph: verse seven, listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law.
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  Steph: Fear not the reproach of man, nor be dismayed Verses 12 through 16 continue on this theme of fearing God over man.
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  Steph: I am He who comforts you.
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  Steph: Who are you that you are afraid of man who dies?
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  Steph: Of the son of man who is made like grass, and have forgotten the Lord your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth?
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  Steph: And you fear continually all the day because of the wrath of the oppressor, when He sets Himself to destroy."
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  Steph: And where is the wrath of the oppressor?
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  Steph: He who is bowed down shall speedily be released.
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  Steph: He shall not die and go down to the pit, neither shall his bread be lacking.
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  Steph: I am the Lord your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar.
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  Steph: The Lord of hosts is his name.
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  Steph: And I have put my words in your mouth and covered you in the shadow of my hand, establishing the heavens and laying the foundation of the earth, and saying to Zion, "You are my people."
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  Steph: you'll likely recognize 52 verse 7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news Who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns."
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  Steph: And now we come to one of the songs of the suffering servant I think it's important that we read it in its entirety.
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  Steph: But I'd like to start a few verses before in chapter 52:13 It seems ideally that the chapter break should come earlier behold, my servant shall act wisely.
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  Steph: He shall be high and lifted up and shall be exalted.
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  Steph: As many were astonished at you, his appearance was so marred beyond human semblance, and his form beyond that of the children of mankind.
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  Steph: So shall he sprinkle many nations.
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  Steph: Kings shall shut their mouths because of him, for that which has not been told them, they see, and that which they have not heard, they understand.
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  Steph: Who has believed what he has heard from us?
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  Steph: And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
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  Steph: for he grew up before him like a young plant and like a root out of dry ground.
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  Steph: He had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him.
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  Steph: He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
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  Steph: And as one from whom men hide their faces, he was despised and we esteemed him not.
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  Steph: Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows, yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God and afflicted.
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  Steph: But he was pierced for our transgressions.
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  Steph: He was crushed for our iniquities.
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  Steph: upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.
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  Steph: All we like sheep have gone astray.
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  Steph: We have turned everyone to his own way, and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
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  Steph: He was oppressed and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth.
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  Steph: Like a lamb that is led to the slaughter and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth.
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  Steph: By oppression and judgment he was taken away, and as for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of my people?
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  Steph: And they made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence and there was no deceit in his mouth.
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  Steph: Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him, and he has put him to grief.
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  Steph: When his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days.
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  Steph: The will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
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  Steph: Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.
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  Steph: Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death; he was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many,
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  Steph: and makes intercession for the transgressors I remember the first time I saw The Passion of the Christ, and my response was, "How could I ever want anything more than the love of this man?"
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  Steph: What Jesus did for you and for me and to all who believe is astounding 51:1 inquired Who has believed what he has heard from us?
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  Steph: And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"
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  Steph: Belief is the issue.
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  Steph: Jesus paid it all.
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  Steph: He gave His very life to pay our sins And the gospel, the good news, is that all you and I need to do is recognize that we have a problem of sin, and it has separated us from our
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  Steph: God this payment of sin, our immense debt could only be paid through the perfect blood of Jesus Christ.
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  Steph: By God coming himself And being our sacrifice.
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  Steph: You and I no longer have to pay for our sins This is the doctrine of substitutionary atonement That Jesus took our place I hope that as I read it, you were thinking, How could this be anyone other than
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  Steph: Jesus?"
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  Steph: It so clearly points to Him, this is another one of those prophecies that is abundantly clear.
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  Steph: And if you marveled at the prophecy of Cyrus that was written 150 years before he was born, listen to this.
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  Steph: Isaiah wrote these words 700 years before Jesus this so accurately describes what Jesus encountered on this earth that many throughout history have said that this couldn't have possibly been written by Isaiah so long before Jesus came.
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  Steph: and this is one of the reasons that the Dead Sea Scrolls was so pivotal because when they found these scrolls, and if you recall, I said that the entire Book of Isaiah was on one scroll.
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  Steph: This accusation that Christians had at one point inserted this chapter of Isaiah right between fifty-two and fifty-three, here the entire scroll was present, and every word of Isaiah fifty-three was there it proved that this was indeed a prophetic
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  Steph: word written long before Christ's arrival Some Jews looked at these passages about Jesus being the suffering servant, and they struggled to reconcile how could this be the same man that's coming in victory and is king and now we
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  Steph: have this The Son of Suffering You and I have the blessing of clarity of realizing that Jesus came first as the suffering servant, but He will return again as reigning King and Lord you might wonder what do the
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  Steph: Jewish people think now when they read these prophecies?
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  Steph: I mean, they think they're still waiting for the Messiah, right?
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  Steph: Well, what some modern rabbis have said is that this chapter isn't about the Messiah, but it's about the nation of Israel Well, when we read that the nation esteemed him not and that they despised him, it doesn't really
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  Steph: make sense to despise and reject itself.
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  Steph: And this viewpoint was never present in any rabbinical historical account.
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  Steph: This has been a modern creation that they're just trying to figure out, what do we do about this problematic chapter?
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  Steph: If we don't acknowledge it's about Jesus, what can we say?
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  Steph: And when you and I see the reigning Son of David and the suffering son of Joseph, we can hold them together.
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  Steph: we worship and believe in both.
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  Steph: I love what The Bible Project says about this portion of Isaiah, that through the suffering servant king, God makes a covenant with all nations for hope for a renewed creation let's look at a few phrases that describe the
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  Steph: man of Jesus Christ He had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him.
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  Steph: Even though King David was described as handsome and ruddy in appearance, Jesus came in a cloak of humility.
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  Steph: There was nothing about His appearance that would draw you to Him.
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  Steph: but certainly His character would have.
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  Steph: Isaiah tells us that He was a man of sorrows acquainted with grief.
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  Steph: But Hebrews tells us that God bestowed upon Him the oil of gladness.
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  Steph: I would say that Jesus perfectly embodies both.
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  Steph: He weeps with those who weep, mourns with those who mourn and yet he knows the joy of walking in obedience and righteousness and fellowship with the Lord.
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  Steph: So I think that he was the epitome of joy and laughter.
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  Steph: You know, the Jewish people looked on Jesus' crucifixion and saw it as God's judgment upon him And Isaiah confirms That God did put punishment for sin upon him, but it wasn't his own sin.
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  Steph: It was ours We read that he was stricken, smitten, afflicted, pierced, and crushed.
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  Steph: These are all different words in the Hebrew that accurately describe the beatings and the piercings Jesus endured for us Like a lamb led to the slaughter, he did not defend himself.
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  Steph: He was falsely accused, But he did not defend himself so that he could complete his mission He died surrounded by wicked criminals, yet was buried in a rich man's tomb His soul made an offering for guilt.
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  Steph: This refers to a sin offering we've studied the Levitical process in depth, and guess what?
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  Steph: The sin offering always dies but the very next verse says, "He shall see his offspring.
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  Steph: He shall prolong his days."
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  Steph: This speaks of resurrection.
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  Steph: How can you see your offspring if you're dead?
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  Steph: So shall he sprinkle many nations.
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  Steph: when the priests would sprinkle the blood on the altar, it symbolized that the sin was atoned for and paid for.
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  Steph: And that's what Jesus did, but not just for Israel for many nations All four Gospels point to Isaiah 53 and the way Jesus fulfilled it this chapter changes everything for you and I I pray that if you've walked
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  Steph: with the Lord for a very long time, that you can still come to this chapter and be astounded at the love of your Savior.
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  Steph: and if this is new to you, I pray as Isaiah wrote, "Who has believed what he has heard from us?"
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  Steph: And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
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  Steph: I believe God wanted you to listen to this so that you could believe The Lord is extending His arm of redemption to you so you can be brought into the family of God Heavenly Father There are no words
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  Steph: that are adequate to express the gratitude we have For what you allowed as a father and for what your son endured for us For those of us that have been walking with you for a long time, restore the
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  Steph: joy of our salvation and may we never forget The blessing of fellowship that we have for you, that was so generously paid for by your Son.
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  Steph: For those I thank you, Lord, for opening their eyes, and their ears And I pray with them, Lord, we know that we are sinners.
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  Steph: We know that we could not fix our problem.
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  Steph: We could not come back to you.
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  Steph: We thank you that you came as a person so that you could live a perfect life and take our place.
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  Steph: Thank you that Jesus died for our sins We thank you that now Your Holy Spirit dwells within us and will continue to lead us so that we can live lives that bring you glory God, I also pray for
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  Steph: our kids that we may have shared the gospel with them so many times since they were little, we pray that the newness of it and the wonder of it would not wear off.
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  Steph: Any commitments to you that were made prematurely, Lord, we just ask that you would give us wisdom as mothers and about how to point our children to the joy of following you may we not shame them for their
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  Steph: sin, but help us to also teach them how desperately we are in need of a savior It is in your matchless name that we pray, Jesus.
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  Steph: Amen