The Lamb of God Who
Takes Away Our Sin
Book of Isaiah
Chapter 53
When we read the
prophets in the Word of God today, we still read of things that have
not taken place but if we compare those things to the amount of Bible
prophecy that has been fulfilled, we should have no doubt about those
remaining prophecies being fulfilled.
So much of Bible
prophecy is now "history" so it is hard to imagine that so
many would deny the truth of God!
It is hard to
imagine that this chapter of Isaiah can be denied as the truth. These
prophecies are given in such detail that it is heartbreaking to learn
of so many things that our Savior has done for each and every one of
us. Especially since we were all His enemies when He came to provide
a means that we all could be saved.
Jesus Christ did not
die for the few that believed Him. Jesus Christ came and died for His
enemies, all non-believers!
We know that the
wages of sin are death, the eternal separation from a loving God.
This was a debt that we did not have the ability to pay because it
would take our own life. So, the Lord Jesus Christ substituted
Himself for each of us!
1Pe 2:24 Who his
own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being
dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye
were healed.
1Pe 2:25 For ye
were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd
and Bishop of your souls.
Jesus Christ died in
our place and we cannot be saved unless we realize this truth!
In reality, the Lord
has purchased every believer out of the slave market of sin to be set
free from sin's bondage.
The only purchase
price acceptable to a Holy God was for He Himself to pay the penalty
for our sin!
1Co 6:20 For ye are
bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your
spirit, which are God's.
1Co 7:23 Ye are
bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
Rev 5:9 And they
sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to
open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to
God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and
nation;
There should be no
doubt that as believers, we belong to the Lord, who came to present
all those who believe back to His Father in Heaven to live with Him
for eternity.
All it takes to be
saved is "faith" in the work of the Lord Jesus Christ, so
why are there so many who reject this truth?
So, God ask who will
believe this report given to Isaiah, by the Holy Spirit?
As we go through
these words we should notice the prophecies that have been fulfilled.
*****Isa 53:1 Who
hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD
revealed?
When we look at this
passage we should see that word "our" as Isaiah who was the
writer and the one who preached these words, plus the Triune God, led
here by the Holy Spirit.
2Pe 1:21 For the
prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God
spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
We have already said
many times that the Messiah, The Lord Jesus Christ, is truly the "Arm
of God"!
Isa 52:10 The LORD
hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all
the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
Why would this
report be so rejected? Why would a Holy God come to this earth in the
form of man, as the Messiah and then be beaten to an inch of His life
and displayed on a cross until He died a physical death?
A report is a
statement made to the facts existing, or of events that occurred, at
some distance of time or place in which we ourselves were not
witnesses to!
In fact, the Gospel
of the Lord Jesus Christ is a report of the activities and the work
of the Lord Jesus Christ to provide for the salvation for every human
being who has lived upon this earth!
In this report, we
begin to get the picture of what God will do to deliver us from the
bondage and condemnation of sin!
It is also a fact
that no other report has ever had so much documentation and that was
then authenticated as this one from eye witnesses.
Some were friends
for sure.
Some were Jews.
Some were Gentiles.
Some of them were
even enemies.
The first preachers
of the "Gospel" of Christ were even backed up by great
signs and unexplainable miracles.
And by the way,
those of Islam, Jesus Christ was much more than just a Prophet, He
was and is God in the flesh so do not ever say we worship the same
God!
Mar 16:20 And they
went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and
confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
Yet with all this
proof the "Gospel" is rejected as the truth by most of
those who hear it.
Joh 12:37 But
though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed
not on him:
Joh 12:38 That the
saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake,
Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the
Lord been revealed?
But who will be the
blessed of the Lord?
Joh 20:29 Jesus
saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast
believed: "blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have
believed".
No one would ever
believe that a Holy and very Powerful God could ever be a Servant to
His own creation but just read some more!
And how does the
truth of the Messiah at His first coming begin?
*****Isa 53:2 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.
To grow up then He
would have to be born. Jesus was born in Bethlehem of the virgin Mary
and the Holy Spirit!
Most of us have seen
children tender and innocent all over the world but especially in
third world countries that are poor and abandoned and live in
conditions that they have no control over.
This is the picture
we get of the Messiah as He was raised by a very poor family in
remote and threatening conditions.
Luk 2:7 And she
brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling
clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them
in the inn.
Luk 9:58 And Jesus
said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but
the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
That "Him"
in this Scripture of course is our Heavenly Father as He has His eyes
on all His children but especially His Own Son!
Our Messiah was born
a helpless babe in very meager surroundings.
Even as an infant,
He was in great danger of Herod. Not in His death but in changing the
prophecy of His first coming.
(The Word of God
must remain true at all costs)
Our Messiah was not
save from Herod by a great army nor the heavenly angels but He
escaped to a foreign land.
As a child, this
Babe of God, spent His days in a carpenter's shop not in doing what a
child gets to do. He had to help support His earthly family.
The Messiah was
gentle and harmless as a Lamb!
As the Messiah, to
the world it seemed that Christianity would die along with Christ on
that cross but, it was just the beginning as in a few days the Holy
Spirit came upon the Church.
There is no church
without the Holy Spirit involved! Just foolish people gathering
together in man-made fellowship!
We must clearly
understand that once false teaching takes place, it is very hard to
get people back on the right track!
It is the Holy
Spirit who is the means of "all" Biblical inspiration!
It is obvious that
it was not the person of the Messiah that was so important at His
first coming, "it was His message" He came to give to this
lost world!
The Messiah came as
a servant and gave that example with His life.
The Messiah came to
bring the New Covenant of God and He showed that with His "grace".
The Messiah came to
begin the message of the Church, which message was to remain,
"unaltered" until He returns.
The Messiah also
remained the "arm of God" and we should never be
misinformed, even as a babe in Bethlehem, He possessed all the power
of a Holy God!
The Messiah
concealed, but did not hide, His true self in the body of a man named
Jesus who became our Savior!
Joh 1:10 He was in
the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
Joh 1:11 He came
unto his own, and his own received him not.
Joh 1:12 But as
many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of
God, even to them that believe on his name:
Joh 1:13 Which were
born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of
man, but of God.
Joh 1:14 And the
Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory,
the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and
truth.
He may not have had
a physical beauty that was the desire of others but He certainly had
a beauty in His warmth for His creation.
God loved what He
was doing for us and it showed!
1Jn 1:1 That which
was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with
our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of
the Word of life;
1Jn 1:2 (For the
life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew
unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was
manifested unto us;)
1Jn 1:3 That which
we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have
fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and
with his Son Jesus Christ.
1Jn 1:4 And these
things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
But the truth is,
the true Messiah was despised by His own people and by most of the
world then and today!
Shame on all those
who reject the truth claiming they know the truth!
*****Isa 53:3 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.
Just as Jehovah God
was despised by the nation of Israel, He presented Himself in that
manner for all the world to see.
Isa 49:7 Thus saith
the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man
despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers,
Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the
LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall
choose thee.
Most men paid no
attention to the words of Jesus showing contempt for the "Gospel"
message.
They also showed
contempt for the Lord on the night and day of His Crucifixion.
All the world of
that day held themselves to be greater than the Messiah!
We can see that not
much has changed in the nearly 2000 thousand years since our new life
came by His cross!
The Lord at no time
had a great following and even some that did follow turned back at
the truth of the "Gospel". Those that stayed, stayed
because they accepted the Word of God as the truth.
Joh 6:66 From that
time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
Joh 6:67 Then said
Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?
Joh 6:68 Then Simon
Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? "thou hast the
words of eternal life".
Our Lord was a man
of sorrows because this is the way He felt about those who rejected
His message. The Lord so wanted this world to understand His message
to miss out on His wrath when He returns!
Eze_18:32 For "I
have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth", saith the Lord
GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
It truly wounds the
heart of God to be rejected! We have this example but there are many
others.
Jer 10:18 For thus
saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land
at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so.
Jer 10:19 "Woe
is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a
grief, and I must bear it".
We have the wrong
impression of the Messiah when we think people flocked to Him, that
only happened when He was performing miracles such as the miracle of
healing or the feeding of the 5000.
In most cases if
Jesus was seen walking down the street most people would move to the
other side rather than be near to Him.
A servant was not
welcomed by the average person and treated as a slave in most cases!
Somewhat like a leper.
The Jews and the
world of that day rejected any thought that the true Messiah would
suffer to save humanity and it was the downfall of that generation
and many generations since that time.
First: This world
denies that they need a Savior to make them acceptable to God. They
think they can do this on their own (wrong).
Second: This world
dismisses the idea that God would send His Son to die for the sins of
this world. (The world is wrong again)
We know that the
Messiah was 100% man yet 100% God but it is very possible that all
these things weighed so heavy on the flesh side of Christ that He
actually looked older than His flesh side was.
Joh 8:57 Then said
the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou
seen Abraham? (We know that Christ was no more than about 33 when He
died)
Joh 8:58 Jesus said
unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
(His age is eternal)
We already know that
when the Messiah came to this earth, He set aside all His Heavenly
Glory which He always had. This had to be done for Christ to bear all
the temptations and trials of the human flesh as well as the mockery
and His rejection.
Talk about miracles,
maybe the greatest miracle of all was the fact that the Lord God did
not go ahead and destroy this world.
Don’t ever let
anyone tell you it would have been better to not ever have existed
because nothing, "NOTHING" is greater that having the
opportunity to spend eternity with Jehovah God in Heavenly
surroundings.
In coming to this
earth, Christ Jesus took the sins of the entire human race upon
Himself and died so He could bury all those sins.
*****Isa 53:4
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did
esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
The Son then had to
suffer the rejection of His Heavenly Father and then feel the
"Judgment" of God upon His person!
Mat_27:46 And about
the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama
sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken
me?
We may think we have
had grief in our life time but the Lord felt grief more intensely
than any other human being as He witnessed the only salvation plan
acceptable to His Heavenly Father being rejected by this world and it
is still rejected today.
This does not make
the message of Jesus untrue. It only makes this world to be foolish!
These things were
written some 700 years before the Messiah first came to this earth
and He said Himself that He would come again. We can still see that
the prophet has written these things as if they had already taken
place in which each one was completed in the day of Christ!
The Messiah came and
He paid the ultimate price for all our sin because He had no sin in
Himself! (Jesus Christ was "innocent" of any wrong doing)
Had He been a
sinner, He would be just like Muhammad, Buddha, Confucius and any
other false god, their bones still lying in their graves!
The Messiah will
certainly return!
Heb 9:26 For then
must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but
now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by
the sacrifice of himself.
Heb 9:27 And as it
is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Heb 9:28 So Christ
was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look
for him "shall he appear the second time without sin unto
salvation".
It is by the death
of the Messiah at His first coming that showed the world the power of
Holy God!
*****Isa 53:5 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.
What is the truth?
1) The Lord Jesus
Christ suffered because He paid the penalty for "our"
transgressions.
2) The suffering of
the Lord Jesus Christ "was the only remedy" by which we
have been restored to spiritual health.
Rom 6:23 For the
wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through
Jesus Christ our Lord.
The "chastisement"
of God, is the pain He would have inflicted on each of us but the
greatest of all our "chastisement", the Father inflicted
upon His Son who came to be our substitute!
Jesus Christ died in
"my" place and Jesus Christ died in "your" place
because we were unable to survive this chastening of our Father in
Heaven!
2Co 5:21 For he
hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be
made the righteousness of God in him.
Jesus Christ bore
"all" our sins with His human body!
1Pe 2:24 Who his
own self bare our sins in "his own body" on the tree, that
we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose
stripes ye were healed.
Jesus Christ
suffered once to bear the sins of all others! (there will be no
second time)
Heb 9:28 So Christ
was "once offered" to bear the sins of many; and unto them
that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto
salvation.
The death of Jesus
Christ was the most horrible of deaths as we see in these words of
Isaiah.
In truth, it was
only by the death of the Lord Jesus Christ that the "demands"
of a righteous God could be met!
The death of Jesus
Christ was a legal transaction in which Christ dealt with the sin
problem "for the entire human race".
Pro 3:11 My son,
despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his
correction:
Pro 3:12 For whom
the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he
delighteth.
Therefore, only
through the Lord Jesus Christ can we ever get to God's Heaven!
Joh 14:6 Jesus
saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh
unto the Father, but by me.
Joh 14:7 If ye had
known me, "ye should have known my Father also: and from
henceforth ye know him, and have seen him".
We must never be
intimidated over this truth, by those who believe otherwise, or our
politicians, our any other human being!
Our answer should
always be "that this is not what we say, this is what God says",
and "we believe what God says"!
How did God see each
of us in this world?
Isa 1:6 From the
sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but
wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed,
neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
God saw each of us
as the worst of all lepers. Those who reject the salvation of the
Lord are still seen in this manner!
Those who have
accepted that God "is who He says He is" and trust in the
salvation work of the Lord Jesus Christ, then, "we are healed"!
We as humans could
never be healed by our own suffering!
We as human beings
could never be healed by our own works!
We as human beings
do not possess the power to save ourselves, in any way, in any form,
or in any fashion!
There are in this
world some very precious people but no one is good enough to get to
Heaven with their own goodness.
Rom 3:10 As it is
written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
Rom 3:23 For all
have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
These are the
reasons God made a way for us to be reunited with Him!
Joh 3:16 For God so
loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Joh 3:17 For God
sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the
world through him might be saved.
Joh 3:18 He that
believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is
condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the
only begotten Son of God.
The truth is, most
of this world would rather remain in darkness from this truth!
Joh 3:19 And this
is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved
darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Joh 3:20 For every
one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light,
lest his deeds should be reproved.
Joh 3:21 But he
that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made
manifest, that they are wrought in God.
*****Isa 53:6 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.
Sheep require a
shepherd! The shepherd is so close to his flock that he knows each of
his sheep at a glance especially in the days of Isaiah. The truth of
the sheep is that they will wander away from the flock. This is the
nature of the sheep and they will get lost not able to find their way
back to the flock!
We as human beings
have strayed for our Holy God. Because sin is natural to us because
it has been passed down from generation to generation because to the
sin of Adam!
Rom 5:12 Wherefore,
as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so
death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
To return to our
Holy God then we must obey the true Shepherd:
Rom 5:19 For as by
one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of
one shall many be made righteous.
It is by our nature
to lusts after the things of others. Our flesh constantly lusts for
more and more!
A second helping.
A larger house.
More riches.
More power.
More recognition.
Greater desires.
Then there is the
lust of the flesh. Fornication, adultery, or some form of abnormal or
illicit sex.
God warns us:
1Jn 2:15 Love not
the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love
the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1Jn 2:16 For all
that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the
eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the
world.
There was no sinless
man upon this earth. There was no man who could even carry such a
burden as was required. God in His wisdom did the only thing that was
available to Him.
God came Himself to
die for our sin!
We need to trust God
in all things but if we miss this most important thing, it will all
be for nought!
1Co 2:5 That your
faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
Faith must always be
distinguished from "human wisdom"
Our intellect has
nothing to do with our "faith"!
Our "faith"
must stand on the "power of God" to do as He says He will
do!
Our proof is this
Love letter He has given to us, we call the Bible. There is no more
sure proof than the Word of God!
2Pe 1:19 We have
also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take
heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day
dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
2Pe 1:20 Knowing
this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private
interpretation.
2Pe 1:21 For the
prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God
spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
Jesus Christ is the
only method for us to be free from our sin nature!
*****Isa 53:7 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.
Christ, the Servant
of God suffered unjustly for our sin but He willingly did this thing!
Jesus Christ, as the
Son of God came to die for our sins but the things that He suffered
were uncalled for!
He suffered a false
judgment. (uncalled for)
He suffered from
harsh and cruel treatment not thought humane enough for mankind.
(uncalled for)
Yet He humbled
Himself and submitted to this treatment and He committed Himself to
the work that our Heavenly Father had sent Him to do.
1Pe 2:23 Who, when
he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened
not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
1Pe 2:24 Who his
own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being
dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye
were healed.
1Pe 2:25 For ye
were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd
and Bishop of your souls.
He was brought as a
lamb because He was the Lamb, the Lamb of God.
Joh_1:29 The next
day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of
God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
Joh_1:36 And
looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!
We should notice
this one thing. This is the way that Christ has always been treated
by "unbelievers"!
I can somewhat
understand rejecting the message of Jesus Christ. What I have never
understood is the anger and the hatred of those who reject Him. (Why
all the hatred) Even the atheist who say there is no God show hatred!
(what cause do they have)
Why can they not
just go about their business and leave the Christians alone!
Sometimes the
atheist and the unbelievers who say there is no God at all, are the
worst. Makes no sense, if there is not a Holy God then why do they
worry about our message and try every way possible to destroy
Christianity. Just makes no sense!
The Christ, the
Messiah willingly gave His life for His enemies even those with all
that hatred!
*****Isa 53:8 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.
What did we see in
the short time Christ the Messiah walked upon this earth? The
unbelievers and the atheist of that day allowed and the super
religious of that day allowed, the Lord Jesus Christ to be unjustly
seized and arrested illegally by a violence that concealed itself as
the formalities of the legal process.
As far was the Jews
were concerned, this innocent man called Jesus needed to be removed
from the face of the earth!
It was the prophet
Isaiah that wrote about these things hundreds of years before they
happened.
It should be no
astonishment today that these same types are trying their best to
remove all Christians from the face of the earth or at least silence
the truth of the "Gospel of Jesus Christ".
This world has never
changed for the better in all these years and it never will because
this world will only get worse.
2Ti_3:13 But evil
men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being
deceived.
We must know this is
true and continue to spread the "Gospel" in any way that we
can.
Remember that our
Father in Heaven may call us home early but if not, we will be
removed from this earth just as Jesus was.
Act 1:9 And when he
had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a
cloud received him out of their sight.
Everyone else may be
content to wait on the "Rapture" but I am ready to go home
whenever my Redeemer calls me home.
It truly bothers me
that there is so much hate in this world "that is camouflaged as
good"!
Everything about the
trial of the Lord Jesus Christ was illegal by all the laws of that
day, the Jews and Rome.
There was a false
trial, with false witnesses, with a guaranteed outcome!
The truth is, the
ministry of the Lord had been misunderstood just as it is today!
Even greater than
this, the death of the Lord Jesus Christ was misunderstood!
The Lord Jesus
Christ had come to die! The Lord Jesus, the Son of God was stricken
by His Father for He carried the sins of this entire world and the
wages of sin are death!
2Co 5:21 For he
hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be
made the righteousness of God in him.
The Lord Jesus
Christ had volunteered to do this for us!
"He was cut off
out of the land of the living"
"for the
transgressions of My people was He stricken"
The death of Jesus
Christ was a test of His love for us! Had the Lord Jesus said no, we
would all burn in Hell!
Joh_15:13 Greater
love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his
friends.
The Lord Jesus
Christ was treated as if He had no rights at all by the world that He
had created!
We should be able to
see that our world has never improved at all and has truly only
gotten worse.
Therefore, Jesus
gave us this commandment:
Mat_10:38 And he
that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, "is not
worthy of me".
And this is not all!
*****Isa 53:9 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.
Even though Jesus
Christ, the true Messiah, was innocent of all charges brought against
Him, His grave was to be in the place of convicts.
The Jews considered
it a disgrace to be buried amongst the common people and not placed
in the family sepulcher.
We should observe
that Joseph the earthly step dad of Jesus had already been buried and
to the Jew this should also be the place of His burial.
There was probably a
place where the convicted, the criminals, and such were buried and
this is where the body of Jesus would have ended if not for a
believer.
This thing did not
come to pass because a man of wealth Joseph of Arimathea a secret
believer, gave the Lord his own tomb he had prepared for himself.
Mat 27:57 When the
even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who
also himself was Jesus' disciple:
Mat 27:58 He went
to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the
body to be delivered.
Mat 27:59 And when
Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
Mat 27:60 And laid
it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he
rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
So, we can see that
the prophet Isaiah even had these things right!
All these things
were to take place although Jesus had been innocent of all charges
and everyone knew this to be true.
Jesus in all His
years had done no violence.
Jesus in all His
years had never had a deceitful word for anyone.
Jesus in all His
years had only spoken the truth.
We see that the
truth, can bring rejection or can even be ignored, will bring hatred
when it points out sin in someone's lifestyle.
So, we see even the
Son of God, the Messiah, had a purpose when He first came to this
earth!
The Messiah came to
die!
*****Isa 53:10 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.
We should clearly
understand that though evil men were following their own design and
were stirred and acted by the Devil, it was our Holy God that did
govern and overrule the sufferings of the Messiah!
Jesus said: No one
had the power to overcome Him unless it was given to them by Jehovah
God!
Joh 19:11 Jesus
answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it
were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee
hath the greater sin.
And we see that it
was Judas who had the greatest sin! Judas knew the Lord was innocent
of all charges.
It was the devil
that had placed in the heart of Judas to betray the Lord and Judas
lacked the faith to stand firm with the Lord!
Jas_4:7 Submit
yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from
you.
We must clearly
understand, God does not need any help for His plan of salvation to
work! God just gives us an opportunity to be a part of His plan. It
must remain a privilege that we are given the opportunity to serve
our Holy God!
The Messiah was
delivered to the cross by God who was determined to provide a means
for the fulfillment of the Law!
Act 2:23 Him,
"being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of
God", ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and
slain:
Luk_24:44 And he
said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I
was yet with you, "that all things must be fulfilled, which were
written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms,
concerning me".
The Messiah came to
die in order to have the victory over sin and it pleased His Father
in Heaven to do this thing!
It is because our
Father in Heaven was pleased with this sin offering that the pleasure
of Jehovah will prosper in the hands of the Lord Jesus Christ!
The Father united
with the Son in the power of the Holy Spirit to provide our only
means of salvation!
The Messiah had to
die in our place, yours and mine, so that we could be saved from the
destruction of this world.
Jesus Christ was the
"Substitute" as the Lamb of God.
Jesus Christ was not
a martyr put to death for His beliefs. Jesus did not die just so He
could be our example of following Him with our own cross.
Jesus was offered up
as the only sacrifice, acceptable to God for the sin of this world
since the time of Adam!
Joh 1:29 The next
day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of
God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
No other sacrifice
will ever be needed.
*****Isa 53:11 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.
Most of this entire
world is aware that sin demands punishment!
There are thousands
in this world devoted to the eradication of sin but the prisons just
stay full and increasing.
The Jews had a
better idea of what Jehovah was saying but they never took the next
step and have still not today.
God by providing His
own sacrifice for all sin was then an act of "Grace".
"God's Riches
At Christ Expense".
The work of Christ
was complete and God requires our "faith" in this work of
Jesus Christ to be saved!
It is by the
righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross that we can be
justified!
Justified= (Just as
if I had never sinned)
Rom 5:1 Therefore
"being justified by faith", we have peace with God through
our Lord Jesus Christ:
Rom 5:2 By whom
also "we have access by faith" into this grace wherein we
stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
The sacrifice of the
Lamb of God was the fulfillment of the law of God which is above all
man-made laws and the only law by which sinners can be saved!
The righteous
demands of our Holy God were met completely through Christ's complete
payment for our sin! This is the meaning of propitiation.
Rom 3:24 Being
justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in
Christ Jesus:
Rom 3:25 Whom God
hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to
declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past,
through the forbearance of God;
God was satisfied
with Christ and if we cannot be satisfied with Christ, we cannot be
saved!
The death of Christ
resulted in forgiveness for all sinners which includes all humans in
this world from the time of Adam!
1Jn 1:8 If we say
that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in
us.
1Jn 1:9 If we
confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and
to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1Jn 1:10 If we say
that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in
us.
It is a sad thing
that the work of Christ on that cross does not satisfy our world
today! It's too late to remember the past, it is gone!
The "Gospel"
is still the only power of salvation today!
*****Isa 53:12
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.
The Messiah is back
in Heaven today patiently waiting until He returns but just as this
Scripture gracefully says, "the Lord Jesus is the greatest human
to have ever walked on the face of this earth"!
Php 2:9 Wherefore
God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above
every name:
Php 2:10 That at
the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and
things in earth, and things under the earth;
Php 2:11 And that
every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory
of God the Father.
Because the Lord
Jesus poured out His soul unto death, He is still working to carry
out God's work on this earth!
Because we have been
filled with the Holy Spirit of God then Jesus Christ will help each
of us that believe to be witnesses of the salvation plan of God.
We can draw comfort
in knowing that we have peace with God because of the work that our
Savior has done, so that there is no work for us to do, "except
to believe"!
We can draw comfort
in knowing we have God's guarantee of eternal security because of the
work of the Lord Jesus Christ!
We can draw comfort
in knowing we have our Intercessor sitting at the right hand of God.
We can draw comfort
in knowing that we will never see the wrath of God!
Our wonderful Lord
has made a way for every believer and He even prays for our success!
Joh 17:9 I pray for
them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given
me; for they are thine.
Joh 17:10 And all
mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.
Joh 17:11 And now I
am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to
thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast
given me, that they may be one, as we are.
Joh 17:12 While I
was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou
gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of
perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
Joh 17:13 And now
come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they
might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
Joh 17:14 I have
given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are
not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Joh 17:15 I pray
not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou
shouldest keep them from the evil.
Joh 17:16 They are
not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Joh 17:17 Sanctify
them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
Joh 17:18 As thou
hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the
world.
Joh 17:19 And for
their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified
through the truth.
Joh 17:20 Neither
pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me
through their word;
Joh 17:21 That they
all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they
also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent
me.
Joh 17:22 And the
glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one,
even as we are one:
Joh 17:23 I in
them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that
the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as
thou hast loved me.
Joh 17:24 Father, I
will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am;
that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou
lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
Amen
