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Explore Isaiah 53:1-3, diving into the sin-bearing Messiah's rejection. Discover the profound questions raised and marvelous insights within this prophecy about the suffering and triumph of the Messiah. Delve into the significance and fulfillment of this ancient foresight.
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OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE THE INFIDELITY OF THE JEWS V. 1 THE HUMBLENESS OF THE LORD V. 2 THE CONTEMPT OF THE JEWS V. 3 THE SUFFERING OF THE MESSIAH V. 4-6 THE DEATH OF THE MESSIAH V. 7-9 THE TRIUMPH OF THE MESSIAH V. 10-11
READ: ISAIAH 53:1-3 THE SIN-BEARING MESSIAH 1 Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? 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. 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.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:1-3 THE SIN-BEARING MESSIAH 1 Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? 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. 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. WHAT DID ISAIAH ASK? WHY? WHO IS THIS PROPHECY ABOUT? WHEN WILL THIS PROPHECY BE FULFILLED?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:1-3 1 Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? WHAT DID ISAIAH ASK? WHY? Who has believed our report? WHAT IS THIS PROPHECY ABOUT? READ: ISAIAH 29:14 14 Therefore, behold, I will again do a marvelous work Among this people, A marvelous work and a wonder; For the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, And the understanding of their prudent men shall be hidden."
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:1-3 WHAT DID ISAIAH ASK? WHY? Who has believed our report? WHAT IS THIS PROPHECY ABOUT? READ: ISAIAH 40:10 10 Behold, the Lord GOD shall come with a strong hand, And His arm shall rule for Him; Behold, His reward is with Him, And His work before Him. NKJV READ: ISAIAH 49:4 4 Then I said, 'I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and in vain; Yet surely my just reward is with the LORD, And my work with my God.'"
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:1-3 WHAT DID ISAIAH ASK? WHY? Who has believed our report? WHAT IS THIS PROPHECY ABOUT? READ: ISAIAH 52:8 8 Your watchmen shall lift up their voices, With their voices they shall sing together; For they shall see eye to eye When the LORD brings back Zion. NKJV READ: ISAIAH 52:15 15 So shall He sprinkle many nations. Kings shall shut their mouths at Him; For what had not been told them, they shall see, And what they had not heard, they shall consider. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:1-3 WHAT DID ISAIAH ASK? WHY? Who has believed our report? WHAT IS THIS PROPHECY ABOUT? READ: MARK 6:4-6 4 But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his own country, among his own relatives, and in his own house.“ 5 Now He could do no mighty work there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them. 6 And He marveled because of their unbelief. Then He went about the villages in a circuit, teaching. NKJV
Who has believed our report? READ: JOHN 12:37-41 37 But although He had done so many signs before them, they did not believe in Him, 38 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke: "Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?" 39 Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again: 40 "He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, Lest they should see with their eyes, Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, So that I should heal them." 41 These things Isaiah said when he saw His glory and spoke of Him. NKJV
Who has believed our report? READ: ROMANS 10:16-21 16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, "LORD, who has believed our report?“ 17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. 18 But I say, have they not heard? Yes indeed: "Their sound has gone out to all the earth, And their words to the ends of the world." 19 But I say, did Israel not know? First Moses says: "I will provoke you to jealousy by those who are not a nation, I will move you to anger by a foolish nation." 20 But Isaiah is very bold and says: "I was found by those who did not seek Me; I was made manifest to those who did not ask for Me." 21 But to Israel he says: "All day long I have stretched out My hands To a disobedient and contrary people."
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:1-3 WHAT DID ISAIAH ASK? WHY? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? WHAT IS THIS PROPHECY ABOUT? READ: ROMANS 1:16-17 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall live by faith." 1 CORINTHIANS 1:18 18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:1-3 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. WHO IS THIS PROPHECY ABOUT? He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, And as a root out of dry ground. WHERE DID THIS ROOT ORIGINATE? READ: GENESIS 3:15 15 And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seedand her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel." NKJV READ: GENESIS 22:18 18 In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice." NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:1-3 WHO IS THIS PROPHECY ABOUT? He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, And as a root out of dry ground. WHERE DID THIS ROOT ORIGINATE? READ: GENESIS 26:4 4 And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed; NKJV READ: GENESIS 28:14 14 Also your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth; you shall spread abroad to the west and the east, to the north and the south; and in you and in your seedall the families of the earth shall be blessed. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:1-3 WHO IS THIS PROPHECY ABOUT? He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, And as a root out of dry ground. WHERE DID THIS ROOT ORIGINATE? READ: ISAIAH 11:1-2 1 There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots. 2 The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD. NKJV READ: ISAIAH 11:10 10 "And in that day there shall be a Root of Jesse, Who shall stand as a banner to the people; For the Gentiles shall seek Him, And His resting place shall be glorious." NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:1-3 WHO IS THIS PROPHECY ABOUT? He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, And as a root out of dry ground. WHERE DID THIS ROOT ORIGINATE? READ: EZEKIEL 17:22 22 Thus says the Lord GOD: "I will take also one of the highest branches of the high cedar and set it out. I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and will plant it on a high and prominent mountain. READ: ZECHARIAH 3:8 8 'Hear, O Joshua, the high priest, You and your companions who sit before you, For they are a wondrous sign; For behold, I am bringing forth My Servant the BRANCH. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:1-3 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. WHO IS THIS PROPHECY ABOUT? He has no form or comeliness; And when we see Him, There is no beauty that we should desire Him. COMELINESS – FINE-LOOKING? READ: ISAIAH 52:14 14 Just as many were astonished at you, So His visage was marred more than any man, And His form more than the sons of men; NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:1-3 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. WHO IS THIS PROPHECY ABOUT? 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. READ: PSALMS 22:6-8 6 But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised by the people. 7 All those who see Me ridicule Me; They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, 8 "He trusted in the LORD, let Him rescue Him; Let Him deliver Him, since He delights in Him!" NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:1-3 WHO IS THIS PROPHECY ABOUT? 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. READ: ISAIAH 49:7 7 Thus says the LORD, The Redeemer of Israel, their Holy One, To Him whom man despises, To Him whom the nation abhors, To the Servant of rulers: "Kings shall see and arise, Princes also shall worship, Because of the LORD who is faithful, The Holy One of Israel; And He has chosen You." NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:1-3 WHO IS THIS PROPHECY ABOUT? 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. WHAT DID JESUS TELL HIS DISCIPLES? READ: MATTHEW 16:21 21 From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day. NKJV READ: MARK 8:31 31 And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:1-3 WHO IS THIS PROPHECY ABOUT? 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. WHAT DID JESUS TELL HIS DISCIPLES? READ: LUKE 9:21-22 21 And He strictly warned and commanded them to tell this to no one, 22 saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day." NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:1-3 WHO IS THIS PROPHECY ABOUT? 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. WHAT DID JESUS TELL THE APOSTLES? READ: MATTHEW 20:17-19 17 Now Jesus, going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples aside on the road and said to them, 18 "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death, 19 and deliver Him to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge and to crucify. And the third day He will rise again." NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:1-3 WHAT DID JESUS TELL THE APOSTLES? READ: MARK 10:32-34 32 Now they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going before them; and they were amazed. And as they followed they were afraid. Then He took the twelve aside again and began to tell them the things that would happen to Him: 33 "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death and deliver Him to the Gentiles; 34 and they will mock Him, and scourge Him, and spit on Him, and kill Him. And the third day He will rise again." NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:1-3 WHAT DID JESUS TELL THE APOSTLES? READ: LUKE 18:31-34 21 Then He took the twelve aside and said to them, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be accomplished. 32 For He will be delivered to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon. 33 They will scourge Him and kill Him. And the third day He will rise again.“ 34 But they understood none of these things; this saying was hidden from them, and they did not know the things which were spoken. NKJV HOW DID THEY RESPOND?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:1-3 WHO IS THIS PROPHECY ABOUT? WHEN WAS THIS PROPHECY FULFILLED? READ: MATTHEW 27:29-31 29 When they had twisted a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand. And they bowed the knee before Him and mocked Him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!“ 30 Then they spat on Him, and took the reed and struck Him on the head. 31 And when they had mocked Him,they took the robe off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him away to be crucified. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:1-3 WHO IS THIS PROPHECY ABOUT? WHEN WAS THIS PROPHECY FULFILLED? READ: JOHN 1:10-13 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. 11 He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. 12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: 13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. NKJV
READ: ISAIAH 53:4-6 THE SIN-BEARING MESSIAH 4 Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. 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. 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.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:4-6 THE SIN-BEARING MESSIAH 4 Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. 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. 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. WHO IS THIS PROPHECY ABOUT? WHY DID THE LORD HAVE TO SUFFER? WHOSE GRIEF & SORROW DID HE BARE?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:4-6 THE SIN-BEARING MESSIAH Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; WHY DID THE LORD HAVE TO SUFFER? WHOSE GRIEF & SORROW DID HE BARE? WHAT DID AARON HAVE TO BARE? WHY? READ: EXODUS 28:38 38 So it shall be on Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things which the children of Israel hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall always be on his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:4-6 THE SIN-BEARING MESSIAH Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; WHY DID THE LORD HAVE TO SUFFER? WHOSE GRIEF & SORROW DID HE BARE? WHAT DID MIRIAM HAVE TO BARE? WHY? READ: NUMBERS 12:10-14 WHAT DID UZZIAH HAVE TO BARE? WHY? READ: 2 CHRONICLES 26:18-21
WHAT DID MIRIAM HAVE TO BARE? WHY? READ: NUMBERS 12:10-14 10 And when the cloud departed from above the tabernacle, suddenly Miriam became leprous, as white as snow. Then Aaron turned toward Miriam, and there she was, a leper. 11 So Aaron said to Moses, "Oh, my lord! Please do not lay this sin on us, in which we have done foolishly and in which we have sinned. 12 Please do not let her be as one dead, whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother's womb!" 13 So Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, "Please heal her, O God, I pray!" 14 Then the LORD said to Moses, "If her father had but spit in her face, would she not be shamed seven days? Let her be shut out of the camp seven days, and afterward she may be received again.“ NKJV
WHAT DID UZZIAH HAVE TO BARE? WHY? READ: 2 CHRONICLES 26:18-21 18 And they withstood King Uzziah, and said to him, "It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD, but for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Get out of the sanctuary, for you have trespassed! You shall have no honor from the LORD God." 19 Then Uzziah became furious; and he had a censer in his hand to burn incense. And while he was angry with the priests, leprosy broke out on his forehead, before the priests in the house of the LORD, beside the incense altar. 20 And Azariah the chief priest and all the priests looked at him, and there, on his forehead, he was leprous; so they thrust him out of that place. Indeed he also hurried to get out, because the LORD had struck him. 21 King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. (2 KINGS 15:5)
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:4-6 THE SIN-BEARING MESSIAH Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; WHY DID THE LORD HAVE TO SUFFER? WHOSE GRIEF & SORROW DID HE BARE? WHY DO PEOPLE SUFFER GRIEF & SORROW? READ: LEVITICUS 26:21 21 'Then, if you walk contrary to Me, and are not willing to obey Me, I will bring on you seven times more plagues, according to your sins. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:4-6 THE SIN-BEARING MESSIAH Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; WHY DID THE LORD HAVE TO SUFFER? WHOSE GRIEF & SORROW DID HE BARE? WHY DID THE LORD BRING PLAGUES ON THE PEOPLE? READ: LEVITICUS 26:21 21 'Then, if you walk contrary to Me, and are not willing to obey Me, I will bring on you seven times more plagues, according to your sins. NKJV READ: DEUTERONOMY 28:58-61
WHY DID THE LORD BRING PLAGUES ON THE PEOPLE? READ: DEUTERONOMY 28:58-61 58 "If you do not carefully observe all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name, THE LORD YOUR GOD, 59 then the LORD will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary plagues — great and prolonged plagues — and serious and prolonged sicknesses. 60 Moreover He will bring back on you all the diseases of Egypt, of which you were afraid, and they shall cling to you. 61 Also every sickness and every plague, which is not written in this Book of the Law, will the LORD bring upon you until you are destroyed. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:4-6 THE SIN-BEARING MESSIAH Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; WHY DID THE LORD HAVE TO SUFFER? WHOSE GRIEF & SORROW DID HE BARE? WHO SHOULD BARE THE INIQUITIY OF SIN? READ: LAMENTATIONS 5:7 7 Our fathers sinned and are no more, But we bear their iniquities. NKJV READ: EZEKIEL 18:20 20 The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:4-6 THE SIN-BEARING MESSIAH Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; WHY DID THE LORD HAVE TO SUFFER? WHOSE GRIEF & SORROW DID HE BARE? WHY SHOULD EZEKIEL BARE THEIR INIQUITY? READ: EZEKIEL 4:4-6 4 "Lie also on your left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it. According to the number of the days that you lie on it, you shall bear their iniquity. 5 For I have laid on you the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days; so you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. 6 And when you have completed them, lie again on your right side; then you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days. I have laid on you a day for each year. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:4-6 THE SIN-BEARING MESSIAH Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; WHY DID THE LORD HAVE TO SUFFER? WHOSE GRIEF & SORROW DID HE BARE? READ: HEBREWS 9:27-28 27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, 28 so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:4-6 THE SIN-BEARING MESSIAH Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; WHOSE GRIEF & SORROW DID HE BARE? WHY DID THE LORD HAVE TO SUFFER? READ: MATTHEW 8:16-17 16 When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick, 17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: "He Himself took our infirmities And bore our sicknesses." NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:4-6 THE SIN-BEARING MESSIAH Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; WHOSE GRIEF & SORROW DID HE BARE? WHY DID THE LORD HAVE TO SUFFER? READ: JOHN 1:29 THE LAMB OF GOD 29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:4-6 THE SIN-BEARING MESSIAH Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; WHOSE GRIEF & SORROW DID HE BARE? WHY DID THE LORD HAVE TO SUFFER? READ: HEBREWS 4:15 15 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. NKJV READ: HEBREWS 9:28 28 so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:4-6 THE SIN-BEARING MESSIAH 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. WHY DID THE LORD HAVE TO SUFFER? HOW DID THE LORD BRING US PEACE? READ: ROMANS 5:1 1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, NKJV READ: 2 CORINTHIANS 5:21 21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:4-6 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. WHY DID THE LORD HAVE TO SUFFER? HOW DID THE LORD BRING US PEACE? READ: EPHESIANS 2:14 14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, READ: 1 PETER 3:18 18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:4-6 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. WHY DID THE LORD HAVE TO SUFFER? HOW OUR WE HEALED? READ: ACTS 10:38 38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:4-6 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. WHY DID THE LORD HAVE TO SUFFER? HOW OUR WE HEALED? READ: 1 PETER 2:21-24 21 For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: 22 "Who committed no sin, Nor was deceit found in His mouth"; 23 who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously; 24 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness — by whose stripes you were healed.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:4-6 THE SIN-BEARING MESSIAH 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. WHY HAVE THEY GONE ASTARY? WHY WAS THEIR INIQUITY LAID UPON THE LORD? WHAT DID MOSES ASK THE LORD? READ: NUMBERS 27:16-17 16 "Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, 17 who may go out before them and go in before them, who may lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the LORD may not be like sheep which have no shepherd." NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:4-6 THE SIN-BEARING MESSIAH 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. WHY HAVE THEY GONE ASTARY? WHAT DID MICHAIAH SAY TO AHAB? READ: 1 KINGS 22:17 17 Then he said, "I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And the LORD said, 'These have no master. Let each return to his house in peace.'" NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:4-6 THE SIN-BEARING MESSIAH 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. WHY HAVE THEY GONE ASTARY? READ: ZECHARIAH 10:2 2 For the idols speak delusion; The diviners envision lies, And tell false dreams; They comfort in vain. Therefore the people wend their way like sheep; They are in trouble because there is no shepherd. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:4-6 THE SIN-BEARING MESSIAH 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. WHY HAVE THEY GONE ASTARY? WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ISRAELITES? READ: EZEKIEL 34:5-6 5 So they were scattered because there was no shepherd; and they became food for all the beasts of the field when they were scattered. 6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill; yes, My flock was scattered over the whole face of the earth, and no one was seeking or searching for them." NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:4-6 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. WHY HAVE THEY GONE ASTARY? HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THIS? READ: EZEKIEL 34:23-24 23 I will establish one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them — My servant David. He shall feed them and be their shepherd. 24 And I, the LORD, will be their God, and My servant David a prince among them; I, the LORD, have spoken.