The Word in Eastertide (Isaiah 53:4-12)

Greetings beloved in Christ!  As we look at Old Testament saints who looked toward the resurrection of Jesus, we cannot pass up Isaiah's prophecy of the death and resurrection of Jesus in Isaiah 53. Our goal is to learn how to practice resurrection today by listening to our brothers and sisters encourage us.  We will look specifically at verses 10-12.     

Isaiah 53:4-12 

Surely he took up our infirmities

         and carried our sorrows,

         yet we considered him stricken by God,

         smitten by him, and afflicted.

         But he was pierced for our transgressions,

         he was crushed for our iniquities;

         the punishment that brought us peace was upon him,

         and by his wounds we are healed.

         We all, like sheep, have gone astray,

         each of us has turned to his own way;

         and the LORD has laid on him

         the iniquity of us all.

         He was oppressed and afflicted,

         yet he did not open his mouth;

         he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,

         and as a sheep before her shearers is silent,

         so he did not open his mouth.

         By oppression and judgment he was taken away.

         And who can speak of his descendants?

         For he was cut off from the land of the living;

         for the transgression of my people he was stricken.

         He was assigned a grave with the wicked,

         and with the rich in his death,

         though he had done no violence,

         nor was any deceit in his mouth.

         Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer,

         and though the LORD makes his life a guilt offering,

         he will see his offspring and prolong his days,

         and the will of the LORD will prosper in his hand.

         After the suffering of his soul,

         he will see the light of life and be satisfied;

         by his knowledge my righteous

         servant will justify many,

         and he will bear their iniquities.

         Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,

         and he will divide the spoils with the strong,

         because he poured out his life unto death,

         and was numbered with the transgressors.

         For he bore the sin of many,

         and made intercession for the transgressors.