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Prophet
Isaiah. Here
are the words of the prophet Isaiah about the Messiah:
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But
He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed
for our iniquities . . . All of us like sheep have gone astray,
each of us has turned to his own way; but the LORD has caused
the iniquity of us all to fall on Him. He was oppressed and
He was afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth; like a lamb
that is led to slaughter, and like a sheep that is silent
before its shearers, so He did not open His mouth. By oppression
and judgment He was taken away; and . . . His generation .
. . considered that He was cut off out of the land of the
living . . . His grave was assigned with wicked men, yet He
was with a rich man in His death, because He had done no violence,
nor was there any deceit in His mouth. But the LORD was pleased
to crush Him, putting Him to grief; if He would render Himself
as a guilt offering . . . the Righteous One, My
Servant, will justify the many, as He will bear their iniquities.
(NASB) Isa. 53:5-11
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Notice
that the prophecy predicted that the Messiah would be pierced, killed,
rejected by His generation, considered cutoff, die along with wicked
men, and be buried in a rich man's grave even though He was sinless.
The Messiah - the Righteous One, My Servant - would be a guilt offering
and bear our sins. The Messiah was Jesus!
Conclusion:The
ancient historians and politicians - Jew and Gentile - tell us that
Jesus was no ordinary man. He performed supernatural dealings and
feats. He "drew" people to Himself. At the time of His death
darkness came upon the earth and three days after His death, He returned
to life. No, Jesus knew what was happening. He did not cancel all
of the Mosaic Law. He canceled only the law that could not forgive
our sins. When Jesus died, the perfect man died. He was God in order
to be sinless and He was a man so that He could die as the ultimate
guilt offering. In Jesus' blood is life - the forgiveness of all our
sins. In His blood is eternal life and peace with God if one only
believes this is true. He is our God - the Savior of the world! |
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