Generally, the sacrifice of Jesus has been reduced to a physical sacrifice alone, hence only a portrayal of His death on the cross and the resurrection from the tomb in movies and at most churches. Though, without question the physical side was a part of His sacrifice for us, the spiritual sacrifice of the soul and spirit Christ for sin should not be ignored.

The spiritual side of the sacrifice of Jesus has always been included in Isaiah 53. Yet, most ignore it or don't know anything about it.

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 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. 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 bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors. (Isaiah 53:10a-12 KJ21)

Did you note the three references to the fact that His soul was an offering for sin, and it refers to the travail (suffering) of His soul and that He poured out His soul unto death? We cannot but proclaim it: Jesus suffered for our sins spiritually as well as physically!

But God hath raised Him up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it... because Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt Thou suffer Thine Holy One to see corruption. (Acts 2:24, 27 KJ21)

Acts 2:24 was never referring to the physical side of the sacrifice of Jesus. Being loosed from the pains of death cannot be physical because once someone is dead there is no pain at all. Pinch a dead man and see if he squirms in pain! No, the pains of death that Jesus suffered for us were in hell (hades-Acts 2:27). The pains of death do not refer to when the body of Christ was in the tomb because it says He was raised up having been loosed from the pains of death. In other words, these were pains of death he suffered before his physical resurrection. He could not be held by death in hades because He was loosed from that realm of the dead. I hope you got that.

I know we have harped on this, but this study and the next few coming up will connect many Messianic Scripture and bring them to life for you as never before. The reason Scripture like Psalms 88 has not generally been recognized as Messianic is because of a lack of knowledge of the spiritual sufferings of Christ. Once you begin to see how Psalms 88 connects with other Scripture, you will have a rich and very satisfying "Aha" moment during this podcast.

Be mightily blessed with the Word and the power of the Holy Spirit in this podcast!

If you have not done so, please study the previous podcasts to get a clearer understanding of this life-changing teaching. That way you get it in context. 

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