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WHO HATH BELIEVED OUR REPORT? -- Isaiah 53:13-53:12
We know that the Bible is the divinely inspired and inerrant Word of God. That means that every book, every chapter, every word in the Bible is significant. I believe even the “Amen” at the end of the book of Revelation is significant and inspired of God. After seeing and recording all that was to come upon this earth before, during, and after the Tribulation, John said, “Amen. So be it.” And, there are many more chapters and verses in the Bible that have a special significance in regard to the greatest need of mankind, and that is salvation. One of those is Isaiah 53. We need to remember that the book of Isaiah was written about 700 years BEFORE the birth of Christ. It is written with such amazing accuracy and detail concerning the Messiah that it could have only come from God. Most of our Jewish friends miss this description of Jesus. Dr. James Tour is an American chemist amd nanotechnologist. He is a Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Materials Science and Nanoengineering, and Professor of Computer Science at Rice University in Houston. He is also a saved Jew. He has a wonderful testimony of the power of God’s Word and of his own salvation, which you can find on the internet. He gave the following explanation of this 53rd chapter of Isaiah in relation to his Jewish brethren: “Most Jews do not read this portion. They may say they have read it because they assume it is on the yearly reading list.” Then he explains, in every synagogue they will read the same passage from the Torah and the take a complimentary passage from the Psalms or the prophets. Isaiah 53 is speaking about Jesus Christ. God’s Word makes that clear in Acts 8. Vs. 30 tells us that Philip ran to the Ethiopian eunuch “and heard him read the prophet Esaias . . . " In Vs. 32 we read, “The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth . . . ” Vs. 34 says the eunuch asked Philip, “of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?” Vs. 35 says, “Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.” Actually, Isaiah begins speaking of Him earlier in the book: Isaiah 7:14 talks about the birth of Jesus: “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” Isaiah 9:6 says: “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” I believe it is easy for us today to read Isaiah 53 and miss so many wonderful lessons about our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We see:
I. THE PRESENTATION OF THE SERVANT - 52:13-53:1.
II. THE BIRTH OF THE SERVANT - ISAIAH 53:2a.
III. THE APPEARANCE OF THE SERVANT - VV. 53:2b-6.
IV. THE SUFFERING OF THE SERVANT - VV. 7-9.
V. THE PROSPERITY OF THE SERVANT - VV. 10-12.
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By JWHWe know that the Bible is the divinely inspired and inerrant Word of God. That means that every book, every chapter, every word in the Bible is significant. I believe even the “Amen” at the end of the book of Revelation is significant and inspired of God. After seeing and recording all that was to come upon this earth before, during, and after the Tribulation, John said, “Amen. So be it.” And, there are many more chapters and verses in the Bible that have a special significance in regard to the greatest need of mankind, and that is salvation. One of those is Isaiah 53. We need to remember that the book of Isaiah was written about 700 years BEFORE the birth of Christ. It is written with such amazing accuracy and detail concerning the Messiah that it could have only come from God. Most of our Jewish friends miss this description of Jesus. Dr. James Tour is an American chemist amd nanotechnologist. He is a Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Materials Science and Nanoengineering, and Professor of Computer Science at Rice University in Houston. He is also a saved Jew. He has a wonderful testimony of the power of God’s Word and of his own salvation, which you can find on the internet. He gave the following explanation of this 53rd chapter of Isaiah in relation to his Jewish brethren: “Most Jews do not read this portion. They may say they have read it because they assume it is on the yearly reading list.” Then he explains, in every synagogue they will read the same passage from the Torah and the take a complimentary passage from the Psalms or the prophets. Isaiah 53 is speaking about Jesus Christ. God’s Word makes that clear in Acts 8. Vs. 30 tells us that Philip ran to the Ethiopian eunuch “and heard him read the prophet Esaias . . . " In Vs. 32 we read, “The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth . . . ” Vs. 34 says the eunuch asked Philip, “of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?” Vs. 35 says, “Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.” Actually, Isaiah begins speaking of Him earlier in the book: Isaiah 7:14 talks about the birth of Jesus: “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” Isaiah 9:6 says: “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” I believe it is easy for us today to read Isaiah 53 and miss so many wonderful lessons about our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We see:
I. THE PRESENTATION OF THE SERVANT - 52:13-53:1.
II. THE BIRTH OF THE SERVANT - ISAIAH 53:2a.
III. THE APPEARANCE OF THE SERVANT - VV. 53:2b-6.
IV. THE SUFFERING OF THE SERVANT - VV. 7-9.
V. THE PROSPERITY OF THE SERVANT - VV. 10-12.