Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.

Devotion based on Isaiah 53:10

Seven hundred years before Jesus was born, the prophet Isaiah got a glimpse of what Jesus would do. The details in Isaiah chapter 53 lead us to believe that Isaiah saw pretty clearly how Jesus would die on a cross. The selfless sacrifice of the suffering servant of the Lord is portrayed in graphic terms.

Isaiah also spoke of the purpose of the suffering. The death of Jesus was an offering for sin. But Jesus had never sinned! Separated from God the Father while hanging on the cross, Jesus suffered hell, the appropriate punishment for sin. He declared that this suffering was for every sin ever committed by anyone in the world, and he proved that he paid the price for all that sin by rising from the dead. He still lives, and he always will.

Jesus suffered hell for you so that you will never suffer hell. Connected to Jesus by faith, you receive forgiveness for your sins and eternal life with him in heaven. God wants you to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.

Nearly two thousand years after Jesus died, you have an even clearer view of the details and purpose of his suffering than Isaiah did.

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