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Isaiah the Prophet
Deu 18:21-22 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word
which the LORD hath not spoken? When a prophet speaketh in the name of the
LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing
which the LORD hath not spoken, but
the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of
him.
Isaiah 7:14 Cf:
A) "Virgin", Hebrew word al-maw', lass, as veiled
or private, a damsel, maid. Virgin from aw-iam', kept out of sight. Much is
made of the use of this word by Jews and the non-believing "liberal
modernists' instead of beth-oo-law', which is a feminine past participle of
an unused root word meaning to separate a virgin from her privacy, to
deflower the virgin, a bride, maid, or virgin.
(B) Those who say God made a mistake and used the
wrong word are wrong on 2 accounts.
(1) They have never researched to see if God has
made the same “mistake” before? Yes He has! Cf: When Abraham sent his
servant to get Isaac a wife
Gen 24:16
And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any
man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and
came up.
Gen 24:43 Behold, I stand by the well of water; and
it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water,
and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to
drink;
Also consider the meaning of the
word it’s self:
(2) Mary remained a virgin until her delivery not
her impregnation which would better be described by a prime root word
showing continuous action of being a virgin than a past tense word.
(C) Considering the Holy and righteous nature of
God: If God were going to take upon Himself flesh and blood, what sort of a
young lady do you suppose He would choose to carry Himself- A virgin or a
trollop?
I John 1:5 This is the message that we have heard
from the beginning: God is light and in him is no darkness at all
Mat 1:18-23 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on
this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they
came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her
husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public
example, was minded to put her away privily. But while he thought on these
things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream,
saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy
wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt
call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. Now all
this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by
the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring
forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted
is, God with us.
Isaiah 9:6-7
Isaiah 11:1-10
Isaiah 35:4-8
Isaiah 42:1-7
Isaiah 52:13
THE SUFFERING SERVANT-
Php 2:6-8 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be
equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him
the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: and being
found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto
death, even the death of the cross.
Lifted Up
Joh 3:14 And as
Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man
be lifted up:
Joh 8:28 Then said
Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know
that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my
Father hath taught me, I speak these things
And I,
if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
"His visage was so marred, more than any man..."
The suffering Servant, the coming Messiah, is to be beaten and marred more
than any man. Most people
Today have a very poor, at best, understanding of
the suffering of Christ. We need to go back and read the accounts found near
the end of each of the four Gospels and try to understand what Christ
suffered for you and me.
As an example, when He was scourged: Scourging
differs from beating, which was done with rods in that a scourge was a whip
made of cords or leather thongs fastened into a handle.
A Roman flagon was a cat of 3 tails, each tail was
reinforced with bits of metal which tore the skin and flesh. 3 lashes with a
scourge was allowed under the law, times 9 tails, which would mean that
Jesus had 117 cuts on his back
Blood & Oil
"So shall He (the Messiah) sprinkle..." an unusual
play on words here, not Hebrew zaw-rak', to sprinkle fluid, to be here and
there scatter, sprinkle or strew. This is not the word used, but rather
naw-zaw', to spirit, be sprinkle especially in expiation. This word is used
only to describe the priests work of sprinkling blood (Exodus 29:21- Aaron
himself), the household of Aaron, the priest, (Leviticus 4:6,17;5:9;
14:7,51; 16:14-15 and 16:19), and the anointing of the cleansed by the
blood, with oil: (Leviticus 14:16 & 27).It is also interesting to note that
Christ, our great high Priest, " by his own blood entered into the holy
place” and now when we are baptized (not sprinkled) into His death (Romans
6:3-6) we come into contact with the blood and receive the gift of the Holy
Spirit (Acts 2:38-39). The Oil (Luke 4:18; Hebrews 1:9 and 11 Corinthians
1;21-22).
Who will the Messiah cleanse by the sprinkling of
His blood? "Many nations". Again we see that the result of His work is the
conversation of the gentiles-fulfilled-Luke 24:44-47.
Isaiah Chapter 53 Throughout this chapter the
Hebrew word Hoo is used to describe the Messiah- the Suffering Servant. Hoo
is a third person personal pronoun, singular, and it is translated properly
into English as He 18 times, Him 10 times or His 13 times. Furthermore the
He is contrasted with the people in verse 8.
Note: Future Perfect tense of the
verbs
Through out the chapter the prophet is so certain
that these things are going to happen, he writes as if they have already
happened.
The same phenomenon is found in Revelation where
the verbs are not subjunctive but are past or present tense showing future
events have already begun and the results are assured.
Isaiah 53:1
Joh 12:37-38 But though he had done so many
miracles before them, yet they believed not on him: That the saying of
Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath
believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?
Exo 6:6
Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will
bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you
out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and
with great judgments:
Isaiah 53:2-5
Mat 27:26 Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had
scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.
Isaiah 53:6
1Pe 2:21-25 For
even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving
us an example, that ye should follow his steps: Who did no sin, neither
was guile found in his mouth: Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again;
when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed
himself
to him that judgeth righteously:
Who his own self bare our sins in his
own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto
righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. For ye were as sheep going
astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
Isaiah 53:7 Silent:
Before the High Priest:
Mat 26:62-63 And
the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what
is it which
these witness against thee? But Jesus held his
peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by
the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of
God
Before Herod:
Luk 23:8-9 And when
Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him of
a long season,
because he had heard many things of him; and he
hoped to have seen some miracle done by him. Then he questioned with him
in many words; but he answered him nothing.
Before Pilate:
Joh 19:10 Then
saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I
have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?
Isaiah 53:8 Killed – The death
Mat 27:19 When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent
unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have
suffered many things this day in a dream because of him
Isaiah 53:9 Grave - Burried
Mat 27:38 Then were there two thieves crucified
with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.
Mat 27:57-60 When the even was come, there came a
rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus'
disciple: He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate
commanded the body to be delivered. And when Joseph had taken the body, he
wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, And laid it in his own new tomb, which
he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of
the sepulchre, and departed.
Isaiah 53:10 Pro-long His Days
Luk 24:33-34 And
they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the
eleven gathered together, and them that were with them, Saying, The Lord
is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon
Isaiah 53:11
Rom 3:21 -24 But
now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being
witnessed by the law and the prophets; Even the righteousness of God
which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that
believe: for there is no difference: For all have sinned, and come short
of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the
redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
2Co 5:21 For he
hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be
made the righteousness of God in him.
Isaiah 53:12
1Ti 2:5 For
there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ
Jesus;
Heb 12:2-4 Looking
unto Jesus the author and finisher of
our
faith; who for the joy that was set before him
endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand
of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of
sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. Ye
have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
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