In yesterday’s reading, Isaiah made it clear that judgment was not God’s final or ultimate purpose for Israel. They would face the consequences of their sin and idolatry, but the God of justice is also a God of mercy. Salvation is sure to come!
In today’s reading, we learn that the salvation that is coming is a person! Salvation will not be temporal but eternal. Therefore, salvation will not be found in military might, political alliances, or economic prosperity. Salvation is rooted in a person!
Isaiah 53 is one of the most significant chapters in the whole Old Testament because it is a description of the Coming One and His work. It is a messianic prophesy. The chief work of this coming Suffering Servant (52:13) is that He shall offer Himself to God as the Substitutionary Atonement on behalf of God’s people. He will be the final, perfect, complete sacrifice for our sins.
Isaiah 53:5,8 “But He was wounded for OUR transgressions; He was crushed for OUR iniquities; upon Him was the chastisement that brought US peace, and with His stripes WE are healed . . . By oppression and judgment He was taken away; and as for His generation, who considered that He was cut off out of the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of MY PEOPLE?”
Jesus Christ bore our sin upon His shoulders and suffered the wrath of God against our iniquities while on the cross. He died in the stead of all who place their faith in Him! Trust Him today! Your salvation is in a Person!
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