Partakers Christmas Thought 6 December 2021 – Christmas 09

Partakers Christmas Thought

6 December 2021

Looking Ahead to Christmas – Part 9

13 See, my servant will act wisely;
he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.
14 Just as there were many who were appalled at him –
his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being
and his form marred beyond human likeness –
15 so he will sprinkle many nations,
and kings will shut their mouths because of him.
For what they were not told, they will see,
and what they have not heard, they will understand.

( Isaiah 52:13-15)

11 After he has suffered,
he will see the light of life and be satisfied;
by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many,
and he will bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,
and he will divide the spoils with the strong,
because he poured out his life unto death,
and was numbered with the transgressors.
For he bore the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors.

( Isaiah 53:11-12)

During the previous Servant Songs, we saw glimpses of the suffering this Servant who is both a King and Prophet will endure. Now in this section, this Servant Song we get the full picture of suffering and why He must suffer. This is how people will on the last day be consummated with God and attention is now back on him as Isaiah 52:13 states “Behold, my servant”.

Echoing previous passages of where the Servant is God’s. It is as if we are meant to understand that nothing that has been said before is as important as this passage. Without this passage of Scripture, none of the rest makes sense. Let us discover together why that is so.

In the podcast today we continue looking ahead to Christmas and its consequences, by seeing what the prophet Isaiah had to say in Isaiah 52 & 53, concerning the coming Messiah’s sacrificial life. How does the prophet Isaiah describe the coming Servant who will be exalted, despised suffer silently and then give the greatest of surprises? How does any of this have relevancy for Jesus Christ? We discover how the aspects offered by Isaiah regarding the life of the coming Servant relates to the man of history we know as Jesus Christ.

 

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