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Is Jesus Christ Really the Messiah?
Could Isaiah be speaking of the
Messiah?
If this Servant of Isaiah 53
is the Messiah, other messianic prophecies must be consistent with this
description.
There are other scriptures in Isaiah that identify the Messiah as God's
"Servant".
Isaiah 42:1
"Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul
delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth
judgment to the Gentiles."
This scripture also speaks of a Servant in whom Yahweh delights and who
will bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. This agrees with other
prophecies which declare that the Messiah brings judgment.
Isaiah chapter 50
mentions a "suffering Servant" :
Isaiah 50:1-6
"Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement,
whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold
you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your
transgressions is your mother put away. Wherefore, when I came, was
there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand
shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver?
behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness:
their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst. I
clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know
how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning
by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. The Lord GOD
hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away
back. I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked
off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting."
This sounds like the same one who is described in
Isaiah 53,
doesn't it?
These verses tell us He would be rejected even though He has the
power to "dry up the sea", "make rivers a wilderness" and "clothe the
heavens with blackness" and "sackcloth".
This is not and cannot be an accurate picture of Israel, Judah or even of
the Gentiles.
Does Israel or Judah have the power to control the heavens and the earth?
No.
Simply by reading the books of Isaiah and Jeremiah one can find very
quickly that Israel and Judah both have been rebellious and
turned away from God. That is another reason this Servant could NOT be
either of the two (read Isaiah 50:5 again "and I was not
rebellious, neither turned away back.").
Isaiah 53
further states that even though the Servant is "extolled, exalted and very
high", he will suffer.
Isaiah The Messiah would willingly "give his back" to those who
strike Him , His "cheeks to those who pluck out the beard" and would
not "hide His face from shame and spitting."
(Isaiah 50:6)
Let's read further:
Isaiah 50:7-11
"For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded:
therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not
be ashamed. He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let
us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.
Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo,
they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up. Who
is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his
servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust
in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God. Behold, all ye that
kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the
light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall
ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow."
The above indicates that one must fear God by obeying the voice of this
Servant or they will face sorrow
We see the Word speaking "Woe" to the man who contends with Him! The
use of the term "Servant" confirms who is being described here.
Let's
sidetrack for a moment on the next page and discuss
the Righteousness of God.
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