“ Recognition Of My Servant ” Isaiah 52:13-15 The fourth and last of the servant songs in Isaiah reveals how the sin barrier is solved through the sacrifice of the Sin Carrier.
Outline Of Isaiah 52:13 – 53:12 A. Recognition Of My Servant (52:13-15) B. Rejection Of My Servant (53:1-3) C. Redemption Of My Servant (53:4-6) D. Resignation Of My Servant (53:7-9) E. Reward Of My Servant (53:10-12)
Verb Tenses Of Isaiah 52:13-15 A. Verse 13 – Future “Shall” (Glory) B. Verse 14 – Past “Were” (Suffering) C. Verse 15 – Future “Shall” (Glory)
Speaker Is God The Father “Those verses are a summary statement that introduces two contrasting ideas – themes that will loom large in chapter 53. Specifically, the three verses at the end of chapter 52 reveal that Israel’s Messiah and King, the Lord Jesus Christ will both suffer and be exalted. ”
Emmaus Disciples Heard This Passage? “And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?” And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself” (Luke 24:25-27)
Isaiah 52:13-15
I. Exaltation After His Suffering (13) Behold! – Observe Carefully, Look! Isaiah 40:9-10 & Zechariah 9:9
“ My Servant ” Isaiah 52:13 & 53:11 John 6:38; Matthew 26:39; & Philippians 2:5-8
My Servant’s Success Wisely: Cause To Be Prosperous, To Succeed Joshua 1:7-8 & John 3:16 “ Tetelastai ” – It Is Finished
Progression In Exaltation “Shall Be High” – Resurrection “Lifted Up” – Ascension “Shall Be Exalted” – Power & Glory
II. Extremity Of His Suffering (14) Astonished – Appalling, Stunning, Horrifying Matthew 7:28-29 Vs. Jeremiah 19:8
“ The Passion Of The Christ ” Marred & Disfigured Leviticus 22:25 – “Mutilation” “He had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him” (Isaiah 53:2b).
Prior To & During Crucifixion John MacArthur Frederic Farrar
Marred Disfigurement Psalm 22:14-15 Martin Luther “I am poured out like water and all “This glorious King will be in my bones are out of joint; my heart such form that many will be is like wax; it is melted within my astonished at Him. Many are breast; my strength is dried up like offended at Him. The Hebrew a potsherd; and my tongue sticks to word describes the posture of my jaws; you lay me in the dust of one about to vomit and one of death” full revulsion. ”
III. Expiation From His Suffering Expiate – To Atone Or Make Reparation Sprinkle – To Spurt Or Splatter Exodus 29:21; I Peter 1:2; & Hebrews 12:24
Priestly Phrases In Isaiah 53 “Borne Our Griefs” (4) “Makes Offering For Guilt” (10) “Carried Our Sorrows” (5) “Bear Their Iniquities” (11) “Wounded For Transgressions” (5) “Poured Soul To Death” (12) “Laid On Him The Iniquity” (6) “Bore The Sin Of Many” (12) “Lamb Led To The Slaughter” (7) “Makes Intercession” (12) “Stricken For The Transgression”(8)
King of kings Returns! “May all kings fall down before him, all nations serve him” (Psalm 72:11). Isaiah 49:7
See & Understand JFT: Perceive & Discern “Thus, I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else’s foundation, but as it is written, those who have never been told of him will see, and those who have never heard will understand” (Romans 15:20-21)
Behold, My Servant!
“ Recognition Of My Servant ” Miraculously, through the power of the Holy Spirit we are able to perceive and discern that “ My Servant ” is none other than Jesus Christ, our Lord!
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