ISAIAH CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE · outline isaiah chapter fifty-three the infidelity of the jews v. 1 the humbleness of the lord v. 2 the contempt of the jews v. 3 the suffering of the

ISAIAH CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE

KING / EVENT - DATE

TIGLATH-PILESER (745-727BC)?HEZEKIAH (JUDAH) (726-698BC)?SHALMANESER (727-722BC)?ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)?SENNACHERIB (705-681BC)?NEBUCHADNEZZAR (605-562BC)?ZEDEKIAH (JUDAH) (597-586BC)?JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)?BELSHAZZAR (541-523BC)?

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OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER FIFTY-THREETHE INFIDELITY OF THE JEWS V. 1

THE HUMBLENESS OF THE LORD V. 2

THE CONTEMPT OF THE JEWS V. 3

THE SUFFERING OF THE MESSIAH V. 4-6

THE DEATH OF THE MESSIAH V. 7-9

THE TRIUMPH OF THE MESSIAH V. 10-11

READ: ISAIAH 53:1-3THE SIN-BEARING MESSIAH

1 Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?

2 For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, And as a root out of dry ground. He has no form or comeliness; And when we see Him, There is no beauty that we should desire Him.

3 He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:1-3THE SIN-BEARING MESSIAH

1 Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?2 For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, And as a root out of dry ground. He has no form or comeliness; And when we see Him, There is no beauty that we should desire Him.3 He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

WHAT DID ISAIAH ASK? WHY?WHO IS THIS PROPHECY ABOUT?

WHEN WILL THIS PROPHECY BE FULFILLED?

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:1-31 Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?

WHAT DID ISAIAH ASK? WHY?Who has believed our report?

WHAT IS THIS PROPHECY ABOUT?

READ: ISAIAH 29:1414 Therefore, behold, I will again do a marvelous work Among this people, A marvelous work and a wonder; For the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, And the understanding of their prudent men shall be hidden."

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:1-3WHAT DID ISAIAH ASK? WHY?

Who has believed our report?

WHAT IS THIS PROPHECY ABOUT?READ: ISAIAH 40:10

10 Behold, the Lord GOD shall come with a strong hand, And His arm shall rule for Him; Behold, His reward is with Him, And His work before Him. NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 49:44 Then I said, 'I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and in vain; Yet surely my just reward is with the LORD, And my work with my God.'"



WHAT IS THIS PROPHECY ABOUT?READ: ISAIAH 52:8

8 Your watchmen shall lift up their voices, With their voices they shall sing together; For they shall see eye to eye When the LORD brings back Zion. NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 52:1515 So shall He sprinkle many nations. Kings shall shut their mouths at Him; For what had not been told them, they shall see, And what they had not heard, they shall consider. NKJV



WHAT IS THIS PROPHECY ABOUT?

READ: MARK 6:4-64 But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his own country, among his own relatives, and in his own house.“5 Now He could do no mighty work there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them.6 And He marveled because of their unbelief. Then He went about the villages in a circuit, teaching. NKJV

Who has believed our report?READ: JOHN 12:37-41

37 But although He had done so many signs before them, they did not believe in Him,38 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke: "Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?" 39 Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again: 40 "He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, Lest they should see with their eyes, Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, So that I should heal them." 41 These things Isaiah said when he saw His glory and spoke of Him. NKJV


READ: ROMANS 10:16-2116 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, "LORD, who has believed our report?“17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. 18 But I say, have they not heard? Yes indeed: "Their sound has gone out to all the earth, And their words to the ends of the world." 19 But I say, did Israel not know? First Moses says:"I will provoke you to jealousy by those who are not a nation, I will move you to anger by a foolish nation." 20 But Isaiah is very bold and says: "I was found by those who did not seek Me; I was made manifest to those who did not ask for Me." 21 But to Israel he says: "All day long I have stretched out My hands To a disobedient and contrary people."


And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?

WHAT IS THIS PROPHECY ABOUT?READ: ROMANS 1:16-17

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall live by faith."

1 CORINTHIANS 1:1818 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:1-32 For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, And as a root out of dry ground. He has no form or comeliness; And when we see Him, There is no beauty that we should desire Him.

WHO IS THIS PROPHECY ABOUT?He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant,

And as a root out of dry ground.

WHERE DID THIS ROOT ORIGINATE?READ: GENESIS 3:15

15 And I will put enmity Between you and the woman,And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel." NKJV

READ: GENESIS 22:1818 In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice." NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:1-3WHO IS THIS PROPHECY ABOUT?

He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, And as a root out of dry ground.

WHERE DID THIS ROOT ORIGINATE?READ: GENESIS 26:4

4 And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed; NKJV

READ: GENESIS 28:1414 Also your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth; you shall spread abroad to the west and the east, to the north and the south; and in you and in your seedall the families of the earth shall be blessed. NKJV



WHERE DID THIS ROOT ORIGINATE?READ: ISAIAH 11:1-2

1 There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots. 2 The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD. NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 11:1010 "And in that day there shall be a Root of Jesse,Who shall stand as a banner to the people; For the Gentiles shall seek Him, And His resting place shall be glorious." NKJV



WHERE DID THIS ROOT ORIGINATE?

READ: EZEKIEL 17:2222 Thus says the Lord GOD: "I will take also one of the highest branches of the high cedar and set it out. I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and will plant it on a high and prominent mountain.

READ: ZECHARIAH 3:88 'Hear, O Joshua, the high priest, You and your companions who sit before you, For they are a wondrous sign; For behold, I am bringing forth My Servant the BRANCH. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:1-32 For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, And as a root out of dry ground. He has no form or comeliness; And when we see Him, There is no beauty that we should desire Him.

WHO IS THIS PROPHECY ABOUT?He has no form or comeliness; And when we see Him,

There is no beauty that we should desire Him.

COMELINESS – FINE-LOOKING?

READ: ISAIAH 52:1414 Just as many were astonished at you, So His visage was marred more than any man, And His form more than the sons of men; NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:1-33 He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

WHO IS THIS PROPHECY ABOUT?He is despised and rejected by men,

A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him;

He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

READ: PSALMS 22:6-86 But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised by the people. 7 All those who see Me ridicule Me; They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, 8 "He trusted in the LORD, let Him rescue Him; Let Him deliver Him, since He delights in Him!" NKJV


He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him;


READ: ISAIAH 49:77 Thus says the LORD, The Redeemer of Israel, their Holy One, To Him whom man despises, To Him whom the nation abhors, To the Servant of rulers: "Kings shall see and arise, Princes also shall worship, Because of the LORD who is faithful, The Holy One of Israel; And He has chosen You." NKJV




WHAT DID JESUS TELL HIS DISCIPLES?READ: MATTHEW 16:21

21 From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, andbe killed, and be raised the third day. NKJV

READ: MARK 8:3131 And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. NKJV




WHAT DID JESUS TELL HIS DISCIPLES?READ: LUKE 9:21-22

21 And He strictly warned and commanded them to tell this to no one,22 saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day." NKJV




WHAT DID JESUS TELL THE APOSTLES?READ: MATTHEW 20:17-19

17 Now Jesus, going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples aside on the road and said to them,18 "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death,19 and deliver Him to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge and to crucify. And the third day He will rise again." NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:1-3WHAT DID JESUS TELL THE APOSTLES?

READ: MARK 10:32-3432 Now they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going before them; and they were amazed. And as they followed they were afraid. Then He took the twelve aside again and began to tell them the things that would happen to Him:33 "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death and deliver Him to the Gentiles;34 and they will mock Him, and scourge Him, and spit on Him, and kill Him. And the third day He will rise again." NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:1-3WHAT DID JESUS TELL THE APOSTLES?

READ: LUKE 18:31-3421 Then He took the twelve aside and said to them, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be accomplished.32 For He will be delivered to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon.33 They will scourge Him and kill Him. And the third day He will rise again.“34 But they understood none of these things; this saying was hidden from them, and they did not know the things which were spoken. NKJV

HOW DID THEY RESPOND?


WHEN WAS THIS PROPHECY FULFILLED?READ: MATTHEW 27:29-31

29 When they had twisted a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand. And they bowed the knee before Him and mocked Him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!“30 Then they spat on Him, and took the reed and struck Him on the head.31 And when they had mocked Him, they took the robe off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him away to be crucified. NKJV


WHEN WAS THIS PROPHECY FULFILLED?READ: JOHN 1:10-13

10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.11 He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. NKJV


4 Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted.

5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.

6 All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.


4 Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted.5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.6 All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

WHO IS THIS PROPHECY ABOUT?WHY DID THE LORD HAVE TO SUFFER?

WHOSE GRIEF & SORROW DID HE BARE?

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:4-6

THE SIN-BEARING MESSIAHSurely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows;

WHY DID THE LORD HAVE TO SUFFER?WHOSE GRIEF & SORROW DID HE BARE?

WHAT DID AARON HAVE TO BARE? WHY?READ: EXODUS 28:38

38 So it shall be on Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things which the children of Israel hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall always be on his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD. NKJV


Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows;


WHAT DID MIRIAM HAVE TO BARE? WHY?READ: NUMBERS 12:10-14

WHAT DID UZZIAH HAVE TO BARE? WHY?READ: 2 CHRONICLES 26:18-21

WHAT DID MIRIAM HAVE TO BARE? WHY?READ: NUMBERS 12:10-14

10 And when the cloud departed from above the tabernacle, suddenly Miriam became leprous, as white as snow. Then Aaron turned toward Miriam, and there she was, a leper.11 So Aaron said to Moses, "Oh, my lord! Please do not lay this sin on us, in which we have done foolishly and in which we have sinned.12 Please do not let her be as one dead, whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother's womb!" 13 So Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, "Please heal her, O God, I pray!" 14 Then the LORD said to Moses, "If her father had but spit in her face, would she not be shamed seven days? Let her be shut out of the camp seven days, and afterward she may be received again.“ NKJV

WHAT DID UZZIAH HAVE TO BARE? WHY?READ: 2 CHRONICLES 26:18-21

18 And they withstood King Uzziah, and said to him, "It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD, but for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Get out of the sanctuary, for you have trespassed! You shall have no honor from the LORD God." 19 Then Uzziah became furious; and he had a censer in his hand to burn incense. And while he was angry with the priests, leprosy broke out on his forehead, before the priests in the house of the LORD, beside the incense altar.20 And Azariah the chief priest and all the priests looked at him, and there, on his forehead, he was leprous; so they thrust him out of that place. Indeed he also hurried to get out, because the LORD had struck him. 21 King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death.

(2 KINGS 15:5)




WHY DO PEOPLE SUFFER GRIEF & SORROW?

READ: LEVITICUS 26:2121 'Then, if you walk contrary to Me, and are not willing to obey Me, I will bring on you seven times more plagues, according to your sins. NKJV




WHY DID THE LORD BRING PLAGUES ON THE PEOPLE?

READ: LEVITICUS 26:2121 'Then, if you walk contrary to Me, and are not willing to obey Me, I will bring on you seven times more plagues, according to your sins. NKJV

READ: DEUTERONOMY 28:58-61

WHY DID THE LORD BRING PLAGUES ON THE PEOPLE?

READ: DEUTERONOMY 28:58-6158 "If you do not carefully observe all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name, THE LORD YOUR GOD,59 then the LORD will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary plagues — great and prolonged plagues — and serious and prolonged sicknesses.60 Moreover He will bring back on you all the diseases of Egypt, of which you were afraid, and they shall cling to you.61 Also every sickness and every plague, which is not written in this Book of the Law, will the LORD bring upon you until you are destroyed. NKJV


Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; WHY DID THE LORD HAVE TO SUFFER?


WHO SHOULD BARE THE INIQUITIY OF SIN?READ: LAMENTATIONS 5:7

7 Our fathers sinned and are no more, But we bear their iniquities. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 18:2020 The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself. NKJV


Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; WHY DID THE LORD HAVE TO SUFFER?


WHY SHOULD EZEKIEL BARE THEIR INIQUITY?READ: EZEKIEL 4:4-6

4 "Lie also on your left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it. According to the number of the days that you lie on it, you shall bear their iniquity.5 For I have laid on you the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days; so you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.6 And when you have completed them, lie again on your right side; then you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days. I have laid on you a day for each year. NKJV



WHY DID THE LORD HAVE TO SUFFER?


READ: HEBREWS 9:27-2827 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment,28 so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation. NKJV





READ: MATTHEW 8:16-1716 When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick,17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: "He Himself took our infirmities And bore our sicknesses." NKJV





READ: JOHN 1:29THE LAMB OF GOD

29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! NKJV



WHOSE GRIEF & SORROW DID HE BARE?WHY DID THE LORD HAVE TO SUFFER?

READ: HEBREWS 4:1515 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. NKJV

READ: HEBREWS 9:2828 so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation. NKJV


5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.


HOW DID THE LORD BRING US PEACE?READ: ROMANS 5:1

1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, NKJV

READ: 2 CORINTHIANS 5:2121 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:4-6But He was wounded for our transgressions,

He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,

And by His stripes we are healed.WHY DID THE LORD HAVE TO SUFFER?

HOW DID THE LORD BRING US PEACE?READ: EPHESIANS 2:14

14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation,

READ: 1 PETER 3:1818 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, NKJV



And by His stripes we are healed.


HOW OUR WE HEALED?READ: ACTS 10:38

38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him. NKJV



And by His stripes we are healed.WHY DID THE LORD HAVE TO SUFFER?

HOW OUR WE HEALED?READ: 1 PETER 2:21-24

21 For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: 22 "Who committed no sin, Nor was deceit found in His mouth"; 23 who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously;24 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness — by whose stripes you were healed.



WHY HAVE THEY GONE ASTARY?WHY WAS THEIR INIQUITY LAID UPON THE LORD?

WHAT DID MOSES ASK THE LORD?READ: NUMBERS 27:16-17

16 "Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,17 who may go out before them and go in before them, who may lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the LORD may not be like sheep which have no shepherd." NKJV



WHY HAVE THEY GONE ASTARY?

WHAT DID MICHAIAH SAY TO AHAB?

READ: 1 KINGS 22:1717 Then he said, "I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And the LORD said, 'These have no master. Let each return to his house in peace.'" NKJV




READ: ZECHARIAH 10:22 For the idols speak delusion; The diviners envision lies, And tell false dreams; They comfort in vain. Therefore the people wend their way like sheep; They are in trouble because there is no shepherd. NKJV




WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ISRAELITES?READ: EZEKIEL 34:5-6

5 So they were scattered because there was no shepherd; and they became food for all the beasts of the field when they were scattered.6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill; yes, My flock was scattered over the whole face of the earth, and no one was seeking or searching for them." NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:4-66 All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.


HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THIS?READ: EZEKIEL 34:23-24

23 I will establish one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them — My servant David. He shall feed them and be their shepherd.24 And I, the LORD, will be their God, and My servant David a prince among them; I, the LORD, have spoken.


WHY HAVE THEY GONE ASTARY?HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THIS?

READ: JEREMIAH 23:4-64 I will set up shepherds over them who will feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, nor shall they be lacking," says the LORD. 5 "Behold, the days are coming," says the LORD,"That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness; A King shall reign and prosper, And execute judgment and righteousness in the earth. 6 In His days Judah will be saved, And Israel will dwell safely; Now this is His name by which He will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. NKJV



HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THIS?READ: MATTHEW 9:36

36 But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd. NKJV

READ: 1 PETER 2:2525 For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. NKJV


7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth.

8 He was taken from prison and from judgment, And who will declare His generation? For He was cut off from the land of the living; For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.

9 And they made His grave with the wicked — But with the rich at His death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was any deceit in His mouth.

QUESTION: ISAIAH 53:7-9THE SIN-BEARING MESSIAH

7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth.8 He was taken from prison and from judgment, And who will declare His generation? For He was cut off from the land of the living; For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.9 And they made His grave with the wicked — But with the rich at His death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was any deceit in His mouth.

WHO IS BEING OPPRESSED & AFFLICTED?WHO IS OPPRESSING & AFFLICTING HIM?

HOW IS HE LIKENED TO A LAMB?

QUESTION: ISAIAH 53:7-97 He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth.


READ: ACTS 8:30-3330 So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?" 31 And he said, "How can I, unless someone guides me?" And he asked Philip to come up and sit with him.32 The place in the Scripture which he read was this:"He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before its shearer is silent, So He opened not His mouth. 33 In His humiliation His justice was taken away, And who will declare His generation? For His life is taken from the earth." NKJV


WHO IS BEING OPPRESSED & AFFLICTED?READ: PSALMS 38:13-14

13 But I, like a deaf man, do not hear; And I am like a mute who does not open his mouth. 14 Thus I am like a man who does not hear, And in whose mouth is no response. NKJV

READ: PSALMS 39:8-98 Deliver me from all my transgressions; Do not make me the reproach of the foolish. 9 I was mute, I did not open my mouth, Because it was You who did it. NKJV




JEREMIAH 11:1919 But I was like a docile lamb brought to the slaughter; and I did not know that they had devised schemes against me, saying, "Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more."




READ: JOHN 1:2929 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! NKJV


WHO IS OPPRESSING & AFFLICTING HIM?

HOW DID JESUS RESPOND? WHY?READ: MARK 14:60-61

60 And the high priest stood up in the midst and asked Jesus, saying, "Do You answer nothing? What is it these men testify against You?“61 But He kept silent and answered nothing. NKJV



HOW DID JESUS RESPOND? WHY?READ: MATTHEW 26:62-63

62 And the high priest arose and said to Him, "Do You answer nothing? What is it these men testify against You?“63 But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest answered and said to Him, "I put You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God!"



HOW DID JESUS RESPOND? WHY?READ: MARK 15:3-5

3 And the chief priests accused Him of many things, but He answered nothing.4 Then Pilate asked Him again, saying, "Do You answer nothing? See how many things they testify against You!“5 But Jesus still answered nothing, so that Pilate marveled. NKJV



HOW DID JESUS RESPOND? WHY?READ: MATTHEW 27:12-14

12 And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, He answered nothing. 13 Then Pilate said to Him, "Do You not hear how many things they testify against You?“14 But He answered him not one word, so that the governor marveled greatly. NKJV


WHO IS OPPRESSING & AFFLICTING HIM?HOW DID JESUS RESPOND? WHY?

READ: MATTHEW 27:3131 And when they had mocked Him, they took the robe off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him away to be crucified. NKJV

READ: PHILIPPIANS 2:88 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. NKJV


WHO IS OPPRESSING & AFFLICTING HIM?HOW DID JESUS RESPOND? WHY?

READ: MATTHEW 27:3131 And when they had mocked Him, they took the robe off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him away to be crucified. NKJV

READ: PHILIPPIANS 2:88 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. NKJV

QUESTION: ISAIAH 53:7-9HOW DID JESUS RESPOND? WHY?

READ: READ: 1 PETER 2:21-2521 For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: 22 "Who committed no sin, Nor was deceit found in His mouth"; 23 who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously;24 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness — by whose stripes you were healed.25 For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. NKJV

QUESTION: ISAIAH 53:7-98 He was taken from prison and from judgment, And who will declare His generation? For He was cut off from the land of the living; For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.


BY WHOM WAS HE JUDGED?

READ: JEREMIAH 15:1515 O LORD, You know; Remember me and visit me,And take vengeance for me on my persecutors. In Your enduring patience, do not take me away. Know that for Your sake I have suffered rebuke. NKJV


WHO IS OPPRESSING & AFFLICTING HIM?BY WHOM WAS HE JUDGED?

READ: JOHN 18:2424 Then Annas sent Him bound to Caiaphas the high priest. NKJV

READ: ACTS 8:3333 In His humiliation His justice was taken away,And who will declare His generation? For His life is taken from the earth." NKJV



READ: MATTHEW 26:59-6159 Now the chief priests, the elders, and all the council sought false testimony against Jesus to put Him to death,60 but found none. Even though many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last two false witnesses came forward61 and said, "This fellow said, 'I am able to destroy the temple of God and to build it in three days.'" NKJV

QUESTION: ISAIAH 53:7-9WHO IS OPPRESSING & AFFLICTING HIM?

BY WHOM WAS HE JUDGED?READ: MARK 14:55-59

55 Now the chief priests and all the council sought testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, but found none.56 For many bore false witness against Him, but their testimonies did not agree. 57 Then some rose up and bore false witness againstHim, saying,58 "We heard Him say, 'I will destroy this temple made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.'“59 But not even then did their testimony agree. NKJV

QUESTION: ISAIAH 53:7-9WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL? WHY?

READ: EZEKIEL 24:15-17THE PROPHET'S WIFE DIES

15 Also the word of the LORD came to me, saying,16 "Son of man, behold, I take away from you the desire of your eyes with one stroke; yet you shall neither mourn nor weep, nor shall your tears run down.17 Sigh in silence, make no mourning for the dead; bind your turban on your head, and put your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips, and do not eat man's bread of sorrow." NKJV



READ: ACTS 26:4-64 "My manner of life from my youth, which was spent from the beginning among my own nation at Jerusalem, all the Jews know.5 They knew me from the first, if they were willing to testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.6 And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers. NKJV

QUESTION: ISAIAH 53:7-9THE SIN-BEARING MESSIAH

9 And they made His grave with the wicked — But with the rich at His death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was any deceit in His mouth.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HIS DEATH & BURIAL?

READ: MATTHEW 27:3838 Then two robbers were crucified with Him, one on the right and another on the left. NKJV

QUESTION: ISAIAH 53:7-9WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HIS DEATH & BURIAL?

READ: JOHN 19:31-3731 Therefore, because it was the Preparation Day, that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.32 Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who was crucified with Him.33 But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.


READ: JOHN 19:31-3734 But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.35 And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you may believe.36 For these things were done that the Scripture should be fulfilled, "Not one of His bones shall be broken.“37 And again another Scripture says, "They shall look on Him whom they pierced." NKJV


READ: JOHN 19:38-4238 After this, Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took the body of Jesus.39 And Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.40 Then they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in strips of linen with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.41 Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.42 So there they laid Jesus, because of the Jews' Preparation Day, for the tomb was nearby. NKJV


READ: MATTHEW 27:57-6057 Now when evening had come, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus.58 This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given to him.59 When Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,60 and laid it in his new tomb which he had hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a large stone against the door of the tomb, and departed. NKJV


READ: MARK 15:43-4643 Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent council member, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, coming and taking courage, went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.44 Pilate marveled that He was already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him if He had been dead for some time.45 So when he found out from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.46 Then he bought fine linen, took Him down, and wrapped Him in the linen. And he laid Him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock, and rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. NKJV

QUESTION: ISAIAH 53:7-99 And they made His grave with the wicked — But with the rich at His death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was any deceit in His mouth.

READ: 1 PETER 2:21-2421 For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: 22 "Who committed no sin, Nor was deceit found in His mouth"; 23 who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously;24 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness — by whose stripes you were healed.

READ: ISAIAH 53:10-1210 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, And the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in His hand.

11 He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, For He shall bear their iniquities.

12 Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great, And He shall divide the spoil with the strong, Because He poured out His soul unto death, And He was numbered with the transgressors, And He bore the sin of many, And made intercession for the transgressors. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:10-1210 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, And the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in His hand.11 He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, For He shall bear their iniquities.12 Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great, And He shall divide the spoil with the strong, Because He poured out His soul unto death, And He was numbered with the transgressors, And He bore the sin of many, And made intercession for the transgressors. NKJV

WHAT PLEASED THE LORD? WHY?WHO DID THE LORD OFFER FOR SIN?

WHAT WOULD SATISFY THE LORD? WHY?

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:10-1210 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, And the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in His hand.

WHAT PLEASED THE LORD? WHY?it pleased the LORD to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief

READ: COLOSSIANS 1:19-2019 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell,20 and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross. NKJV

WHO DID THE LORD RECONCILE TO HIMSELF?

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:10-12WHAT PLEASED THE LORD? WHY?When You make His soul an offering for sin,


READ: 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17-1918 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation,19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.

WHY WAS THIS NECESSARY?

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:10-12WHAT PLEASED THE LORD? WHY?When You make His soul an offering for sin,


WHY WAS THIS NECESSARY?

READ: GENESIS 3:1515 And I will put enmity Between you and the woman,And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel." NKJV


WHAT PLEASED THE LORD? WHY?

WHO DID THE LORD OFFER FOR SIN? WHY?When You make His soul an offering for sin,

READ: JOHN 3:1717 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:10-12WHAT PLEASED THE LORD? WHY?


READ: JOHN 10:17-1817 "Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again.18 No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This command I have received from My Father."

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:10-12WHAT PLEASED THE LORD? WHY?


READ: 2 CORINTHIANS 5:2121 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:10-12WHO DID THE LORD OFFER FOR SIN? WHY?

When You make His soul an offering for sin,

READ: ROMANS 3:23-2623 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,24 being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,25 whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed,26 to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. NKJV


When You make His soul an offering for sin, READ: 1 JOHN 2:1-2

1 My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.2 And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world. NKJV

READ: 1 JOHN 4:9-109 In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. NKJV


When You make His soul an offering for sin,

READ: HEBREWS 10:7-107 Then I said, 'Behold, I have come — In the volume of the book it is written of Me — To do Your will, O God.'" 8 Previously saying, "Sacrifice and offering, burnt offerings, and offerings for sin You did not desire, nor had pleasure in them" (which are offered according to the law),9 then He said, "Behold, I have come to do Your will, O God." He takes away the first that He may establish the second.10 By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. NKJV


WHAT SEED SHALL HE SEE? WHY?He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days

READ: GENESIS 12:2-32 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed." NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:10-12WHAT SEED SHALL HE SEE? WHY?

He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days

READ: GENESIS 17:5-65 No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations.6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you. NKJV

READ: GENESIS 48:1111 And Israel said to Joseph, "I had not thought to see your face; but in fact, God has also shown me your offspring!" NKJV



READ: PSALMS 127:3-53 Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD,The fruit of the womb is a reward. 4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one's youth. 5 Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them;They shall not be ashamed, But shall speak with their enemies in the gate. NKJV



READ: PSALMS 128:66 Yes, may you see your children's children. Peace be upon Israel! NKJV

READ: PROVERBS 17:66 Children's children are the crown of old men, And the glory of children is their father. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:10-12WHO SHALL PROLONG HIS DAYS? WHY?


READ: 1 KINGS 3:1414 If you walk in My ways, to keep My statutes and My commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.“ NKJV

READ: PSALMS 21:44 He asked life from You, and You gave it to him.



READ: PSALMS 91:1616 With long life I will satisfy him, And show him My salvation." NKJV

READ: PROVERBS 3:22 For length of days and long life And peace they will add to you. NKJV



READ: PSALMS 22:30-3130 A posterity shall serve Him. It will be recounted of the Lord to the next generation, 31 They will come and declare His righteousness to a people who will be born, That He has done this. NKJV


WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE LORD?the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in His hand.

READ: ISAIAH 42:11 "Behold! My Servant whom I uphold, My Elect One in whom My soul delights! I have put My Spirit upon Him;He will bring forth justice to the Gentiles. NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 46:1010 Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, 'My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure,' NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:10-12WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE LORD?

the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in His hand.

READ: ISAIAH 49:33 "And He said to me, 'You are My servant, O Israel,In whom I will be glorified.'

READ: ISAIAH 52:1313 Behold, My Servant shall deal prudently; He shall be exalted and extolled and be very high. NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 55:1111 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. NKJV



READ: JOHN 6:38-4038 For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.39 This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.40 And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day." NKJV



READ: EPHESIANS 1:7-107 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace8 which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,9 having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself,10 that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth — in Him.



READ: 1 PETER 1:3-53 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,4 to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,5 who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. NKJV


WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE LORD?the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in His hand.

READ: EPHESIANS 5:22 And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:10-1211 He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, For He shall bear their iniquities.

WHO IS ISAIAH TALKING ABOUT? MAN?He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied.

WHAT IS THE LABOR OF HIS SOUL?

READ: PSALMS 90:1010 The days of our lives are seventy years; And if by reason of strength they are eighty years, Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away. NKJV



WHAT IS THE LABOR OF HIS SOUL?READ: ECCLESIASTES 2:11

11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done And on the labor in which I had toiled; And indeed all was vanity and grasping for the wind. There was no profit under the sun. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:10-12WHO IS ISAIAH TALKING ABOUT? MAN?

READ: ECCLESIASTES 2:17-2117 Therefore I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me, for all is vanity and grasping for the wind. 18 Then I hated all my labor in which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who will come after me.19 And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will rule over all my labor in which I toiled and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.20 Therefore I turned my heart and despaired of all the labor in which I had toiled under the sun.21 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, knowledge, and skill; yet he must leave his heritage to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:10-12WHO IS ISAIAH TALKING ABOUT? MAN?He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied.


READ: ECCLESIASTES 4:4-64 Again, I saw that for all toil and every skillful work a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity andgrasping for the wind. 5 The fool folds his hands And consumes his own flesh. 6 Better a handful with quietness Than both hands full, together with toil and grasping for the wind. NKJV



READ: JEREMIAH 20:1818 Why did I come forth from the womb to see laborand sorrow, That my days should be consumed with shame? NKJV




READ: JOB 15:1414 "What is man, that he could be pure? And he who is born of a woman, that he could be righteous? NKJV

READ: PSALMS 143:22 Do not enter into judgment with Your servant, For in Your sight no one living is righteous. NKJV


WHAT IS THE LABOR OF HIS SOUL?READ: PHILIPPIANS 3:8-11

8 Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ9 and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,11 if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:10-1211He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied. By

His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, For He shall bear their iniquities.

WHO IS ISAIAH TALKING ABOUT? CHRIST?He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied.

WHAT IS THE LABOR OF HIS SOUL?READ: ISAIAH 42:1

1 "Behold! My Servant whom I uphold, My Elect One in whom My soul delights! I have put My Spirit upon Him;

He will bring forth justice to the Gentiles. NKJV

READ: JEREMIAH 23:66 In His days Judah will be saved, And Israel will dwell

safely; Now this is His name by which He will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. NKJV



WHAT IS THE LABOR OF HIS SOUL?READ: ISAIAH 50:5-7

5 The Lord GOD has opened My ear; And I was not rebellious, Nor did I turn away. 6 I gave My back to those who struck Me, And My cheeks to those who plucked out the beard; I did not hide My face from shame and spitting. 7 "For the Lord GOD will help Me; Therefore I will not be disgraced; Therefore I have set My face like a flint,And I know that I will not be ashamed. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:10-12WHO IS ISAIAH TALKING ABOUT? CHRIST?

He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied.


READ: JOHN 1:2929 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! NKJV

READ: 1 JOHN 2:1-21 My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.2 And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world. NKJV



WHAT IS THE LABOR OF HIS SOUL?READ: MATTHEW 26:36-38

36 Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples, "Sit here while I go and pray over there.“37 And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.38 Then He said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me."



WHAT IS THE LABOR OF HIS SOUL?READ: JOHN 10:14-18

14 I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own.15 As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.16 And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd. 17 "Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again.18 No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This command I have received from My Father."



WHAT IS THE LABOR OF HIS SOUL?READ: JOHN 17:1-5

1 Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: "Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You,2 as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him.3 And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.4 I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do.5 And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was. NKJV


WHO IS ‘MY RIGHTEOUS SERVANT’? JESUS? By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many,

For He shall bear their iniquities.

HOW WILL HE JUSTIFY MANY? WHY?READ: JOB 33:29-30

29 "Behold, God works all these things, Twice, in fact, three times with a man, 30 To bring back his soul from the Pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of life. NKJV




HOW WILL HE JUSTIFY MANY? WHY?READ: ISAIAH 45:24-25

24 He shall say, 'Surely in the LORD I have righteousness and strength. To Him men shall come, And all shall be ashamed Who are incensed against Him. 25 In the LORD all the descendants of Israel Shall be justified, and shall glory.'" NKJV




WHO WILL HE JUSTIFY? HOW?READ: ISAIAH 45:24-25

24 He shall say, 'Surely in the LORD I have righteousness and strength. To Him men shall come, And all shall be ashamed Who are incensed against Him. 25 In the LORD all the descendants of Israel Shall be justified, and shall glory.'" NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:10-12WHO IS ‘MY RIGHTEOUS SERVANT’? JESUS?

By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, For He shall bear their iniquities.

WHO WILL HE JUSTIFY? HOW?

READ: ACTS 10:42-4342 And He commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is He who was ordained by God to be Judge of the living and the dead.43 To Him all the prophets witness that, through His name, whoever believes in Him will receive remission of sins." NKJV




READ: ACTS 13:38-3938 Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through this Man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins;39 and by Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses. NKJV




READ: ROMANS 1:16-1716 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall live by faith."

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:10-12WHO WILL HE JUSTIFY? HOW?

READ: ROMANS 3:21-2621 But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets,22 even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference;23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,24 being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,25 whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed,26 to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. NKJV



WHO WILL HE JUSTIFY? WHY?

READ: ROMANS 4:23-2523 Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to him,24 but also for us. It shall be imputed to us who believe in Him who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead,25 who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised because of our justification. NKJV



WHO WILL HE JUSTIFY? WHY?READ: 2 CORINTHIANS 5:18-21

18 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation,19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. 20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God.21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.



WHO WILL HE JUSTIFY? WHY?

READ: GALATIANS 3:13-1413 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree"),14 that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:10-1212 Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great, And He shall divide the spoil with the strong, Because He poured out His soul unto death, And He was numbered with the transgressors, And He bore the sin of many, And made intercession for the transgressors. NKJV

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR JESUS?I will divide Him a portion with the great

WHAT DID THEY DO TO JESUS?And He shall divide the spoil with the strong

And He was numbered with the transgressors

WHAT DID JESUS DO FOR US?He poured out His soul unto death

He bore the sin of many,And made intercession for the transgressors

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:10-12WHAT DID THEY DO TO JESUS?

And He shall divide the spoil with the strongAnd He was numbered with the transgressors

READ: MATTHEW 27:35-3835 Then they crucified Him, and divided His garments, casting lots, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet: "They divided My garments among them,And for My clothing they cast lots." 36 Sitting down, they kept watch over Him there.37 And they put up over His head the accusation written against Him:

THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 38 Then two robbers were crucified with Him, one on the right and another on the left. NKJV



READ: MARK 15:24-2824 And when they crucified Him, they divided His garments, casting lots for them to determine what every man should take. 25 Now it was the third hour, and they crucified Him.26 And the inscription of His accusation was written above: THE KING OF THE JEWS. 27 With Him they also crucified two robbers, one on His right and the other on His left.28 So the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "And He was numbered with the transgressors." NKJV



READ: LUKE 22:3737 For I say to you that this which is written must still be accomplished in Me: 'And He was numbered with the transgressors.' For the things concerning Me have an end." NKJV

READ: LUKE 23:32-3332 There were also two others, criminals, led with Him to be put to death.33 And when they had come to the place called Calvary, there they crucified Him, and the criminals, one on the right hand and the other on the left.

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:10-1212 Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great, And He shall divide the spoil with the strong, Because He poured out His soul unto death, And He was numbered with the transgressors, And He bore the sin of many, And made intercession for the transgressors. NKJV

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR JESUS?I will divide Him a portion with the great

READ: PSALMS 2:7-87 "I will declare the decree: The LORD has said to Me, 'You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. 8 Ask of Me, and I will give You The nations for Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth for Your possession. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 53:10-12He poured out His soul unto death

He bore the sin of many,And made intercession for the transgressors

WHAT DID JESUS DO FOR US?

READ: MATTHEW 26:27-2927 Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you.28 For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.29 But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom." NKJV


He bore the sin of many, And made intercession for the transgressors


READ: MATTHEW 26:38-3938 Then He said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me." 39 He went a little farther and fell on His face, andprayed, saying, "O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will."

READ: MATTHEW 26:4242 Again, a second time, He went away and prayed, saying, "O My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from Me unless I drink it, Your will be done.“ NKJV




READ: ROMANS 3:23-2623 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,24 being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,25 whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed,26 to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. NKJV




READ: ROMANS 7:23-2523 Also there were many priests, because they were prevented by death from continuing.24 But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood.25 Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them. NKJV




READ: ROMANS 8:33-3633 Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies.34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?36 As it is written: "For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter."




READ: PHILIPPIANS 2:8-118 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.9 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name,10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. NKJV




READ: 1 JOHN 2:1-21 My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.2 And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world. NKJV

READ: COLOSSIANS 2:1515 Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it. NKJV




READ: HEBREWS 7:2525 Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them. NKJV




READ: HEBREWS 9:24-2624 For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;25 not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another —26 He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.




READ: 1 PETER 2:23-2523 who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously;24 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness — by whose stripes you were healed.25 For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. NKJV

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ISAIAH CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE · outline isaiah chapter fifty-three the infidelity of the jews v. 1 the humbleness of the lord v. 2 the contempt of the jews v. 3 the suffering of the