By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people.He was taken away by oppression and judgment. As for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living and stricken for the disobedience of my people?He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who among them considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living for the transgression of my people to whom the stroke was due?
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… And listen to the details of this 700 years before it actually happened. Isaiah 53, verses 7 to 12. He was beaten down and punished. Talking about Jesus on the cross, before the cross. But he didn't say a word. That all happened. he was led out like a lamb to be slaughtered he was condemned to death without fair judgment and then he was put to death for the transgressions of everyone else that's us he died like a criminal but then was buried with the rich even though he'd done nothing wrong and had never lied you know this is true Jesus died on the cross as a criminal you know that was the worst capital punishment available. It's humiliating, death on the cross. But when they took him down, there was a wealthy man named Joseph of Arimathea who had a brand new tomb he'd bought for his family. He often buried people in the same tomb for decades. There was like a hole in the wall of a cave, and then he covered it up. And Joseph of Arimathea was quite wealthy, but he offered his tomb for Jesus. He goes, you're not going to need it very long. …
That's the exact same word that we read in Genesis chapter 15. How is it possible for a single person to have offspring? Well, his offspring are those he died to save. This is the gospel. Pay attention really close, particularly if you're exploring Christianity. The good news of the Bible is that God sent Jesus to die on a cross for sinners so that anyone who trusts in him can become a child of God. Which means, so follow this, this is so important. Christianity is not about being born into a Christian family. It's about anybody from anywhere, from any family or nation, being born again. Receiving new life through faith in Jesus. Nobody is born Christian. The only way truly, biblically, to become a Christian is to be born again, spiritually through faith in Jesus And so for all who trust in Jesus and become children of God, realize what's happening here God is foretelling in the Old Testament how his family will multiply ultimately, not through procreation, but through salvation not through people getting married and having babies but through people sharing the gospel and leading others to new life in Jesus and that changes everything don't miss how the coming of Jesus and the New Testament, the New Covenant radically changes the picture of God's blessing it's foretold in the very next chapter of Isaiah Isaiah 54 verse 1 says sing O barren one who did not bear break forth into singing and cry aloud you have not been in labor for the children of the desolate one will be more than the children …
… Daniel prophesied the crucifixion of the Son of God. as did Isaiah. Isaiah 53 verse 8, He was taken from prison and from judgment, and who shall declare His generation? For He was cut off out of the land of the living. That's what His crucifixion was. His life was cut off, and actually it means to be cut short. He died as a young man. He was cut off out of the land of the living, for the transgression of my people was He stricken. And that's what Isaiah said. He was stricken for the sins of the Jewish people. Daniel says Messiah will be cut off but not for himself. That is not because of any sin that he had done. He did not die for his own sin. He had no sin. He died for us. And then Daniel saw not only would Messiah come exactly on time, not only would Messiah be rejected and crucified, but Daniel also saw that the city would be destroyed. And it would be destroyed by a Roman. I want you to see what he goes on to say here in this passage of Scripture. …
But the text takes Christ in His second Character and we must be brief on each—as the Sin-Bearer. "He shall bear their iniquity." The most wonderful thing in all this Book of wonders is this—that God should become Man and then, as Man, should bear the sin of His people. We have heard, sometimes, foolish persons ask, "Where is the Doctrine of Substitution in Scripture?" to which I would answer, "Where is it not?" Take it out of the Scriptures and there is positively nothing left! It is the main and cardinal Doctrine of Revelation that Christ stood in the sinner's place! And throughout this Chapter it is the wonderful teaching, over and over, and over and over again. "The chastisement of our peace was upon Him." "He was numbered with the transgressors." "He bore the sin of many," or, as in our text, "He shall bear their iniquity." It does not say, "He shall bear the punishment of their iniquity"—that is true and follows as a matter of course—but the iniquities of His people were in very truth laid upon Him! And as in type upon the scapegoat, the sins of Israel were laid, so in truth, and not in type, nor metaphor, nor figure, but in very deed and of a truth—the sins of God's people were transferred from them and laid upon the head of Christ, the Son of God, who stood in their place. Words cannot be more plain! "He shall bear their iniquities." When did He bear their iniquities? I answer, in a certain sense He bore them from of old, for He was the Lamb slain before the foundation of the world—but in actual fact He bore them through His painful life. Read these words—"Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted." That thirst, that hunger, those pangs He felt often throughout His life of weariness and woe—those were caused by sin being laid upon Him! It was not possible that He should be perfectly happy while sin was upon Him—it would have been impossible for Him to have been unhappy had not sin been imputed to Him. …