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The atonement of Jesus Christ will reach all nations, and even kings will be amazed and speechless at the
message of Christ.

V. 1 of Chapter 53 Who has believed our report…this is an act of faith. It takes faith to accept God’s
word. The arm of the Lord was mentioned back in V. 10 of 52 and represents the incredible power of
God.

V. 2-3 this is a ‘biography’ of Jesus. It illustrates His humanity…He will ‘grow up’ like a ‘tender plant’.
Coming to earth as a baby was risky…but obviously the ‘arm of the Lord’ was still in control.

It illustrates His humanity…He will ‘grow up’ like a ‘tender plant’.

‘No form or comeliness’ is sometimes thought to mean that Jesus was not good looking. It simply
means that He was an ordinary looking human. He wouldn’t have stood out in a crowd. Nothing about
His physical appearance would draw attention.

Despised and rejected…by everyone from His earthly family to the religious leaders. Despised can also
mean to be ‘grossly underestimated’. A Man of Sorrows or suffering and very well acquainted with
grief. He experienced every human emotion and difficulty.

Even all that could point to many different people over the centuries. Not the rest of this chapter.

V. 4-6 He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows. The word ‘borne’ is reminiscent of Judges 16: 1-
3 when Samson ‘bore’ the gates of Gaza. Jesus carried the heavy burden of our grief’s and sorrows.

Those who stood by and watched Jesus crucified ‘esteemed’ Him as stricken and afflicted. But there
was a purpose.

He was wounded for OUR transgressions. He was bruised for OUR iniquities. His stripes brought OUR
healing and OUR peace.

All this points to not just that Jesus bore OUR sins, but it was OUR sins that made His suffering
necessary. Because we, like sheep, have ALL gone astray, so the iniquity of all has been laid on Him.

And because He took all this upon Himself, He brought healing and forgiveness to all.

V. 7-9 that Jesus was ‘oppressed and afflicted’ is like the Hebrew people in Egypt. They appeared to be
under the control of the Pharaoh, but God had the ultimate power and control in both cases…in all
cases.

When Jesus was beaten, mocked, humiliated, nailed and lifted up to be crucified, it was the greatest
injustice in history. But it was also the greatest display of God’s justice. Romans 3: 25-26

God would rather have His own Son killed in a brutal fashion than to allow us as sinners to have no
hope.

In all this injustice, Jesus ‘opened not His mouth’. Even though He could have called down a Legion of
Angels, He willingly accepted all this on our behalf. He made a conscious decision to die for MY sins.

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