The Suffering Savior: Isaiah 53
The Suffering Savior: Isaiah 53 There is a tragic tendency of organized religion to minimize God's involvement in the death of Jesus . Even more offensive is to ignore or conceal God's intense indignation against sin, together with His awesome and incredible desire to see sinful mankind rescued from His own wrath. The plan of God to rescue us from His own wrath required that a perfect human, God's Servant , take upon Himself that wrath, as an offering for our sin, much like an innocent lamb is slaughtered as an offering. But God's Servant is much, much more than an innocent lamb. The One chosen by God to bear the sins of the world was One adored by God : Jesus Christ the Son of God. Isaiah describes a vivid picture both of the indignant wrath of God against our sin and His anguish in seeing His Son pay for our sin. Understanding the 53rd chapter of Isaiah's revelation is best understood by looking first at chapter 52. Through revelation to Isaiah