 ‘The Agony In The Garden’ Isaiah 53:1Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? 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. 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. [Isaiah 53:1-3 NKJV] We considered it worthwhile to look at the original scripture quoted in John 12:37-41. Isaiah 53 is perhaps one of the best known chapters in the Book of Isaiah, and here is what Matthew Henry had to say about these verses in his Commentary: No where in all the Old Testament is it so plainly and fully prophesied, that Christ ought to suffer, and then to enter into his glory, as in this chapter. But to this day few discern, or will acknowledge, that Divine power which goes with the word. The authentic and most important report of salvation for sinners, through the Son of God, is disregarded. The low condition he submitted to, and his appearance in the world, were not agreeable to the ideas the Jews had formed of the Messiah. It was expected that he should come in pomp; instead of that, he grew up as a plant, silently, and insensibly. He had nothing of the glory which one might have thought to meet with him. His whole life was not only humble as to outward condition, but also sorrowful. Being made sin for us, he underwent the sentence sin had exposed us to. Carnal hearts see nothing in the Lord Jesus to desire an interest in him. Alas! by how many is he still despised in his people, and rejected as to his doctrine and authority! Reading further in Isaiah 53 fleshes out even more of the picture: 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. He shall see the labour of His soul, and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, For He shall bear their iniquities. 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. [Isaiah 53:10-12 NKJV] These last verses make plain what Jesus endured for our redemption — we have been bought at that price…
In this, Jesus is our intercessor — a bridge between realms, and like a bridge He carries our weight; He makes a way for us — and that is His reward. Praise The Lord! A HOLY CONDITION: Oswald Chambers on Joy and Peace |
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‘Who Has Believed Our Report?’ — Brian Dunne
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