(Isaiah
53)
Who
has believed our message
And
to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
He
[Christ] grew up
before Him [Father God]
Like
a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground.
[The
dry ground of unbelief and sin-sickness]
He
had no beauty or majesty to attract us to Him,
Nothing
in His appearance that we should desire Him.
He
was despised and rejected by men [as
He is today],
A
man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering.
Like
one from whom men hide their faces
He
was despised, and we [the people of God] esteemed Him not
[As He is today, by more than two-thirds of humanity.]
Surely
He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows,
Yet
we considered Him stricken by God, smitten by Him, and afflicted.
But
He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our
iniquities;
The
punishment that brought us peace was upon Him
[The
punishment that each one of us deserved was place upon Christ],
And
by His wounds we are healed.
[By
Faith we are healed; body, soul, mind and spirit, by His wounds.]
We
all like sheep, have gone astray
[Every
one of us from birth has gone astray, captive to our sin nature],
Each
one of us has turned to his own way;
[There
is a way that seems right to a man, the end thereof is Eternal
Death.]
And
the Lord has laid on Him [Christ]
the iniquity of us all.
He
[Christ]
was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth;
He
was like a Lamb to the slaughter,
And
as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His
mouth.
By
oppression and judgment, He was taken away.
[The
same oppression and judgment experienced today
By
those who belong to Him.]
But
He [Christ]
was cut off from the land of the living;
For
the transgressions of My people [The
people of God] He was stricken.
He
was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in His death,
Though
He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.
Yet
it was the Lord's will to crush Him [Christ]
and cause Him to suffer,
And
though the Lord makes His life a Guilt Offering,
He
will see His OFFSPRING [The
Bride of Christ]
And
prolong His days [they will
never end],
And
the will of the Lord will prosper in His hand
[The
Plan and Purpose of God for all of “Time” will be accomplished].
After
the suffering of His soul,
He
will see the Light of LIFE, and be satisfied;
[Christ
Jesus will be completely satisfied
With
all God has accomplished through Him.]
By
His knowledge My righteous servant will justify many,
And
He will bear their iniquities.
Therefore
I [God Almighty]
will give Him a portion among the great,
He
will divide the spoils with the strong,
Because
He poured out his life unto death,
And
was numbered with the transgressors .
For
He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
(Isaiah
53)
Christ
Jesus left the Glory of Heaven
And
endured the most brutal death possible for those of us who believe.
No
greater sacrifice was possible;
God
Himself came and died for you and I;
For
ALL who have BELIEVED since the beginning of “TIME.”
He
died for the sins of the whole world;
The
same world that has rejected Him in every generation;
The
same world that rejects Him today.
The
same world that rejected Him in the days of Noah.
Belief
will bring its promised reward; Eternal LIFE.
And
unbelief will bring it's promised reward; Eternal Death.
The
Word of God will be fulfilled down to the last detail.
Christ
Jesus is the only WAY, the only TRUTH, and the only LIFE;
The
only WAY to God the Father; the only WAY to Heaven.
At
Christmas we celebrate this awesome GIFT of God to humanity.
This
indescribable GIFT we who believe have received.
The
greatest GIFT that could be given, God has given;
For
all who will BELIEVE, for ALL who will RECEIVE.
Today,
the world is raging against God, rushing toward oblivion. (Psalm 2)
America
is being ground to powder because of her SIN against God.
Save
yourself from this Corrupt Generation! (Acts 2:40)
As
God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!
Father, Your Kingdom
come, Your will be done, on earth as in Heaven!
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