Our Sorrows He Carried | Isaiah and Messianic Prophecy Season 2

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Our griefs or our sickness, from the Hebrew word chole, he himself bore, and our sorrows he carried. This includes, beloved, both our sin and it includes the healing of our minds and our psyches. We are in the midst of a very important series that I’m calling Isaiah and Messianic Prophecy. We’ve been looking at all the incredibly profound prophecies in the book of Isaiah about the coming of the Messiah from his birth to where he’d minister to the fact that it would be God incarnate. We’ve been looking over the past several weeks at what we’re calling the four servant songs in the book of Isaiah. The servant songs are large portions of scripture in the second part of Isaiah’s book that reveal to us the nature of Messiah. We are presently in the last of the servant songs. It begins in the last several verses of Isaiah 52, and then it continues on through all of Isaiah 53. This portion of scripture that we’re presently in is the most profound messianic prophecy about the coming and work of Messiah in the entire Old Testament. We are in the second verse of the 53rd chapter. Let’s get right into it. Isaiah chapter number 53, verse number 2. Hear the word of God. For he grew up before him. The he is the Messiah, right? Just like the scripture says in the book of Genesis, the Lord said, let us. make man in our image. Who’s the us? It’s the Father, the Son, and the Spirit. So we see now the Godhead speaking of each other. Here we go. For he grew up before him like a tender shoot, like a root out of parched ground. He has no stately form or majesty that we should look upon him, nor appearance that we should be attracted to him. This is very similar to the first verse that we read in Isaiah 53, that he was disregarded by people, that no one esteemed him. And Isaiah actually revealed to us what John told us happened in his gospel. In other words, Isaiah told us that people wouldn’t believe Messiah when he came. So what happens is, when we get to the gospel of John, John says, though he had done so many things, so many miracles in John chapter 12, verse 37 and 38, the people didn’t believe in him. And then John says, this was to fulfill the word of the prophet Isaiah. And then John quotes Isaiah chapter 53, verse 1. Now in Isaiah 53, 2, we’re kind of continuing along this same theme. Listen again to the word of God. Here we go. For he, speaking of Jesus, grew up before him, the father. like a tender shoot, like a root out of parched ground.” So He grew up very tenderly. Jesus has a very sensitive and tender nature. He’s powerful, He’s a lion, but He’s also very sensitive and tender at the same time. We continue, it says, He grew up like a root out of parched ground. In other words, He came to the earth. The earth was devoid in many ways, at many levels, of the glory of God, of the full manifestation of the presence of God. So Jesus grew up on a planet which was largely devoid of God’s fullness. It continues on. Isaiah says this, He has no stately form. I want you to get this now. Isaiah’s prophesying of what Messiah would look like when he came. Remember, he came as a very sensitive human being. And then Isaiah says, and he grew up in a wilderness. This earth is a wilderness without God. And now listen to the next thing he says. Once again, he has no stately form or majesty that we should look upon him. nor appearance that we should be attracted to him.” In other words, when Jesus came to earth, listen, he looked like a normal human being. There was nothing special about him. He wasn’t like this huge, glorious, hero-looking type of person. It was similar to David. Remember when the prophet was commanded to go to Jesse, David’s father, because one of Jesse’s sons was going to be the king. So what happens? The prophet goes to Jesse. He tells Jesse, listen, one of your sons is going to be king. So Jesse calls the sons. He lines them up from the oldest and the tallest to the youngest and the smallest. And each time the prophet goes to lay his hand on one of Jesse’s sons, he doesn’t have a witness. This is the one. Where does the prophet start out? He starts out with the oldest, the tallest, the most handsome. And yet when the prophet anointed him, there was nothing there. Finally, the prophet gets to the end of Jesse’s sons that Jesse had lined up. He’s confused. He knows that God had commanded him that one of Jesse’s sons was going to be king and he was called to anoint him. But yet he went down the line of his sons and he didn’t have a witness from the spirit that it was the one. So he’s kind of confused. He says to Jesse, is there anybody else? Something’s not right here. Is there anybody else? And what does Jesse say? Oh, just the little shepherd boy, you know, down in the field over there tending the sheep. They run and fetch little David. David’s the littlest one. He didn’t look like he was anything. He was the least likely one, according to the natural eye, that looked like he’d be the next king. But when the prophet came and laid his hands on David, the Spirit of the Lord bore witness in saying, he’s the one. The point being is that Jesus is a type of David. That’s why in the book of Revelation, Jesus said this. He said, listen, I’m the offspring of David. of David. So even when David was anointed by the prophet, he had no stately form or majesty. He was the youngest and the smallest, the unlikely candidate. So when Jesus came, listen, he had no stately form, Isaiah says, or majesty that we should look upon him or be attracted to him. That’s why so many people missed him. He was the carpenter’s son. Listen to the word of God here in connection with this verse. Matthew chapter 13, verse 55. Now, here we go. It says, not this. Isn’t this, they said, the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary and his brothers, James, Joseph, Simeon, and Judas? In other words, they looked at Jesus that claimed to be the bread of life that came down out of heaven. They claimed to be the way, the truth, and the life. And they said, this is the carpenter’s son. Who is this guy? I think he is. We know his mom and dad. He had no stately form or majesty that people were drew to him that they wanted to follow him in the natural. Let’s continue on now with Isaiah’s prophecy as he continues to reveal to us the coming of the Messiah. Verse number three, he was despised and forsaken of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And like one from whom men hide their face, he was despised and we did not esteem him. I want to just focus on a few specific concepts here before we look into the New Testament fulfillment. Because the whole point that I’m trying to show you today is how the New Testament is laid upon the book of Isaiah. We’re going to culminate in Acts chapter 8. You’re going to see exactly what I’m talking about. But let’s look once again, Isaiah 53, 3. Speaking of the Messiah, Isaiah says, number one, he was despised. Number two, that he was forsaken. And number three, Isaiah says, he was like one that men hide their face from. So here again, he was despised, forsaken of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief, and like one from whom men hide their face. So let’s look at a couple New Testament fulfillments of this. I’m reading, first of all, from the book of Luke, chapter 4, verse 28 and 29. Hear the word of God. And all the people in the synagogue, listen now, were filled with rage at him. So what’s the first thing Isaiah says? He was despised. Jesus went into the synagogue, and what was many people’s reaction to him? Listen, they despised him. They were filled with rage. Isaiah also said he would be like one that men, get it now, hide their face from. What does that phrase mean? He’d be like one whom men hide their face from. It’s kind of like we hear stories oftentimes in Hollywood that someone in Hollywood has all these friends They have all these parties, and then all of a sudden something happens to them. Maybe they make a movie that flops, or they’re exposed for some type of sin. And all of a sudden, all their friends that used to come to their party when they were very successful, now the phone stops ringing. And when that person reaches out to those people that supposedly were their friends, the people that were supposedly their friends, listen, don’t even answer their phones anymore. That one that has fallen, that fallen star becomes like one from whom men hide their face from. How is that fulfilled with Jesus? What happened when Jesus was arrested? Listen, all the disciples fled. And then when they took Jesus away, remember, Peter looked on from the distance and someone saw him looking on from the distance. And they said to Peter, they said, you were with him. You were one of them. And Peter cursed, the scripture says, and said, I don’t know that man. Hear the word of God. But he began to curse, speaking of Peter, curse and swear. I did not know this man you are talking about. And so we see that this prophecy that he becomes like one from whom men hide their face from is being fulfilled here. Not one other scripture that really speaks of this whole thing. We read about this once again in the Gospels. In Mark chapter 14, verse 48 through 50, we read this account. And Jesus said to them, have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me as you would against a robber? Every day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me, but this has taken place, that the scriptures would be fulfilled, and they all left him, get it now, and fled. So Jesus said that when they all fled away from him and forsook him and acted like they didn’t know him, Jesus once again said it was so that the scriptures might be fulfilled. And what scripture was he talking about? He was talking, beloved one, about the scripture that you and I are looking at right now, Isaiah chapter 53, verse number three.

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Isaiah says this, “…surely our griefs he himself bore, and our sorrows he carried. Yet we ourselves esteemed him stricken, smitten of God and afflicted. But he was pierced through for our transgressions.” He was crushed for our iniquities. The chastening of our well-being fell upon Him, and by His scourging we are healed. All of us like sheep have gone astray, and each of us has turned to his own way, but the Lord has laid the iniquity of us all upon Him.” Beloved ones, what an incredible picture of the substitutionary sacrificial death of King Jesus the Messiah, by whose stripes we have now been healed. Isaiah concludes there. Let’s look at some New Testament prophetic fulfillments of this section of Scripture. First of all, I want to point out to you a very important portion of the Word of God that’s found in the eighth chapter. of the book of Matthew. Once again, we’re reading this scripture from Isaiah that Jesus took our sickness and our sin and his own body and the prey. Listen, surely our griefs he himself bore and our sorrows he carried. He took our sickness. The Hebrew word there is actually chole, and it literally means sickness. That’s why when Matthew, listen, we’re going to show you this. That’s why when Matthew quotes this section of Scripture in Matthew chapter 8, he actually translates the word here as sickness. Hear the word of God. Jesus had come down from the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus had come down off the mountain where he had just got done preaching the longest sermon recorded in the New Testament. It’s oftentimes referred to as the Sermon on the Mount. He comes down from the mountain, and as soon as he comes down from the mountain, there’s all these healings that take place. He heals a person that was mute. He heals people that were blind. All these healings, all these deliverances are taking place. And then this healing ministry of Jesus climaxes in the 16th and 17th verse of Matthew 8. Hear the word of God. When evening came, they brought to him many who were demon-possessed, and he cast out the spirits with the word and healed all who were ill. This was to fulfill… This was to fulfill what was spoken through, get it now, Isaiah the prophet wrote, and then Matthew quotes Isaiah, the portion of scripture that we’re reading right now. He himself took our infirmities and carried away our diseases. Isaiah chapter 53, verse 4. Surely our griefs, Hebrew word there is kolei, it means sickness, he himself bore and our sorrows he carried. Now, one of the things that I want to impress upon us concerning this is that what Matthew is teaching here is that when Jesus healed all these people, remember, because the thing that just had happened was he cast out all the spirits with the word, listen now, and healed all who were ill. And then Matthew says the reason that he did this was was to fulfill the prophet Isaiah’s words. And then he quotes Isaiah 53, 4. And Isaiah chapter 53, beloved one, listen now, is about the atonement. It’s all about how Jesus was pierced through for our transgressions, that he took our sin in his own body on the tree. The point is that when Yeshua was crucified on the cross, He not only took your sin away, beloved one, but listen now, he also took your sickness away. That’s why Isaiah concludes here, by his stripes we are healed, which is the same thing that Peter says, and it’s the reason Jesus gives for healing those that were physically sick. I want to encourage you and I, let’s believe in Jesus, not only for the forgiveness of our sin, but let’s look to him to be the life and the healing, amen, of our bodies. Second Corinthians 521 says this, he made him who knew no sin, speaking of Jesus, he made him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf that we should become the righteousness of God. And first Peter says, Chapter 2, verse 24, he himself bore our sins in his body on the tree so that you might die to sin and live a life of righteousness. Listen now, by his wounds you were healed. This is solid doctrine, beloved one. Jesus Christ was crucified for our sin, and He took in His own body on the tree, both our sin, He paid the penalty for our sin, and He took our sickness that we could be well. Jesus said, I’ve come to give life and to give it more abundantly. This is spiritual life, soul, mind, and body. This is why the apostle John prayed in his letter. He said, I pray that you would prosper and be in good health even as your soul prospers. So let me read that section of scripture one more time because this is so foundational. Isaiah here is prophesying about the crucifixion of Jesus. Surely our griefs or our sickness, from the Hebrew word chole, he himself bore. and our sorrows he carried. This includes, beloved, both our sin and it includes the healing of our minds and our psyches. Yet we ourselves esteemed him stricken. In other words, the people that saw him being crucified, they thought he was being crucified because He was the one that was a sinner. They rejected him. They called him a blasphemer. It says that we ourselves, Isaiah speaking here to the Jewish nation, we ourselves esteemed him stricken, smitten of God and afflicted. In other words, they thought Jesus was being crucified because of his own problems. But Isaiah continues, but he was pierced through for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The chastening of our well-being fell upon him. And by his scourging, we are healed. All of us like sheep have gone astray. Each of us has turned to his own way, but the Lord has laid upon him the iniquity of us all. And by his scourging, you, beloved one, have been healed. I hope you’re seeing how richly Isaiah spoke about the Messiah. You see, when you understand how the New Testament is rooted in the Hebrew Bible, When you understand the Jewish roots of your Christian faith, listen now, your faith will become unshakable. You see, the grass withers and the flowers fade, but the Word of God abides forever. Faith comes by hearing, and hearing, my friend, listen now, the Word of God. We need to return to the ancient way. We need to return to the good path, as the prophet of old said. The ancient way, beloved, is the Scripture. We’re not just looking to God for what He can do for us. We’re looking to God to be who He said He is. He gave us His all, and He’s demanding our all. He’s looking for you and I, beloved one, as I close today, to love Him even as He loved us. God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son. And now, beloved, that you’ve received Jesus, God wants you to give Him your best spirit, soul, mind, and body, time, talent, and treasure. Beloved, we live in a world that’s surrounded by darkness. 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The Aaronic blessing in the book of Numbers chapter 6 is not a blessing that comes from an impersonal being out there somewhere in the heavens. This special blessing comes from a person, Yahweh God Almighty, our creator and maker. So receive God’s blessing into your life right now.

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Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yissa Yahweh, P’navei Lecha Ve’asem Lecha

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The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Lord lift you up with His countenance. And the Lord give you, beloved one, His peace. God bless you and shalom.

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