Coming of a Deliverer
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Of the treatment He was to receive, He prophesied, “Dogs have
compassed Me: the assembly of the wicked have enclosed Me: they
pierced My hands and My feet. I may tell all My bones: they look
and stare upon Me. They part My garments among them, and cast lots
upon My vesture.”
Psalm 22:16-18
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These portrayals of the bitter suffering and cruel death of the
Promised One, sad though they were, were rich in promise; for of
Him whom “it pleased the Lord to bruise” and to put to grief, in order
that He might become “an offering for sin,” Jehovah declared:
“He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days,
And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand.
He shall see of the travail of His soul, and shall be satisfied:
“By His knowledge shall My righteous Servant justify
many;
For He shall bear their iniquities.
Therefore will I divide Him a portion with the great,
And He shall divide the spoil with the strong;
Because He hath poured out His soul unto death:
And He was numbered with the transgressors;
And He bare the sin of many,
And made intercession for the transgressors.”
Isaiah 53:10-12
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It was love for sinners that led Christ to pay the price of redemption.
“He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no
intercessor,” none other could ransom men and women from the power
of the enemy; “therefore His arm brought salvation unto Him; and His
righteousness, it sustained Him.”
Isaiah 59:16
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“Behold My Servant, whom I uphold;
Mine Elect, in whom My soul delighteth;
I have put My Spirit upon Him:
He shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.”
Isaiah 42:1
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