ISA. 49-50
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The Person Of Comfort
The Person Of Comfort
Babylon & Cyrus are the subjects here: Babylon = opposed to God, proud, cruel, enemy, captor of God’s people, thought she was God but will be be brought low or humiliated by God.
Cyrus = God’s instrument to achieve His goals, he will release Gods people from captivity
5) Major points established:
a) The sovereignty of Almighty God, the Holy One of Israel.
b) His control over Israel, Babylon and Persia.
c) His supremacy over idols.
d) God will use Cyrus to accomplish His purposes.
e) Glimpses of an even greater deliverance are seen—from the captivity of sin through the Messiah.
THE SERVANT EMPOWERED
v. 1
born of woman
“Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.
Yet You are He who brought me forth from the womb; You made me trust when upon my mother’s breasts.
Upon You I was cast from birth; You have been my God from my mother’s womb.
But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law,
Named Jesus before he was born
For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
“She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”
“And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name Him Jesus.
v. 2
made my mouth sharp like a sword - empowered by God to speak powerful and convincing words
But with righteousness He will judge the poor, And decide with fairness for the afflicted of the earth; And He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He will slay the wicked.
In His right hand He held seven stars, and out of His mouth came a sharp two-edged sword; and His face was like the sun shining in its strength.
“And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: The One who has the sharp two-edged sword says this:
‘Therefore repent; or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of My mouth.
From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty.
For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
v. 3
servant - devoted entirely to the work & will of his master
John 5:30; 6:38; 17:4
“I can do nothing on My own initiative. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
“For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
“I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do.
Israel = prince of God
For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
“So you are to know and discern that from the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, with plaza and moat, even in times of distress.
The angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; for you have found favor with God.
“And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name Him Jesus.
“He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David;
and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will have no end.”
Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I am a virgin?”
The angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy Child shall be called the Son of God.
show my glory
“Father, glorify Your name.” Then a voice came out of heaven: “I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.”
Therefore when he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in Him;
if God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and will glorify Him immediately.
“Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
“He will glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you.
Jesus spoke these things; and lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You,
even as You gave Him authority over all flesh, that to all whom You have given Him, He may give eternal life.
“This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
“I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do.
“Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.
v.4
disappointed
“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling.
“Behold, your house is being left to you desolate!
“For I say to you, from now on you will not see Me until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ”
He entered again into a synagogue; and a man was there whose hand was withered.
They were watching Him to see if He would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him.
He said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and come forward!”
And He said to them, “Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or to kill?” But they kept silent.
After looking around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
The Pharisees went out and immediately began conspiring with the Herodians against Him, as to how they might destroy Him.
“I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?”
“But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’
When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it,
saying, “If you had known in this day, even you, the things which make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes.
“For the days will come upon you when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, and surround you and hem you in on every side,
and they will level you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”
There was the true Light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man.
He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.
He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him.
Yet his confidence was still in God
And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit.” Having said this, He breathed His last.
and while being reviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously;
NOTE: Jesus felt exactly like we do sometimes, I have wasted my time, I have toiled and it has been to no avail. But even though he felt that way he kept entrusting himself to God
THE SERVANTS MISSION
bring jacob (israel) back
Matt. 10:6; 15:24; 21:33-43; Lk. 19:10; Acts 3:25-26
but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
But He answered and said, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
“Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard and put a wall around it and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower, and rented it out to vine-growers and went on a journey.
“When the harvest time approached, he sent his slaves to the vine-growers to receive his produce.
“The vine-growers took his slaves and beat one, and killed another, and stoned a third.
“Again he sent another group of slaves larger than the first; and they did the same thing to them.
“But afterward he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
“But when the vine-growers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.’
“They took him, and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
“Therefore when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-growers?”
They said to Him, “He will bring those wretches to a wretched end, and will rent out the vineyard to other vine-growers who will pay him the proceeds at the proper seasons.”
Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone which the builders rejected, This became the chief corner stone; This came about from the Lord, And it is marvelous in our eyes’?
“Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people, producing the fruit of it.
“For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
“It is you who are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’
“For you first, God raised up His Servant and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways.”
God would be His strength
Mt. 17:5ff; Lk. 3:21-22
Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus was also baptized, and while He was praying, heaven was opened,
and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in bodily form like a dove, and a voice came out of heaven, “You are My beloved Son, in You I am well-pleased.”
Light
Jn. 1
“For so the Lord has commanded us, ‘I have placed You as a light for the Gentiles, That You may bring salvation to the end of the earth.’ ”
HIS WORK
v. 8
hear and aid
for He says, “At the acceptable time I listened to you, And on the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is “the acceptable time,” behold, now is “the day of salvation”—
acceptable time
But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law,
God’s salvation was the message
And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying:
“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, For He has visited us and accomplished redemption for His people,
And has raised up a horn of salvation for us In the house of David His servant—
As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from of old—
Salvation from our enemies, And from the hand of all who hate us;
To show mercy toward our fathers, And to remember His holy covenant,
The oath which He swore to Abraham our father,
To grant us that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies, Might serve Him without fear,
In holiness and righteousness before Him all our days.
“And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; For you will go on before the Lord to prepare His ways;
To give to His people the knowledge of salvation By the forgiveness of their sins,
Because of the tender mercy of our God, With which the Sunrise from on high will visit us,
To shine upon those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, To guide our feet into the way of peace.”
And the child continued to grow and to become strong in spirit, and he lived in the deserts until the day of his public appearance to Israel.
“And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.”
“Of Him all the prophets bear witness that through His name everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins.”
“Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,
and through Him everyone who believes is freed from all things, from which you could not be freed through the Law of Moses.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise,
1 Thess. 5:9
For God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,
9 -10 provide for the sheep
A Psalm of David.
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.
He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows.
Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life, And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
“They will hunger no longer, nor thirst anymore; nor will the sun beat down on them, nor any heat;
for the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd, and will guide them to springs of the water of life; and God will wipe every tear from their eyes.”
this kingdom is for all
And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.
“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.
but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.”
Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, devout men from every nation under heaven.
Col. 1:6,23
which has come to you, just as in all the world also it is constantly bearing fruit and increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day you heard of it and understood the grace of God in truth;
if indeed you continue in the faith firmly established and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister.
14-16 (Lam. 5:1ff)
some mothers may forget but not God
God can never forget
v. 18 bride
“Nations will come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising.
“Lift up your eyes round about and see; They all gather together, they come to you. Your sons will come from afar, And your daughters will be carried in the arms.
But there will be no more gloom for her who was in anguish; in earlier times He treated the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali with contempt, but later on He shall make it glorious, by the way of the sea, on the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles.
The people who walk in darkness Will see a great light; Those who live in a dark land, The light will shine on them.
You shall multiply the nation, You shall increase their gladness; They will be glad in Your presence As with the gladness of harvest, As men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
For You shall break the yoke of their burden and the staff on their shoulders, The rod of their oppressor, as at the battle of Midian.
For every boot of the booted warrior in the battle tumult, And cloak rolled in blood, will be for burning, fuel for the fire.
For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace, On the throne of David and over his kingdom, To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness From then on and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this.
Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “Uncircumcision” by the so-called “Circumcision,” which is performed in the flesh by human hands—
remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall,
by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace,
and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity.
And He came and preached peace to you who were far away, and peace to those who were near;
for through Him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.
So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household,
having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone,
in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord,
in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.
Zion is the bride, the church
For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed you to one husband, so that to Christ I might present you as a pure virgin.
Eph. 5:29, 32
for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church,
This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.
Rev. 21:2, 9; 22:17
And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.
Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wishes take the water of life without cost.
standard - something to draw the Gentiles to Him
Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first; since you repudiate it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.
But when they resisted and blasphemed, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
bring your sons in arms = maybe could means converting Jews
v. 23 those who patiently wait on the Lord will not be ashamed
Indeed, none of those who wait for You will be ashamed; Those who deal treacherously without cause will be ashamed.
Psalm 37:7; 52:9; 130:5
Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.
I will give You thanks forever, because You have done it, And I will wait on Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones.
I wait for the Lord, my soul does wait, And in His word do I hope.
Israel was divorced and given
“Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are on the sinful kingdom, And I will destroy it from the face of the earth; Nevertheless, I will not totally destroy the house of Jacob,” Declares the Lord.
And the Lord said to him, “Name him Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will punish the house of Jehu for the bloodshed of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.
“And I saw that for all the adulteries of faithless Israel, I had sent her away and given her a writ of divorce, yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear; but she went and was a harlot also.
as a kingdom they could never be taken back but as individuals they could
Jer. 3:14, 16, 17
‘Return, O faithless sons,’ declares the Lord; ‘For I am a master to you, And I will take you one from a city and two from a family, And I will bring you to Zion.’
“It shall be in those days when you are multiplied and increased in the land,” declares the Lord, “they will no longer say, ‘The ark of the covenant of the Lord.’ And it will not come to mind, nor will they remember it, nor will they miss it, nor will it be made again.
“At that time they will call Jerusalem ‘The Throne of the Lord,’ and all the nations will be gathered to it, to Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord; nor will they walk anymore after the stubbornness of their evil heart.
4-6. The Servant—An example of trust in the midst of difficulty.
Now the Servant speaks:
a. God has given to Him the ability to teach—Jesus! (Cf. Jn 3:2; Mt 23:7,8),
b. And to comfort the weary—Jesus! (Cf. Mt 5:1-11; 11:28ff.)
c. Verses 4b and 5 stress the willing and continuous obedience of the Servant—
Jesus! (Cf. Psa 40:6-8; Mt 3:17; 17:5; Jn 8:29; 14:31; 15:10; Heb 10:4ff.)
d. The Servant is obedient even to the point of suffering physical agony and
mental anguish—Jesus!
1) I gave (voluntarily) My back to those who struck Me—Jesus! This can
apply only to our Lord Jesus Christ (Mt 27:26; LK 18:33).
2) ...and My cheeks to those who plucked out the beard—Jesus! This was
one of the most humiliating insults to an oriental man (2 Sam 10:4).
3) I did not hide My face from shame and spitting—Jesus! His face was
struck and spat upon while before the Jewish council (Mt 26:67; Mk
14:65).
a) Spitting in one’s face was one of the worst forms of insult (Num 12:14;
Deut 25:9; Job 30:10).
b) Jesus referred to it before it happened (Lk 18:31,32),
c) And it was fulfilled as He prophesied it (Mt 26:67; 27:30; Mk 14:65).
d) “The Lord Jesus knew all the suffering that lay before Him, and with
undeviating steadfastness He pursued His pathway to the Cross”
(Vine).
4) “His example is an incentive to us, when called to suffer the pressure of
fierce antagonism, so that with fixity of purpose we may fulfill that which
the Lord has committed to us. We can never suffer as He did, but our life
and testimony can be marked by the same characteristics as those which
marked His” (Vine)
7-9. The Servant—an example of steadfastness.
The Servant will be able to endure His horrible experiences because of His complete
trust in the fact that God will aid Him. As a result::
a. Not disgraced (confounded)—“a strong word indicating that He will not be
thrown into confusion or perplexity by shameful treatment” (Hailey).
b. He will set His face like a flint; will be resolutely indomitable in the face of any
difficulty (Lk 9:51-53). Think of Jesus as He endured His “trial.”
c. He committed Himself completely to God and to the doing of His will (1 Pet 2:23; Lk 22:42).
d. He had complete confidence that since He and His Father stood together,
none could justly condemn Him.
We, as Christians in this day, should have this same boldness and confidence!
(Cf. Rom 8:31-34; 2 Tim 1:12.)
e. He was confident God would help Him and that all His enemies would be
utterly and completely defeated.
Who is My adversary? Let him come near Me—“Jesus flung this very challenge into
the teeth of His enemies: ‘Which of you convicteth Me of sin? (Jn 8:46), a challenge
which was met neither then (Mark 14:55,56) nor since” (Hailey).
LIGHT FOR BELIEVERS, SORROW FOR UNBELIEVERS................................ 50:10,11
In these verses the Servant gives two choices to Judah (and all others, including
us). The option in verse 10 involves several things:
a. Fear (show reverence to) God (as the Servant would and did!).
b. Obey the voice of the Servant. (We must obey Jesus - Jn 5:23; 14:15; 2
Thess 1:8; Heb 5:8,9.)
c. Be willing to walk in darkness, i.e., suffer affliction and persecution as the
Servant.
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d. Trust in God (26:3,4) just as the Servant did.
e. Rely upon God; lean upon Him as the Servant did.
The option in verse 11 is not to trust in God for deliverance from darkness (affliction,
suffering, etc.), but try to do it all yourself. The result of this option is that God will
ensure that you will lie down in torment.
You shall lie down in torment—literally “a place of pain.” The idea includes terror or
torment.
