Isaiah's Prophecies

If we accept the fact that we are saved by faith, then we need to accept that fact that we are healed by faith.

Prophecy - He will be exalted.

Isaiah 52:13 NKJV

Behold, My Servant shall deal prudently; He shall be exalted and extolled and be very high.

Fulfillment

Philippians 2:9 NKJV

Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name,

Prophecy - He will be disfigured.

Isaiah 52:14 NKJV

Just as many were astonished at you, So His visage was marred more than any man, And His form more than the sons of men;

Fulfillment

Mark 15:19 NKJV

Then they struck Him on the head with a reed and spat on Him; and bowing the knee, they worshiped Him.

Prophecy - He will be our substitute.

Isaiah 53:6 NKJV

All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

Fulfillment

2 Corinthians 5:21 NKJV

For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

Prophecy - He will be buried in a rich man’s tomb.

Isaiah 53:9 NKJV

And they made His grave with the wicked— But with the rich at His death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was any deceit in His mouth.

Fulfillment

John 19:41–42 NKJV

Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid. So there they laid Jesus, because of the Jews’ Preparation Day, for the tomb was nearby.

If we believe these, then we have to believe these as well.

Prophecy - He will be bear our sins and griefs.

Isaiah 53:4 NKJV

Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted.

Fulfillment

Romans 4:25 NKJV

who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised because of our justification.

Let’s take an in depth look at Isaiah 53:4

Isaiah 53:4 NKJV

Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted.

"Surely”

Emphasis in Aramaic

Truely

With assurance

“Borne”

To lift

To carry

To take

Endure suffering

What is it that Jesus is going “to lift” and WHY is he going to lift it?

He lifts our griefs.

“Grief”

Sickness

Illness

Weakness

Pain

Why are these going to be lifted?

Look at Numbers 21:4-9

As Moses lifted up the servant in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up.

Everything in the OT is a type and shadow of the NT.

What Jesus bore on the cross is everything that is trying to kill us.

“When we keep our eyes lifted, we are walking by faith. But when we look at people and our faith comes from people’s experiences. “

Prophecy - Exchanged: Griefs and Sin Destroyed

Isaiah 53:5 (NKJV)

But He was wounded for our transgressions,

He was bruised for our iniquities;

The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,

And by His stripes we are healed.

Transgressions:

rebellion

Iniquities

Actions that violate the law or moral standard of God.

Fulfillment

Romans 3:25 NKJV

whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed,