3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
The rest of this chapter relates to God actually designing this for the redemption of men; even wicked men like you and I. In fact He even said forgive them for they know not what they are doing when He was cricified. ( Luke 23:34).
It is a sobering thought to consider here; how a member of the Godhead would suffer and die in our place; the righteous for the unrighteous; or even more profound this was even possible. Islam says this is blasphemous as God wouldn't do something like that; they certainly have a point that demonstrates that Christ is an offence to those who do not believe; and a stumbling Block as well. When the world honors physical strength and earthly success to their definition of having authority; as well as their own expectations as to how He should rule; no wonder they all fell away so quickly on a mass scale.
3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
The rest of this chapter relates to God actually designing this for the redemption of men; even wicked men like you and I. In fact He even said forgive them for they know not what they are doing when He was cricified. ( Luke 23:34).
It is a sobering thought to consider here; how a member of the Godhead would suffer and die in our place; the righteous for the unrighteous; or even more profound this was even possible. Islam says this is blasphemous as God wouldn't do something like that; they certainly have a point that demonstrates that Christ is an offence to those who do not believe; and a stumbling Block as well. When the world honors physical strength and earthly success to their definition of having authority; as well as their own expectations as to how He should rule; no wonder they all fell away so quickly on a mass scale.
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