Therefore I will divide
him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the
strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with
the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes
intercession for the transgressors.
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Isaiah
53:12 ESV
In this final verse of Isaiah 53 Jesus is referred to as
one that makes intercession for the transgressors (sinners). In other
words Jesus in His sacrifice took care of our sins for us. He
interceded on our behalf.
Many
years later the apostle John writes in one of his letters to the
church that Jesus is still our advocate when we sin. An advocate is
one that pleads the case of another. John said this; My
little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not
sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father,
Jesus Christ the righteous.1
John 2:1 ESV This
verse speaks to the fact that Jesus' sacrifice was truly a once for
all sacrifice for sin. John is addressing Christians in this letter,
those that had already been forgiven in baptism into Christ. Yet,
John wants his readers to know that even as Christians we will and do
sin and that Jesus still is working on our behalf to clear our record
with our heavenly Father.
As
we look back over the 53rd
chapter of Isaiah we can see God's plan of salvation worked out in
the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus. It was God's will to
save us through Jesus faithfulness and righteousness. Jesus died for
our sins so we don't have to. Isaiah prophesied this generations
before Jesus was born of a virgin.
Here
we are in the 21st
century reading this prophecy, having looked at where this prophecy
was fulfilled in the New Testament writings. We are truly blessed by
God's word and its availability to us today. We have everything we
need to know about salvation and christian living, right there
between the covers of our bible. As the apostle Paul said in 2
Timothy 3:16,17 All Scripture is breathed
out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction,
and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be
competent, equipped for every good work.ESV
Read
your bible daily and absorb all that the Lord has for you.
©
2012 Leo J. Woodman
