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Jehovah’s Arm Revealed (part 2)

Jehovah’s Arm Revealed (part 2). North Seattle Bible Students Convention March 30, 2008.

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Jehovah’s Arm Revealed (part 2)

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  1. Jehovah’s Arm Revealed (part 2) North Seattle Bible Students Convention March 30, 2008

  2. He was maltreated, yet he was submissive. He did not open his mouth; like a sheep led to slaughter, like a ewe, dumb before those who shear her; he did not open his mouth. Isaiah 53:7 (Tanakh-JPS)

  3. Isaiah 53:7 (Tanakh-JPS) …maltreated,yet…submissive.

  4. Isaiah 53:7 (Tanakh-JPS) - He was maltreated, yet he was submissive... • Jesus was treated unjustly • Illegal Arrests • Illegal Hearings • Illegal Assaults • False Witnesses • Conspiracy • Bribery • Lying • Jesus submitted to the injustices

  5. Isaiah 53:7 … as a lamb…, and as a sheep…he openethnot his mouth.

  6. Isaiah 53:7 - ...yet he opened not his mouth.... At times, Jesus spoke out firmly • Jesus spoke out against Annas The high priest [Annas] then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine. Jesus answered him,I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing. Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said. John 18:19,21

  7. Isaiah 53:7 - ...yet he opened not his mouth.... At other times, Jesus remained silent And the high priest [Caiaphas] arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what isitwhich these witness against thee? But Jesus held his peace… Matthew 26:62,63

  8. Isaiah 53:7 - ...yet he opened not his mouth.... At other times, Jesus remained silent Who can doubt that His brilliant mind, and His tongue, which "spake as never man spake," could quickly have brought such an argument for His defense that Caiaphas and the entire Sanhedrin would have trembled and would not have dared to condemn Him! R5561:5

  9. Isaiah 53:7 - ...yet he opened not his mouth.... They that sit in the gatespeak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards. Psalm 69:12

  10. Isaiah 53:7 - ...yet he opened not his mouth.... They that hate me without a causeare more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully,are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away. Psalm 69:4

  11. Isaiah 53:7 - ...yet he opened not his mouth.... In what way is Jesus is like “a silent lamb”? Jesusopened not His mouth in the sense that He did not attempt to defend His life. R5561:5

  12. Isaiah 53:7 - ...yet he opened not his mouth.... In what way is Jesus is like “a silent lamb”? No man taketh it [my life] from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father. John 10:18

  13. Isaiah 53:7 - ...yet he opened not his mouth.... Self Control

  14. By oppression and judgment he was taken away. And who can speak of his descendants? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people he was stricken.Isaiah 53:8 (NIV)

  15. Isaiah 53:8 (NIV) …oppressionand judgment…

  16. Isaiah 53:8 (NIV) - By oppression and judgment he was taken away.... …oppressionand judgment… Oppression – false indictment Judgment – unjust condemnation

  17. Isaiah 53:8 (NIV) …who can speak ofhis [Jesus] descendants? For he was cut off from the land of the living;…

  18. Isaiah 53:8 (NIV) - ...And who can speak of his descendants?... • Jesus died childless • No Descendents • No Posterity • No One To Carry On His Name

  19. Isaiah 53:8 (NIV) - ...And who can speak of his descendants?... Thy wifeshallbe as a fruitful vineby the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. Behold, that thus shallthe man be blessed that feareth the LORD. Psalm 128:3,4

  20. Isaiah 53:8 (NIV) - ...And who can speak of his descendants?... If a man marries his brother's wife, it is an act of impurity; he has dishonored his brother. They will be childless. Leviticus 20:21

  21. Isaiah 53:8 (NIV) - ...And who can speak of his descendants?... And she [Rachel] conceived, and bore a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach: Genesis 30:23

  22. Isaiah 53:8 (NIV) - ...And who can speak of his descendants?... Jesus suffered the earthly disgrace of dying childless.

  23. Isaiah 53:8 (NIV) - ...And who can speak of his descendants?... Who can speak of Jesus’ descendents? • Not the Jewish leaders • Not Herod • Not Pilate • Not most Christians today

  24. Isaiah 53:8 (NIV) - ...And who can speak of his descendants?... Isaiah speaks of Jesus’ future posterity For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his nameshall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father,The Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6

  25. Isaiah 53:8 (NIV) - ...And who can speak of his descendants?... The underlying thought [of Isaiah] is that though in the dawn and vigor of his manhood he was cut off from life without any posterity to perpetuate his name, yet he is to have a numerous posterity; for God would raise him from the dead and he should be,… "a mighty God, an everlasting Father,a Prince of peace." R1438:5

  26. He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth.Isaiah 53:9 (NIV)

  27. Isaiah 53:9 (NIV) ...a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death,…

  28. Isaiah 53:9 (NIV) • What is the grave here? • Grave = a tomb or sepulchre • Verse 9 focuses on Jesus’ burial

  29. Isaiah 53:9 (NIV) - He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, Who are the “wicked”? Wicked = condemned Especially vile criminals

  30. Isaiah 53:9 (NIV) - He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, How were the bodies of vile criminals normally disposed of? And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcasses of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorringunto all flesh. Isaiah 66:24

  31. Isaiah 53:9 (NIV) - He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, The Jews had a custom, however, of refusing the usual burial to some of the very vilest criminals; and instead, they cast their dead bodies into this valley with the filth of the city, thus implying that such a one should be esteemed as of the offscourings of society,and that his memory should rot;and furthermore that in their estimation he had no hope of a resurrection… Harvest Gleanings One – page 304

  32. Isaiah 53:9 (NIV) - He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, Leaving Jesus’ body on the ground to be consumed would have maximized His reproach

  33. Isaiah 53:9 (NIV) - He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, And laid it in his own new tomb,which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher, and departed. Matthew 27:57-60

  34. Isaiah 53:9 (NIV) - He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes,about a hundred pound weight. John 19:39

  35. Isaiah 53:9 (NIV) • Jesus: • was convicted of the vilest offense • yet was given a royal burial • Why?

  36. Isaiah 53:9 …because he haddone no violence,neither wasany deceit in his mouth.

  37. Isaiah 53:9 - ...because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. Jesus • merited a royal burial • remained perfect through the end • did no injustice • uttered no falsehoods

  38. Isaiah 53:9 - ...because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. Who did no sin,neither was guile found in his mouth: Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again;when he suffered, he threatened not;but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: 1 Peter 2:22,23

  39. Isaiah 53:9 - ...because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. Jesus • did not threaten to injure those who injured him • did not retaliate • died a valiant king

  40. Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, 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. Isaiah 53:10,11

  41. Verses 10 & 11 Encapsulate Jesus’ sufferings Identify the fruits of Jesus’ suffering

  42. Isaiah 53:10 (NIV) …to crush him and cause him to suffer,…

  43. Isaiah 53:10 (NIV) - Yet it was the Lord's will to crush him and cause him to suffer,... It was God’s will that Jesus be permitted to suffer.

  44. Isaiah 53:10 (NIV) - Yet it was the Lord's will to crush him and cause him to suffer,... All these things, apparently so unjust and so unreasonable and so contrary to anything mankind could have expected, Jehovah was pleased to permit. To have exacted such sufferings from Jesus as our penalty would have been an injustice, and this would have been an impossibility to God; but it did please him to allow his only-begotten one to demonstrate his loyalty and faith even unto death, even the death of the cross. R3591:3

  45. Isaiah 53:10 …make his soul anoffering for sin,…

  46. Isaiah 53:10 - ...when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin,... Jesus’ suffering was his offering for sin. What are the fruits of Jesus’ costly offering for sin?

  47. Isaiah 53:10 …he [Jesus] shall see hisseed, …

  48. Isaiah 53:10 - ...he shall see his seed,... For as all in Adam die, even so all in Christ shall be made alive. 1 Corinthians 15:22 Jesus will have 20+ billion children

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