Read Isa. 53: 1-6
This is my favorite chapter in Isaiah. It is like the angels in heaven are having this conversation with God. They are sent to tell of Jesus coming and they are asking God, "Who is going to believe this news?" And, "who in history is God going to send this incredible gift to?" Then God describes to them what it is going to look like. Jesus is going to be sent during a time when the spiritual climate is very dry and dead. He is going to be life springing from the dead. There will not be anything particularly beautiful about him like there was in Moses. He will be hated and rejected by the very ones he is sent to save. He will not be recognized for who he is. But he will carry all the griefs that man can encounter and it will look to man as if he is cursed of God. All his wounds will be because of our sins and perversity. Because of his afflictions we will be given well-being and healing. Mankind is like sheep that leave the flock and stray away yet our rebellion will be placed on Jesus and he will bear our consequences. It doesn't seem fair but it is called grace.
Thank you, Lord, for grace. Thank you for what Jesus bore for us that we might come boldly into your presence and obtain grace.
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