A CHILD IS BORN, UNTO US A SON IS GIVEN – HE CAME; HE DIED; HE ROSE; HE CONQUERED: THE SIN-BEARING SERVANT WHO CAME TO SAVE US FROM OURSELVES
Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
The gift which YHWH, God, has given us cannot be duplicated nor matched in any way. He gave us His only child, His Son who, even though God Himself, was sent to earth to save the world; to, (for those who will come), stand in the balance, as a filter, so that the Father will hear our cry and forgive our sins. There is no doubt that He is called Wonderful – an inspiring delight, a true pleasure to be in the company of, One who is admired, honored, and glorified. He is extremely good to the point of perfection. His marvelous light radiates love, joy, peace, and prosperity for all who call His name and commit themselves to God. He is the ultimate Counsellor – assisting us in all things when we bring it to Him in prayer; advising us on how to live this life, in a righteous manner; supporting and mentoring us when we do not know the way and are too weak to stand and face the trials, troubles, and tribulations. He gives us guidance in every area of our life, whether it is spiritual, personal, social, or psychological.
When we think of Jesus, we think of Him as “The mighty God”, One whose life was given to save the whole world; it takes a mighty person to be able to do this and He did. His reign has no end, and He and all His love, mercy, grace, truth, goodness, and faithfulness will last forever (unlike man which is for but a little while). And for the peace which surpasses all understanding, He is the Prince Who holds it in His hands; we only but ask to receive.
For those who truly believe in the name of Jesus and profess to His righteousness, (seeking to become His servants of the word) will the LORD, our God reveal Him to you. He will unveil your mind so that you will receive the wisdom, knowledge, and understanding of His Word (Jesus); causing us to walk in His Way and do His Will. Let’s begin from the beginning.
Isaiah 53:1-12
1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?
Jesus grew up as all children do (plus the anointing). But He was not given the realization of who He really was until He was a teen. So, even though His knowledge of who He was and what exactly His purpose was, was kept from Him, He continue to grow in God’s grace; obtaining wisdom (which He already had) needed to be an example, through His teaching, to the world. And although He was/is God’s only Son, YAH did not make Him out to be the most beautiful or desired person to look at. Instead, it was just the opposite, His appearance was made to be ordinary secondary to His cause; the least desired to be gazed upon as a person: But God had a plan for His lack of beauty; focusing on His commission not His outward appearance (that is another story). You see, when man see the outside of a person, they get caught up on this and lose sight of the real reason.
2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
During His time on earth, men, because of their sinful nature, was always trying to put Jesus to shame. They ridiculed, rejected, and despised Him; dismissed Him as inadequate, inappropriate, to be the Son of God. But deep down in their stony hearts they knew He was the Son of God. Because of all the negativity He had to bear, He was guided, strengthened, and sheltered by The Father. And since He would be the One and only way to salvation His story would be the first and last of its kind. He was full of sorrow and familiar with a mixture of divine indignation against sin and yet a heartfelt anguish concerning the plight of his creation, not for Himself but for the world. Although He showed no hatred nor judgement toward men, He was despised and was looked upon as one not to regard as honorable or valuable, but a lowly carpenter Son; instead of the God, He is.
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.
It may be argued that Jesus is just another prophet who came to preach the gospel, but this is not so. Jesus is God’s only Son, Who came with one purpose, to give us salvation by setting us free from sin. He has carried all of our burdens and experiences of coping with the ultimate loss (that which accompany any event that disrupts or challenges our sense of normalcy or ourselves); the loss of connections between us and God which define us as His children. Grief is a deep and poignant emotional distress, yet Christ, our Lord and Saviour, took it with Him to the cross for us, along with all of our sorrows so we would have the life YHWH God intended us to have; wonderful, abundant, joyful, loving, kind. But at the same time, due to ignorance, the ones who did not and still don’t know Him, were in high regards of His punishment by God, and highly favorable of Jesus being beaten, given stripes; the state of being in pain. Mind you that this is the pain we would have had to suffer if not for our Lord and Saviour, Yashuah, Jesus, Christ. And we would fail miserably.
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
Jesus was wounded for our willful breaking or violating God’s laws, civil or moral. He had to pass over and beyond man’s understanding for the rule prescribed as the limit of His duty. He was bruised for our sins. The rebuke for our making a mistake was given to Him so that we would be able to be forgiven by God and find peace in a purposeful life. And with every one of the awful lashings upon Jesus’ back was the assurance of us being made whole; healed mind, body, heart, and soul.
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.
Every one of us have sin and gone in the opposite direction of what YHWH, God has intended for us to go. We have set our sights on the things that pleases us and man rather than God. So, because we have taken these detours and the fact that God is a loving and faithful Father, who did not want to see the total annihilation of His creation, He, from before time, set in place a solution to our ignorance. He sent His Son (One and only) to reveal, uncover, expose (for righteousness’ sake) His truth, and take all of our sinful and evil ways upon Him; through Him we have been and are justified.
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.
Unlike most of us today, Jesus withstood the malicious, unjust, harsh, and authoritarian treatment exercise of power over Him, for God’s sake. Jesus did not rebuke or try to get His tormenters back. We, on the other hand, would text, tweet, Instagram it, put it on Facebook for the world to see. As a matter of fact, we would (and do) seek out whatever form of communication we can find to let our plight be known. But Jesus, meek, mild, and Holy did not say a word, even in His defense. He went before His accusers anointed and protected by His Father (and ours), YHWH, God.
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.
In disregard for Himself, and to fulfil the Master’s will (save our sin-sick souls) He allowed Himself to be extracted and remove from His position, as God. Yet knowing a Saviour was to come, no one protested the treatment He received. And because of a lack of knowledge, He was deemed useless by man, and they tried to sever His ties with the living by crucifying Him. Yet He took the punishment for our breaking and violating, God’s moral law. Jesus did not have to do this but for love and our redemption, He did.
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.
Jesus accepted what was done to Him, allowing Himself to be classified as wicked, (even though He is the epidemy of pure perfection) and grouped with those who chose wealth over God, in His death, to finish what was started before time begin. He did not display any act of physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill, nor did He speak evil of His imprisoners.
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.
Because of us, God’s creation, and the surety of His decision, He found great gratification in having His only Son suffer considerable pain and grief to bridge the gap of damnation and to save our eternal soul by covering our sin with His blood that was shed. In His unselfish act, He caused our days to be lengthen in time and extended the duration of life and all that we are to experience will become a revelation to us and all that we touch, in the name of God’s Son, our Saviour, shall prosper, spiritual, physical, and mental.
10 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.
God looked upon Jesus’ suffering as a satisfactory work, done to pardon and clear us from guilt. Jesus, our Lord, and Saviour went to the cross to absolve and acquit us from guilt and merited punishment. His stripes, that He took for us, were accepted by His Father, our God, and He, deemed righteous, holding Him in esteem and of great value by YHWH, God. According to the merits of the Savior, or by the application of Christ’s atonement (His agreement, concord, and reconciliation), after enmity (A state of opposition with God) or controversy to the offender: one that violates any law, divine or human; a criminal; a trespasser; a transgressor; one that does an injury. The man who robs, steals, or commits an assault, is an offender. Yes, Yashua, Jesus, came to justify (make us right) us to the Father by carrying all of our sins and transgressions (when we ask for forgiveness) on His shoulders.
11 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.
We are all guilty of His death – as if we put Him on a million crosses over and over again. He did not die because He necessarily wanted to but because He was commissioned by the Father, before time began, and led by the Holy Spirit He did; He died for yours and my sins; to right a wrong, to correct an injustice, to bear (to carry the weight of sin too heavy for the flesh; to stand in the balance and plead our case, daily to the Father) our sins. He was born in this world as a baby. He grew into a righteous teenager. He became the perfect man who endured the pain and suffering, which should have been ours, so that we would be redeemed from guilt and shame; we are forgiven and justified of and with God through His sacrifice.
12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
So, on this Christmas Day, while celebrating, let’s remember the real reason for this season, Yashuah’s, Jesus, our Lord and Saviour’s birth. Not for gifts nor for food, but for the honoring and giving thanks of a baby born to save the whole world. Have a blessed Christmas.
GOD’S GOT IT NO WORRY NO FEAR.
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