Post Script Isaiah 52:13-53:12

So let's jump in and work through the intensely personal description Isaiah is given about this suffering servant who bears, carries, takes on the sins of a world of hearts, each having fallen in spiritual disrepair.

Is.52:13: “See, my servant will act wisely...” Wisdom, this is the key to this passage. Wisdom sets the stage for the personal description that follows. If we talk about the gift of wisdom it is a spiritual gift, the flagship gift of…

Post Script Isaiah 52:13-53:12

It might be good to start with what prophecy is all about. The whole issue of prophecy is God looking out for us so that we can look forward. By identifying sin and evil, He frees us from love of the world to His love. He restores our humanity to what He designed it for, loving Him and loving others. Our conscious moments, our lives, connected to Him make us real. So as we look at this particular passage from Isaiah think of every next moment in terms of…

Now we come to the moment of moments in human history, the Resurrection of Jesus. Before we ascend to the heights 'prepared for us since the foundation of the world' we want to make sure we see the careful attention to detail that John puts into the description of the human moments before its discovery. In Chapter 20 three specific events mark the initial impact of the Resurrection, Jesus' appearance to Mary Magdalene, the ten disciples and a second gathering when Thomas is there.

But…

John 25 Chapter 18-19

It's one thing to be performing miracles, healing people, teaching faith and hope, drawing crowds to hear you, being followed by disciples, your every move and word being observed and catalogued by enemies and having adoring people full of expectation about how you will change the world they're in. But you also know that no one has really understood who you are and what you have really come to do. Not even your own disciples, family and friends. They also are…

It's still night and the end is near. “Father, the time has come.” Everything necessary for the disciples to know has been taught by Jesus as they approach the Kidron Valley, the impending events on the Mount of Olives, the betrayal and arrest in Gethsemane, then the unjust trial and crucifixion. There is one more thing Jesus needs to do and that is pray which He does on the edge of the valley. His prayer is specific and really shows the heart of Jesus being poured out to the Father in front…