Is 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has made to light upon Him the guilt {and} iniquity of us all.
Is 53:7 He was oppressed, [yet when] He was afflicted, He was submissive {and} opened not His mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He opened not His mouth.
Is 53:8 By oppression and judgment He was taken away; and as for His generation, who among them considered that He was cut off out of the land of the living [stricken to His death] for the transgression of my [Isaiah's] people, to whom the stroke was due?
Is 53:9 And they assigned Him a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, neither was any deceit in His mouth.
Is 53:10 Yet it was the will of the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief {and} made Him sick. When You {and} He make His life an offering for sin [and He has risen from the dead, in time to come], He shall see His [spiritual] offspring, He shall prolong His days, and the will {and} pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand.
Is 53:11 He shall see [the fruit] of the travail of His soul and be satisfied; by His knowledge of Himself [which He possesses and imparts to others] shall My [uncompromisingly] righteous One, My Servant, justify many {and} make many righteous (upright and in right standing with God), for He shall bear their iniquities {and} their guilt [with the consequences, says the Lord].
Is 53:12 Therefore will I divide Him a portion with the great [kings and rulers], and He shall divide the spoil with the mighty, because He poured out His life unto death, and [He let Himself] be regarded as a criminal {and} be numbered with the transgressors; yet He bore [and took away] the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors (the rebellious).
Jesus compared us with sheep. We all know that expression, "the black sheep of the family." When Jesus taught he used sheep and the shepherd in many of his illustrations so the simple could understand. I always thank Jesus for using simple things to confound the wise, and for capturing the ones who were hungry for the kingdom of God by speaking in parables so that those who thought they understood but were full of the laws they did not keep themselves, they did not understand the kingdom of God.
We are living in the very last days and when I wake up in the night, I watch for the Lord even though I realize when he comes, this slow moving sheep won't have to get dressed and ready on that day. Jesus was rejected, and He was bruised and beaten for us. When people call you names, remember how they marked Jesus as a criminal, and mocked Him as the king of the jews. God exalted Jesus and we exalt Him as we die to our own agenda here on earth. The suffering lamb of God, the pure and spotless lamb who cared so much for the sheep He surrendered to the will of His father. The day we are living in, we need to remember our lives are hidden with Christ, and we are dead to this world, to ourselves, and to our plans. Be willing to be that little sheep who day by day trusts in God to meet your needs. It is not about you, it's about the lamb that went before you.
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