Isaiah 53 - Blood Atonement of Jesus
May the Lord bless you, and surround you with His
love, joy and peace.
Jesus wants to heal us so much. Healing is God's
very nature. In Exodus 15:26, God is revealed by the Divine Name Jehovah Rapha
(translated as “The Lord who healeth thee”). His perfect will is for us to live
completely whole. We don't have to ask the question: “Lord, is it Your will to
heal me?” His Word says that He's a healing Jesus.
The Word contains numerous passages containing
healing promises. Healing is in the Word, and the Word of God is His will.
We don't have to beg or plead to be healed or try
to convince God to heal us. Jesus WANTS to heal us. He paid for our healing on
the Cross of Calvary. Our part is to just believe and receive by faith and to
obey whatever God says to do.
Jesus desires to heal us so much that He included
healing in His Blood Atonement, along with salvation. He paid a high price for
our healing. He bore the punishment, the scourging, the beatings, the mockings,
the shame and humiliation, the Cross, the pain, death and hell itself for our
salvation, healing and freedom.
He was beaten with rods and scourged with whips
that tore the flesh off His body. He was so badly wounded and marred that He
was unrecognizable.
Isaiah 53 gives a vivid description of what was
included in the Blood Atonement.
I've broken down Verses 3-7 and part of Verse 12
where it talks about Jesus' Blood Atonement. The key words have been bolded.
Next to each bolded English word is the Hebrew word and corresponding Hebrew
definition.
The language that the Old Testament was written in
is so much richer in depth and meaning than the English language, to give us a
fuller understanding of the text.
Notice that the word translated as “grief” in the
English text means more than just sorrow. The Hebrew definition also includes
physical and mental sickness, calamity and disease. Many believers in the Body
of Christ embrace Jesus’ healing and comfort for their emotions when they are
experiencing grief in some type of crisis, but so many have a difficult time
embracing Jesus’ healing for the physical body. When Jesus bore our griefs, he
not only bore our emotions of pain and sorrow, but He literally took on all our
diseases and sicknesses so that we wouldn’t have to bear it.
Also notice that the word translated into the
English as “borne” means so much more than just the fact that Jesus bore or
endured suffering for our sins. The word “borne” in the Hebrew also means that
Jesus “carried our sicknesses away, He lifted them off of us”.
Verse 3
He is despised [bazah = to hold in contempt,
disdained, disesteemed, to be treated as worthless, to be scorned]
And rejected [chadel = abandoned, forsaken, left
destitute]
Of men; a man of sorrows [mak'ob = pain (physical),
pain (mental), grief, sorrow, anguish, affliction, sadness, hurts, to be
marred]
And acquainted [yada' = to know by experience]
With grief [choliy = sickness, malady, anxiety,
calamity, disease, weakness, affliction, sorrow, to be wounded].
And we hid [macter = aversion, hiding, try to
conceal]
As it were, our faces [paniym = our presence, our
face] from Him.
He was despised [bazah = to hold in contempt,
disdained, disesteemed, to be treated as worthless, to be scorned]
And we esteemed [chashab = to value, to regard, to
be mindful of, to consider, to think upon] Him not.
Verse 4
“Surely, He has borne [nasa' = lifted, to carry
away, to take away, to bear, to endure, to forgive, to sweep away]
Our griefs [choliy = sickness, malady, anxiety,
calamity, disease, weakness, affliction, sorrow, to be wounded]
And carried [cabal = bear a load, to be heavy
laden]
Our sorrows [mak'ob = pain (physical), pain
(mental), grief, sorrow, anguish, affliction, sadness, hurts, to be marred].
Yet we did esteem Him stricken [naga' = to strike
violently (beating), to be stricken with disease, to be stricken with plagues,
to punish]
Smitten [nakah = beaten, to strike, to scourge, to
chastise, to send judgment upon, to punish, to be wounded, to be smitten with
disease, to slay, to kill]
Of God and afflicted ['anah = browbeaten,
oppressed, afflicted, disgraced, dishonored, reproach, to humiliate, to
defile].”
Verse 5
“But He was wounded [chalal = profaned, defiled,
polluted, desecrated, dishonored, to wound fatally, to pierce, to be slain]
For our transgressions [pesha' = rebellion, sin,
lawlessness, revolt, trespasses, offenses, breaking away from God's authority]
He was bruised [daka' = bruised (literally or
figuratively), crushed, broken, beaten, oppressed, smitten, humiliated, to
collapse physically or mentally]
For our iniquities ['avon = moral evil,
perversities, depravity, crookedness, wickedness, twistedness, wrongdoing,
guilt of committing iniquity]
The chastisement [muwcar = punishment, discipline,
reproof, correction, rebuke, to bind, to chasten with literal blows (beatings),
to chasten with words]
Of our peace [Shalom = peace of mind, health,
prosperity, wellness, happiness, favor, welfare, safety, rest, to live in a
state of peace with the absence of war and strife, completeness, wholeness,
soundness, quiet, tranquility, contentment, covenant friendship with God,
healthy friendships with people, to be safe in mind and body, to be restored,
to be full]
Was upon Him; and with His stripes [chabbuwrah =
bruises, blows from being beaten, wounds from being scourged]
We are healed [Rapha' = cured, mended, made whole,
repaired, to heal and make healthful, restored favor, physician, afflictions
leave, ailments obliterated].
Verse 6
All we like sheep have gone astray [ta'ah = to
stray or be led astray, vacillate, to wander, to err]
We have turned everyone to his own way [derek =
course of life or mode of action, road, journey, manner, path, direction,
habit, way, walk]
And the LORD hath laid [paga' = to fall upon (used
of hostility), to strike, cause to make intercession]
Upon Him the iniquity ['avon = moral evil,
perversities, depravity, crookedness, wickedness, twistedness, wrongdoing,
guilt of committing iniquity] of us all.
Verse 7
He was oppressed [nagas = to harass, to be hard
pressed, to tyrannize, to drive (like as of driving cattle), to distress, to
exert demanding pressure]
And He was afflicted ['anah = browbeaten,
oppressed, afflicted, disgraced, dishonored, reproach, to humiliate, to
defile],
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.
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the last part of Verse 12
He hath poured out ['arah = to empty, to pour out,
to be made bare, to be exposed naked, to be left destitute]
His soul unto death [maveth = violent death, being
executed, slain, going to the abode of the dead (Hades), pestilence, ruin]
And was numbered [manah = enrolled, counted,
assigned, appointed, reckoned, constitute officially]
With the transgressors [pasha' = trespass, break
away from God's authority, apostatize, offender, rebel, revolt].
And He bare [nasa' = lifted, carried away, took
away, bore, endured, forgave, swept away]
The sin [chet' = crime, penalty, condemnation]
Of many [rab = multiplied by the myriad, vast in
number],
And made intercession [paga' = to entreat, intercede,
to take the sin and sickness upon Himself]
For the transgressors [pasha' = trespass, breaking
away from God's authority, apostatize, offender, rebel, revolt].
All of the above verses and corresponding Hebrew
definitions show the extent of what Jesus went through to redeem us from sin,
to heal us, to give us peace, and to free us from chains of bondage and
captivity.
Even in just one Hebrew word alone—the word
“Shalom” (Peace)—that Hebrew definition gives us a very expanded understanding
of all that was included in Jesus' Blood Atonement.
If you happen to be reading and you have not
received Jesus Christ as Your Lord and Savior, or else you are far away from
God, then you can call out to Jesus to receive salvation. He came to give us
abundant life on this earth, and everlasting life in Heaven someday. Just ask
Jesus Christ to forgive your sins and give you eternal life, confess Him as
your Lord and Savior, and invite Him to come and dwell within your heart.
Romans 10:9-13 says, “That if thou shalt confess
with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath
raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth
unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For
the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed. For there
is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is
rich unto all that call upon Him. For whosoever shall call upon the Name of the
Lord shall be saved.”
Just pray this prayer: “Dear Lord Jesus, I confess
that You are Lord and I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead.
Please forgive all my sins. I invite You to come into my heart and to be my
Lord and Savior. May Your Spirit come to dwell on the inside of me right now.
Help me to live for You all the days of my life. In Jesus' Name, Amen.”
Do you feel His Presence in your heart? You are now
born again.
Welcome to the family of God!
