Monday, October 7, 2024

Isaiah 53 - Blood Atonement of Jesus

 

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.

 

 

Skip to 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!

 

 

 

Prayer of Salvation

 

It is God's will that no one should perish (end up in hell), but that ALL should come to repentance. 

 

For God so loved this world that He gave His only begotton Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

 

God did not send His Son into this world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him would be saved.

 

The thief (Satan the devil) comes only for to kill, steal and destroy. But Jesus has come to give us life, and life more abundantly, until it overflows.

 

I urge you to come to the Cross today and receive Jesus as your Savior and Lord. He will wash away all your sins and make you as clean and white as fresh snow. 

 

Please do not put it off for another time in the future. I urge you to not delay. Come to the Lord today and give Him your heart and life. He will save, and heal you and make you whole.

 

Please do not delay, because on this earth there are no guarantees that a person will wake up in the morning. Also, you could be driving on the highway and be involved in a major collision and be instantly killed. You may be flying in a jet or aircraft and the plane crashes and everybody is killed. 

 

A person does not know the exact date that they will die. But the fact is that every person will eventually taste of death (unless you are translated to Heaven which is very rare and highly unlikely, although it could happen for a few that is. it happened for Enoch, Elijah and Elisha).  

 

Come to the Cross today and do not delay. Time is of the essence. If you should die not knowing Christ, then you would perish and end up in hell. Eternity is a very long time. Do not play games with your salvation or takes unnecessary risks. 

 

Just pray this prayer and mean it with your heart:

 

Dear Lord Jesus,

 

I receive You as my Savior and Lord. I give my life over to You. I believe that You died and rose again, and that if I call on the Name of the Lord I shall be saved. 

 

I accept you into my heart right now, and confess that You are Lord and have risen from the dead and forever live to make intercession for me. 

 

Thank You for washing my heart pure and clean and making me whole, and for giving me peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. 

 

Thank You that now I am a new creature in Christ Jesus. The old has gone and the new has come. 

 

And there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh (carnality and sin), but walk after the Spirit.  In Jesus' Name, Amen. 

 

If you prayed this prayer, I believe you got born again and are now heaven bound and will be with the Lord forever and have eternal life. Your sins are now forgiven. You are accepted in the Beloved.

 

I would encourage you to find a good Bible based local church to help you grow in your faith, to learn the Word of God, to praise and worship Him, and to have fellowship with the saints. 

 

Serving Christ is the best decision you will ever make. 

 

Only Jesus can satisfy your soul, and only He can heal your heart and make you whole. 

 

He will give you peace you never knew, and sweet love and joy, and Heaven too, for only Jesus can satisfy your soul.

 

God bless you!!!