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!
