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The Jews for centuries had had a dual notion of the Messiah: that of the Suffering Servant and of the conquering king<\/a>. So this was nothing new. Educated Christians knew the Old Testament. It included Isaiah 53<\/a>, which is the famous passage of the Messiah suffering. Whereas during the time of Jesus it was understandable that some thought that the [physical, institutional] messianic kingdom was to be established, and the end of the age was near, after He died, of course it was understood that He was the suffering servant, and that the \u201ctriumphant\u201d messianism had to await His second Coming. In the meantime, Jesus made salvation possible by His redemptive death; and that is quite enough itself.<\/p>\n

John the Baptist was not proclaiming a superhero and the messianic earthy kingdom: fulfilled in Jesus. If so, how odd that he referred to Him as follows: \u201cBehold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!\u201d (Jn 1:29, RSV). That\u2019s the suffering Messiah of Isaiah 53. The Jews at the time couldn\u2019t misinterpret the analogy of the Passover Lamb that was sacrificed. Jesus\u2019 sacrifice on the cross was also at the time of Passover.<\/p>\n

Mark 1:2-3 cites Isaiah 40:3<\/strong> (RSV): \u201cA voice cries: \u2018In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD,\u00a0make straight in the desert a highway for our God.'\u201d Isaiah 40:1-26 is a triumphant passage of hope. God was going to deliver the Israelites. But as always in the Old Testament, such deliverance was conditional upon obedience<\/em><\/strong>. And once again, as so often, God didn\u2019t receive that, as the grand narrative of the magnificent book of Isaiah continues. Thus, we see the beginning of this discontent in the same chapter:<\/p>\n

Isaiah 40:27<\/strong> Why do you say, O Jacob,\u00a0and speak, O Israel,\u00a0\u201cMy way is hid from the LORD,\u00a0and my right is disregarded by my God\u201d? (cf. 49:14: \u201c. . .\u00a0\u201cThe LORD has forsaken me,\u00a0my Lord has forgotten me.\u201d)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

God in effect responds to this rebellion and rejection in Isaiah chapters 41-47. Isaiah 42 describes what could have been, had Israel been obedient. But it was not, and Israel\u2019s exile came about as a result (43:22-28). Then Babylon is judged for opposing Israel (chapters 46-47). Isaiah 48 is God\u2019s merciful response to Israel\u2019s rebellion. God declares:<\/p>\n

Isaiah 48:6<\/strong> . . .\u00a0From this time forth I make you hear new things, hidden things which you have not known.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The text then highlights the \u201cServant\u201d (chapters 49-55) which represents both the Messiah and the nation of Israel (prophecies often have multiple applications in Scripture). The Servant\u2019s mission is to Israel first, then\u00a0\u201cas a light to the nations,\u00a0that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth\u201d (49:6). But the \u201cServant\u201d is also rejected:<\/p>\n

Isaiah 49:7<\/strong> . . .\u00a0one deeply despised, abhorred by the nations . . .<\/p>\n

Isaiah 50:6\u00a0<\/strong>I gave my back to the smiters,\u00a0and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard;\u00a0I hid not my face\u00a0from shame and spitting.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nevertheless the Servant continues to proclaim a message of good news (chapters 51-52). But what happens next is that the full suffering of the Servant is revealed: and its purpose:<\/p>\n

Isaiah 52:13-53:12<\/strong> Behold, my servant shall prosper,\u00a0he shall be exalted and lifted up,\u00a0and shall be very high.\u00a0[14] As many were astonished at him \u2014\u00a0his appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance,\u00a0and his form beyond that of the sons of men \u2014\u00a0[15] so shall he startle many nations;\u00a0kings shall shut their mouths because of him;\u00a0for that which has not been told them they shall see,\u00a0and that which they have not heard they shall understand. [1]\u00a0Who has believed what we have heard?\u00a0And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?\u00a0[2] For he grew up before him like a young plant,\u00a0and like a root out of dry ground;\u00a0he had no form or comeliness that we should look at him,\u00a0and no beauty that we should desire him.\u00a0[3] He was despised and rejected by men;\u00a0a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief;\u00a0and as one from whom men hide their faces\u00a0he was despised, and we esteemed him not.\u00a0[4] Surely he has borne our griefs\u00a0and carried our sorrows;\u00a0yet we esteemed him stricken,\u00a0smitten by God, and afflicted.\u00a0[5] But he was wounded for our transgressions,\u00a0he was bruised for our iniquities;\u00a0upon him was the chastisement that made us whole,\u00a0and with his stripes we are healed.\u00a0[6] All we like sheep have gone astray;\u00a0we have turned every one to his own way;\u00a0and the LORD has laid on him\u00a0the iniquity of us all.\u00a0[7] He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,\u00a0yet he opened not his mouth;\u00a0like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,\u00a0and like a sheep that before its shearers is dumb,\u00a0so he opened not his mouth.\u00a0[8] By oppression and judgment he was taken away;\u00a0and as for his generation, who considered\u00a0that he was cut off out of the land of the living,\u00a0stricken for the transgression of my people?\u00a0[9] And they made his grave with the wicked\u00a0and with a rich man in his death,\u00a0although he had done no violence,\u00a0and there was no deceit in his mouth.\u00a0[10] Yet it was the will of the LORD to bruise him;\u00a0he has put him to grief;\u00a0when he makes himself an offering for sin,\u00a0he shall see his offspring, he shall prolong his days;\u00a0the will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand;\u00a0[11] he shall see the fruit of the travail of his soul and be satisfied;\u00a0by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant,\u00a0make many to be accounted righteous;\u00a0and he shall bear their iniquities.\u00a0[12] Therefore I will divide him a portion with the great,\u00a0and he shall divide the spoil with the strong;\u00a0because he poured out his soul to death,\u00a0and was numbered with the transgressors;\u00a0yet he bore the sin of many,\u00a0and made intercession for the transgressors.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

All of this, of course, is a prophecy of exactly what would happen with Jesus Christ: God the Son \/ Son of God. He came as the expected Messiah, but was rejected and killed on the cross. But this was God\u2019s plan to save mankind. Many missed that (included all those who rejected Jesus Christ), but it was there in plain view, in Isaiah (written many centuries before). And this is the backdrop of the Gospel presentation of the life and mission of Jesus. Precisely for this reason, Jesus cited Isaiah in public, in a synagogue, at the beginning of His public ministry, in his own hometown of Nazareth:<\/p>\n

Luke 4:16-21<\/strong> And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up; and he went to the synagogue, as his custom was, on the sabbath day. And he stood up to read;\u00a0[17] and there was given to him the book of the prophet Isaiah. He opened the book and found the place where it was written,\u00a0[18] \u201cThe Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor.\u00a0He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives\u00a0and recovering of sight to the blind,\u00a0to set at liberty those who are oppressed,\u00a0[19] to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.\u201d\u00a0[20] And he closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant, and sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him.\u00a0[21] And he began to say to them, \u201cToday this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

After He said a bit more, here was the response:<\/p>\n

Luke 4:28-29<\/strong>\u00a0When they heard this, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath.\u00a0[29] And they rose up and put him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, that they might throw him down headlong.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jesus was citing Isaiah 61:1-2 and also 58:6. He was thus claiming to be the Old Testament Servant, who was the Messiah.\u00a0It was all foretold in the Old Testament before any Gospel writer was born. So to make out (as atheists and biblical skeptics do) that they \u201cinvented\u201d the whole story because Jesus disappointed their expectations and failed to reign triumphant over all mankind, and was instead tortured and killed, is ludicrous. Mark\u2019s Gospel recounts the same incident, but only in bare outline: Jesus was \u201cin his own country\u201d (6:1), taught in the synagogue (6:2), the people \u201ctook offense\u201d (6:3), and Jesus noted that a prophet is not honored in his home town (6:4; cf. Lk 4:24). Matthew\u2019s account (13:54-58) is similar to Mark\u2019s.<\/p>\n

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Related Reading:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Messiah: Jewish \/ Old Testament Conceptions\u00a0<\/a>[1982; revised somewhat on 2-19-00]<\/div>\n
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Isaiah 53: Ancient & Medieval Jewish Messianic Interpretation<\/a>\u00a0[1982; revised 9-14-01]<\/div>\n
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Isaiah 53: Jewish-Christian Dialogue: Is the \u201cServant\u201d the Messiah (Jesus) or Collective Israel?<\/a>\u00a0(vs. Ari G. [Orthodox] ) [9-14-01, with incorporation of much research from 1982]<\/div>\n
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Psalm 110: Examples of Jewish Commentators Who Regard it as Messianic \/ Reply to Rabbi Tovia Singer\u2019s Charges of Christian \u201cTampering\u201d with the Text<\/a>\u00a0[9-14-01]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Reply to Atheist on \u201cFabricated\u201d OT Messianic Prophecies (ProfMTH\u201d\u2018s Video\u00a0Jesus Was Not the Messiah<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Pt. I)<\/a>\u00a0[7-1-10]
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Reply to Atheist on Isaiah 53 & \u201cDishonest\u201d Christians<\/a>\u00a0[7-2-10]<\/div>\n
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Reply to Atheist on Messianic Prophecies (Zech 13:6, Ps 22)\u00a0<\/a>[7-3-10]<\/div>\n
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Caiaphas\u2019 Unjust Accusation of Jesus as a Blasphemer<\/a>\u00a0[8-2-19]<\/div>\n
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Photo credit:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Prophet Isaiah predicts the return of the Jews from exil<\/em>e, by\u00a0Marten van Heemskerck (1498-1574)<\/span> [public domain \/ Wikimedia Commons<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Formerly a campus missionary, as a Protestant, Dave was received into the Catholic Church in February 1991, by the late, well-known catechist and theologian, Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave\u2019s articles have appeared in many influential Catholic periodicals, including \"This Rock\" (now called \"Catholic Answers Magazine\"), \"Envoy Magazine\" (Patrick Madrid), \"The Catholic Answer,\" \"The Coming Home Journal,\" \"Gilbert Magazine\" (American Chesterton Society), and \"The Latin Mass.\" He also writes a featured column for every issue of \"The Michigan Catholic\": published by the archdiocese of Detroit, and was editor for most of the apologetics tracts published by the St. Paul Street Evangelization apostolate. Dave\u2019s apologetics and writing apostolate was the subject of a feature article in the May 2002 issue of \"Envoy Magazine.\" He served as the staff moderator at the Internet discussion forum for The Coming Home Network, from 2007-2010. Dave has been interviewed on many nationally syndicated Catholic radio shows, including \"Catholic Answers Live\" (twice), \"Faith and Family Live\" (Steve Wood), \"Kresta in the Afternoon,\" \"Son Rise Morning Show,\" \"Catholic Connection\" (Teresa Tomeo), and \"The Catholics Next Door.\" His large and popular website, \"Biblical Evidence for Catholicism,\" was online from March 1997 to March 2007, and received the 1998 Catholic Website of the Year award from \"Envoy Magazine.\" His blog of the same name (now transferred to Patheos), begun in February 2004, contains more than 1,500 papers, at least 500 debates or dialogues, and over 50 distinct \"index\" web pages. Unsolicited correspondence has indicated many hundreds of conversions (or returns) to the Catholic faith as a result, by God's grace, of these writings. Dave's conversion story was published in the bestselling book \"Surprised by Truth\" (edited by Patrick Madrid; San Diego: Basilica Press, 1994). Sophia Institute Press has published six of his books: \"A Biblical Defense of Catholicism\" (Foreword by Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J., 1996 \/ 2003), \"The Catholic Verses\" (2004), \"The One-Minute Apologist\" (2007), \"Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths\" (2009), \"The Quotable Newman\" (editor: 2012), and \"Proving the Catholic Faith is Biblical\" (2015). He is co-author (with Dr. Paul Thigpen) of the inserts for \"The New Catholic Answer Bible\" (Our Sunday Visitor: 2005), and editor for \"The Wisdom of Mr. Chesterton: The Very Best Quotes, Quips, and Cracks from the Pen of G. K. Chesterton\" (Saint Benedict Press \/ TAN Books: 2009). \"100 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura\" was published by Catholic Answers in May 2012. His \"Quotable Wesley\" compilation was published by (Protestant \/ Wesleyan publisher) Beacon Hill Press in April 2014. Several of his 49 books are bestsellers in their field. Dave maintains a popular personal Facebook page, a Facebook author page, and has a Twitter account as well. He offers almost all of his books in e-book form on his own Biblical Catholicism site (http:\/\/biblicalcatholicism.com\/), at a permanent deep discount: only $2.99 for ePub, mobi, and AZW, and $1.99 for PDF. His writing has been enthusiastically endorsed or recommended by many leading Catholic apologists, authors, and priests, including Dr. Scott Hahn, Fr. Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Marcus Grodi, Patrick Madrid, Steve Ray, Tim Staples, Devin Rose, Mike Aquilina, Al Kresta, Karl Keating, Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Brandon Vogt, Marcellino D'Ambrosio, and Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave has been happily married to his wife Judy since October 1984. 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