Isaiah 52:13-15 – Behold!
God here is saying, ‘Behold my servant’. For a long time, God had been showing His Saviour. He told Adam and Eve that He would give someone who would crush the Serpent in Genesis 3:15. Then He made a covering for them. An animal had to die, that their sins would be covered. That is a picture of Jesus Christ. His blood had to be shed, His life had to be ended, that we would have our sins covered by Him, and they would look to Him, they would behold Him. So this looking to the servant goes way back. But there have been many additions since, many more times for the people of God to look to Him. Every time the prophets would speak, they would be speaking one way or another about Jesus. The tabernacle, and the temple, and the sacrifices, all were pictures of Christ. Behold God’s Servant, the One Who did all that His Father commanded to bring about His glory, the One Who has done all in order to save His people from their sin. Look to Him. Look away from yourself. Look away from what you claim are your good deeds and your respectability. Look away from other things that would allure you. Look away from other idols. Look to Him who has provided all to deliver you from your sin. Look to Him, and He shall satisfy.
How does the servant save His people? He does all that He has planned in eternity, does all that His Father told Him to do wisely, completely, and sufficiently. For His people’s deliverance and His Father’s glory, He lived exactly as He should from the moment of His birth to the time of His death at the cross. He did go through humiliation. Things became harder and harder for Him as He went through them without sin. They got harder and harder until He came to the cross. And that is where it was hardest yet, where He was to the point that, He who knew no sin was made sin for us. From humiliation all the way to the grave, He now is exalted, raised with that resurrection body, then in His ascension, He rose up into heaven. He is ruling over all things. Someday all nations shall be yielded to Him. Someday the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of God as the waters cover the sea.
Questions
- What are some ways God pointed to Jesus in the Old Testament?
- How has Christ been exalted?
Prayer Points
- Pray for the preaching and hearing of God’s Word tomorrow.
- Use prayer points from your congregation.
- Pray for family matters.