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ISAIAH 52
Lesson #41
SERVANT SONGS OF THE REDEEMER

• MEMORY VERSE: ISAIAH 52:6

• ISAIAH 52 BEGINS WHERE CHAPTER 51 LEFT OFF. IT CONTINUES THE ALARM “AWAKE, AWAKE” THAT WE CONCLUDED IN CHAPTER 51. THE ALARM IS SOUNDING BECAUSE ISAIAH IS PROPHESYING ABOUT THE COMING SUFFERING SERVANT.

• READ ISA 52:1-6 THE INVITATION TO THE REDEEMED
  • WHO IS TOLD TO AWAKE IN THIS SECTION AND WHY?

• WHAT DAY IS REFERRED TO IN VERSE 6? (ISA 30:19)

• READ LUK 23:27-30

• AS WE HAVE SEEN PREVIOUSLY IN ISAIAH, THE PROPHECIES OF THE FIRST COMING AND THE PROPHECIES OF THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS CHRIST ARE MIXED TOGETHER OFTEN IN ONE VERSE. THAT IS DEFINITELY TRUE OF THIS WHOLE CHAPTER.
  • THE FIRST FULFILLMENT

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  • THE RETURN OF THE JEWS TO JERUSALEM AFTER THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY.
    • JERUSALEM HAD BEEN DESTROYED BY THE BABYLONIANS 70 YEARS BEFORE. NOW THERE WAS NOTHING THERE. THEY WOULD HAVE TO START FROM SCRATCH AND BUILD EVERYTHING AGAIN.
      • JERUSALEM IS NOT ONLY TOLD TO WAKE UP BUT TO DRESS UP. JERUSALEM WOULD THE QUEEN OF CITIES INSTEAD OF BABYLON.
      • PSA 48:2 SAYS JERUSALEM IS “BEAUTIFUL FOR SITUATION”. THIS CITY IS CLOSE TO THE HEART OF GOD. IT IS NOT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CITY IN THE WORLD YET GOD LOVES IT. WHY?
        • IT IS THE CENTER OF THE NATION GOD GAVE TO THE JEWS, HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE.
        • GOD’S NAME WAS BLASPHEMED AMONG THE GENTILES BECAUSE OF THE SUFFERING AND CAPTIVITY OF THE JEWS. (5)
          • SEE ROM 2:24
          • GOD WANTED TO REVERSE THAT IMAGE.
        • IT IS THE PLACE WHERE GOD’S SON, JESUS CHRIST, PAID THE PRICE (CRUCIFIXION) TO REDEEM HIS PEOPLE.
  • THE SECOND FULFILLMENT

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  • HOW DO WE KNOW THERE IS A SECOND FULFILLMENT?
    • NOTICE IN VERSE 1 IT SAYS, “THERE SHALL NO MORE COME INTO THEE THE UNCIRCUMCISED AND THE UNCLEAN.”
      • AFTER THE RETURN FROM THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY, THE ROMAN EMPIRE OF GENTILES RULED JERUSALEM AND DESTROYED IT AGAIN.
    • THEREFORE, AT THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST AND IN THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM, RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL REIGN. THOSE JEWS AND GENTILES WHO COME INTO THE CITY WILL BE UNDER THE RULERSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST.
    • NO LONGER WILL THERE BE A CITY COVERED WITH DIFFERENT CHURCHES AND RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS OF 3 MAJOR RELIGIONS IN THE WORLD: RELIGIONS ARGUING OVER TERRITORY AND INFLUENCE.
  • THE REDEMPTION (2-3)
    • “LOOSE THYSELF FROM THE BANDS OF THY NECK” (2)
    • “YE HAVE SOLD YOURSELVES FOR NOUGHT; AND YE SHALL BE REDEEMED WITHOUT MONEY.” (3)
      • THE CITY OF JERUSALEM NEEDS TO BE REDEEMED.
      • THE OLD TESTAMENT IDEA OF REDEMPTION CONSISTED OF REDEEMING PEOPLE AND REDEEMING LAND.
      • FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE BOOK OF RUTH, NAOMI WAS A JEWISH WIDOW. THE LAND THAT HAD BELONGED TO HER HUSBAND HAD LONG AGO BEEN SOLD BECAUSE OF POVERTY. ACCORDING TO THE LAW, A NEAR RELATIVE COULD REDEEM IT FOR HER. HE COULD BUY THE LAND BACK AND GIVE IT TO THE WIDOW. HOWEVER, HE MUST ALSO MARRY THE WIDOW. THE WIDOW AND THE LAND WERE INSEPARABLE. REDEMPTION FOR ONE MEANT REDEMPTION FOR THE OTHER.
        • THE SAME IS TRUE OF JERUSALEM AND THE JEWS. REDEMPTION FOR THE JEWS ALSO INVOLVES REDEMPTION OF THE LAND GIVEN TO THE JEWS.
        • WHO IS THE NEAR-KINSMAN REDEEMER WHO PAYS THE PRICE TO REDEEM THE PEOPLE AND THE CITY AS WELL AS ALL THE LAND?
        • IT IS JESUS CHRIST WHO BECAME A JEWISH MAN (A NEAR-KINSMAN). HOW DO WE KNOW IT IS JESUS?

• VERSE 6 SAYS THAT “THEY SHALL KNOW IN THAT DAY THAT I AM HE…BEHOLD IT IS I.”
  • THE NAME “I AM” IS HOW GOD REFERRED TO HIMSELF IN EXODUS 3:14 AT THE BURNING BUSH. JESUS USED THIS PHRASE MANY TIMES IN THE BOOK OF JOHN. (JOH 11:25 ETC.)
• JESUS’ MINISTRY FULFILLED ISA 52:7.

• READ ISA 52:7-10 THE COMING REDEEMER WHO REDEEMS WITHOUT MONEY
  • WHOSE FEET BRING GOOD TIDINGS? (7)
  • JESUS CHRIST DID NOT REDEEM WITH MONEY BUT WITH HIS OWN BLOOD. (3)
    • NOTICE THE “WATCHMAN” IN VERSE 8 THAT SHOULD BE WATCHING FOR THIS COMING REDEEMER.
      • THERE WAS ALWAYS A WATCHMAN ON THE CITY WALL TO WATCHED FOR COMING DIGNITARIES AND COMING ENEMIES. THE WATCHMAN IS TO LOOK FOR THE COMING MESSIAH WHO WOULD BRING THE GOOD NEWS OF SALVATION.
        • THAT VERSE TELLS US, THEREFORE, THAT THERE MUST BE A CITY AND A CITY WALL FOR THE WATCHMAN TO INHABIT BEFORE THE REDEEMER WOULD COME.
          • THAT IS WHY GOD RESTORED THE JEWS TO THE LAND AFTER THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY BEFORE JESUS CHRIST WAS BORN IN BETHLEHEM. THERE HAD TO BE A PEOPLE, A LAND, AND A CITY BEFORE THE FIRST COMING OF JESUS CHRIST.
        • WHY IS JERUSALEM TOLD TO “BREAK FORTH INTO JOY? (9)

 

• HOW DO WE KNOW THAT VERSE 9-10 HAS TO DO WITH THE SECOND COMING AND THE MILLENNIUM?
• “THE LORD SHALL BRING AGAIN ZION” (9)

• IT IS IN THE MILLENNIUM THAT THE NEW JERUSALEM OF REV 22 DESCENDS FROM HEAVEN AND IS SUSPENDED OVER THE EARTH DURING THE MILLENNIAL REIGN OF CHRIST.
• “ALL THE ENDS OF THE EARTH SHALL SEE THE SALVATION OF OUR GOD”.(10)

• CHRIST WILL RULE FOR 1000 YEARS ON EARTH DURING THE MILLENNIUM AND EVERYONE WILL KNOW WHO HE IS. ALL THOSE WHO INHABIT THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM WILL BE SAVED.
• THE PEOPLE REJOICE BECAUSE IT IS GOD’S ANSWER TO JESUS’ MODEL PRAYER IN MAT 6:10:

• “THY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE DONE IN EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN…”

• READ ISA 52:11-12 THE COMMAND TO LEAVE
  • “DEPART, DEPART” (11)
    • THE JEWS COMING OUT OF THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY ARE COMMANDED TO LEAVE BABYLON AND GO HOME TO ISRAEL. OF COURSE, ONLY A SMALL REMNANT OBEYED THAT COMMAND. HE TELLS THEM TO LEAVE BECAUSE BABYLON IS A CITY CONDEMNED TO DESTRUCTION.
      • TODAY CHRISTIANS ARE COMMANDED TO DEPART FROM IDOLATRY IN 2COR 6:14-7:1, AND FROM THE NEW WORLD RELIGIOUS SYSTEM CALLED “MYSTERY BABYLON” IN REV 18:4. WE ARE TOLD TO DEPART BECAUSE THIS ONE WORLD RELIGIOUS SYSTEM THAT ELEVATES THE ANTI-CHRIST IS CONDEMNED TO DESTRUCTION.
      • GOD PROMISES TO GO BEFORE THEM, WITH THEM, AND AFTER THEM.
      • HE WILL PROTECT AND PROVIDE FOR THEM.

• READ ISA 52:13-15 INTRODUCTION TO SERVANT SONG #4: THE SHOCKING SERVANT
  • THIS SMALL SECTION SHOULD REALLY GO WITH THE NEXT CHAPTER. IT IS A FURTHER IDENTIFICATION OF THE REDEEMING MESSIAH WHO BRINGS GOOD NEWS, BUT WHO SUFFERS.
    • THE PROGRESSION OF THE SERVANT SONGS: THE SERVANT SONGS HAVE BEEN LIKE CLIMBING A MOUNTAIN. WITH EACH SONG MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE MINISTRY, LIFE, PURPOSE, AND SUFFERING OF THE MESSIAH ARE REVEALED.
      • SERVANT SONG #1 ISA 42:1-4
      • 2 SERVANTS ARE INTRODUCED:
        • ISRAEL, THE UNFAITHFUL SERVANT
        • JESUS CHRIST, THE MESSIAH, THE FAITHFUL SERVANT.
    • SERVANT SONG #2 ISA 49:1-12
      • 2 SERVANTS ARE MENTIONED:
        • ISRAEL
        • JESUS CHRIST
          • A HINT OF REJECTION BY THE JEWS.
    • SERVANT SONG #3 ISA 50:4-11
      • 1 SERVANT IS MENTIONED:
        • JESUS CHRIST, THE MESSIAH, WHO WILL BE REJECTED BY HIS PEOPLE AND SUFFER.
        • A HINT OF SUFFERING AND HUMILIATION IS MENTIONED.
    • SERVANT SONG #4 ISA 52:13-15 AND ISA 53
      • 1 SERVANT IS MENTIONED:
        • JESUS CHRIST, THE MESSIAH, WHO WILL BE CRUCIFIED FOR THE SINS OF THE PEOPLE.
    • I THINK THE REASON WHY ISA 52:13-15 WAS INCLUDED IN CHAPTER 52 INSTEAD OF PUT WITH CHAPTER 53 IS BECAUSE THESE VERSES POINT TO WHY JERUSALEM WAS TO WAKE UP. IF THEY WOKE UP, THEY WOULD SEE THAT THE MAN THEY WERE CRUCIFYING IN ISA 53 WAS THE SUFFERING MESSIAH.

• WHAT DO WE LEARN ABOUT JESUS, THE SHOCKING SERVANT, THE MESSIAH, IN ISA 52:13-15?
  • HE WILL “DEAL PRUDENTLY”
    • PRUDENT MEANS = CAUTIOUS, PRACTICALLY WISE, CAREFUL OF THE CONSEQUENCES.
  • HE SHALL “BE EXALTED”, AND “VERY HIGH”
    • THIS PHRASE HAS SEVERAL INFERENCES:
      • LIFTED UP IN CRUCIFIXION
      • RAISED FROM THE DEAD
      • ASCENDED TO HEAVEN
      • SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD
      • REIGNING KING IN THE MILLENNIUM
  • HE SHALL BE “EXTOLLED”
    • EXTOL MEANS = TO PRAISE, TO MAGNIFY, TO EXALT IN COMMENDATION.
  • “HIS VISAGE ( FACE) WAS SO MARRED MORE THAN ANY MAN, AND HIS FORM MORE THAN THE SONS OF MEN”
    • PEOPLE WERE SHOCKED BY HIS APPEARANCE;
      • BY THE BLOODIED BEATINGS, BEARD PLUCKINGS, AND THORNS BEFORE THE CRUCIFIXION. HE WAS UNRECOGNIZABLE AS A MAN. IN OTHER WORDS HE DID NOT LOOK HUMAN.
      • MAT 26:67-68 MAT 27:27-30
  • HE SHALL “SPRINKLE” MANY NATIONS
    • MODERN TRANSLATIONS HAVE REMOVED THE WORD “SPRINKLE”. BY DOING THAT, THEY HAVE REMOVED MUCH OF THE INTENDED MEANING.
      • IN THE JEWISH FESTIVAL OF YOM KIPPUR, THERE WAS A SPRINKLING OF BLOOD DONE ONCE A YEAR FOR THE SINS OF THE NATION. (LEV 14:1-7,16 LEV 16:14-15 NUM 8:7
        • READ 1PET 1:1-2
          • IN OTHER WORDS, MANY NATIONS, NOT JUST JEWS, WILL HAVE THEIR SINS FORGIVING HAVING BEEN SPRINKLED BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST.
  • “KINGS SHALL SHUT THEIR MOUTHS AT HIM”
    • HIS DEATH WILL SURPRISE EVEN KINGS. THEY WILL BE AWED BY THE POWER AND AUTHORITY OF THE KING OF KINGS, JESUS CHRIST. WHEN THEY UNDERSTAND HIS MESSAGE, THEY WILL BE AMAZED. (ROM 15:20-21)
  • “THAT WHICH HAD NOT BEEN TOLD THEM, THEY SHALL SEE”

• SUMMARY:
  • PEOPLE WOULD BE SHOCKED BY THE MESSIAH’S APPEARANCE, HIS MESSAGE, HIS CRUCIFIXION, RESURRECTION, AND ASCENSION.

HOMEWORK
ISAIAH 53
This is a self-study. Please do not send homework answers to the teacher forcorrection.

• APPLICATION OF ISA 52
  • THE JEWS WERE TOLD TO WAKE UP SO THEY WOULD NOT MISS THE FIRST COMING OF THE MESSIAH. CHRISTIANS ARE TOLD TO WAKE UP AND WATCH SO WE WILL NOT MISS THE SECOND COMING OF THE MESSIAH. (MAT 24:42)
    • WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR?
      • MAT 26:41

• 1COR 16:13-14

• COL 4:2

• 1THE 5:5-9

• 2TIM 4:5

• 1PET 4:7

• REV 3:3

• PREPARATION FOR ISA 53
  • READ ISA 53 AND MAT 27

• WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 1PET 2:24 AND ISA 53:4-5?

MEMORY VERSE: ISAIAH 53:6