The righteous one, my servant, shall make many righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore I will allot him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out himself to death, and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Isaiah 53:11b-12
When our class read the entire chapter of Isaiah 53, we were struck by the prophecy. We felt as if we were reading the story of the Gospel: Jesus' life as a servant, his suffering for the sins of the World, his death, resurrection, and promise of eternal life. We had to keep reminding ourselves that this was prophesied in the Old Testament, over 700 years before Jesus walked the Earth! How awesome is it that the glory our Lord's love and sacrifice would be known so well in advance?
We will never have complete understanding of God's love to have his perfect Son suffer death. But we can begin to comprehend that God's Master Time Line certainly revealed his plan well in advance. We need to trust this and understand that God's timing is perfect.
The High School Senior Class
