He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces He was despised, and we held Him in low esteem. Isaiah 53:3-4
It seems as though Isaiah is standing at the foot of the cross, but he lived 700 years before Christ. His vision is so clear and his faith so defined that this passage of prophecy reads as though it is past tense. The absolute of our salvation plan is not found in any clearer way than is told by Isaiah.
God long promised a King who would come to earth and reign in justice, set everything right, bring peace and restore a correct world order. A serious conflict existed between man’s expectation and God’s omnipotent wisdom and power. God sent a servant armed with love. Man longed for a king, entitled and enthroned. Man didn’t get what they wanted and with selfish, evil hearts, hated what they needed.
The recipient of our hatred, the victim of our rejection, was the perfect King of Kings, Lord of Lords and Prince of Peace. We need nothing else.
Love,
Gretchen