Before I study this #5 I would ask Slibhin of her thoughts in a question about this prophecy of Isaiah.
Isaiah 25;7,8 -
And on this mountain He will swallow up / The covering that covers up all the peoples, / Even the veil that veils all the nations.
He will swallow up death forever; / And the Lord Jehovah will wipe away the tears from all faces; / And the reproach of His people He will remove from all the earth; / For Jehovah has spoken.
When Jewish Messiah does come what do you think He will do to demonstrate that He has the power and authority to
"swallow up death forever?"
"Human sacrifice" that it is an abomination to God.
(Deut. 12:31; Jer. 19:4-5)
Then the theory that Israel is the suffering servant who bore the chastizement for the sins of anyone you must not believe?
Isaiah 53:5-7
But He was wounded because of our transgressions; / He was crushed because of our iniquities; / The chastening for our peace was upon Him, / And by His stripes we have been healed.
We all like sheep have gone astray; / Each of us has turned to his own way, / And Jehovah has caused the iniquity of us all / To fall on Him.
He was oppressed, and it was He who was afflicted, / Yet He did not open His mouth; / Like a lamb that is led to the slaughter / And like a sheep that is dumb before its shearers, / So He did not open His mouth.
I have heard Jews say Isaiah's Suffering Servant refers to the nation of Israel who has so sorely suffered.
But would this be an abominable interpretation that Israe
l "caused the iniquity of us all to fall on Him?"
This Suffering Servant made
Himself an offering for sin.
No one offered this Suffering Servant as an sacrifice. Rather He willingly offered Himself.
When He makes Himself an offering for sin, (v. 10b)
Also rather than this Servant making Himself an offering for sin being abominable to God, God was pleased and vindicated
the act.
But Jehovah was pleased to crush Him, to afflict Him with grief. / When He makes Himself an offering for sin, / He will see a seed, He will extend His days, / And the pleasure of Jehovah will prosper in His hand.
He will see the fruit of the travail of His soul, / And He will be satisfied; / By the knowledge of Him, the righteous One, My Servant, will make the many righteous, / And He will bear their iniquities. (vs. 10,11)
Slibhin, So you would utterly reject the interpretation that the Suffering Servant who made Himself an offering for sin
was possibly pleasing to God and could not possibly refer to the nation of Israel ?
Then who do you think the prophecy of the Suffering Servant lead as a dumb lamb to the slaughter to make intercession for
sinners is? Is He as Person to come in the future perhaps?
Because He poured out His life unto death / And was numbered with the transgressors, / Yet He alone bore the sin of many / And interceded for the transgressors. (vs. 12b)
Jesus from the cross however made intercession - (do not shut your eyes now)
And when they came to the place called The Skull, there they crucified Him and the criminals, one on the right and one on the left.
And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing. And dividing His garments, they cast lots. Lk 23:33,34