Saturday, August 1, 2009

Suffering Servant



(Jewish Rendition)
ISAIAH 53:1-6 (The Prophet Isaiah Proclaimed) “’Who has believed our report? And the arm (strength) of Jehovah to whom is revealed. For the (the Lamb of God) come up as a shoot before Him, and as a root out of dry ground. Not (is) (priestly) form to him, and not (is) (Kingly) majesty that we should see him; and not an appearance that we should desire him (in such a posture); and abandoned of men, a man of pains and known of sickness [of ethical corruption]. And as hiding of faces from him; being despised and not we [as Jews] did value him.’”
Verse 4 “’Surely our [ever present moral and religious] sickness [written on the horn strength of the altar] he has borne and our plains he carried them; but we esteemed him plagued (beaten down), struck by God, and afflicted. But he was pierced for [the first step toward our own accountability], crushed for our [own nations] iniquities; the chastisement [the fetters] of our peace (was) on him; and with his wound [of scourging] we are healed ourselves. All we like sheep go astray; each man to his way we have turned and Jehovah has made meet in him the iniquity [the wrong-doing] of us all.’”

Jewish Justificaton by Faithful Obedience



PSALM 50:7-15 “’Hear, of My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you; I am God, your God. I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices or your burnt offerings, which are ever before Me. I have no need of a bull from your stall or of goats from your pens, for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills. I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine. If I were hungry I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and all that is in it. Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?’”
Verse 14“’Sacrifice (offer) to God thanksgiving [as a tribute of gratitude for His divine grace and goodness]; and repay to the Most High your vows [in affirmation of faithful obedience to the Law and Will of God]. And call upon Me in the day of distress [when pressed hard to a point]; I will save you [as a nation of priests] and you will glorify Me.’”
Verse 15 “But to the wicked says God, ‘What (is it) to you to declare My statutes, and you take up My covenant on your mouth? And you hate discipline, and cast My words behind you? If you saw a thief you were please with him; and with adulterers (is) your part. Your mouth you send to evil, and your tongue frames deceit. You sit; against your brother you speak; the son of your mother (Sarah) you give fault. These things you have done, and I have kept silence; you though (that) being I would be like yourself; I will rebuke you, and set in order before your eyes. Now think of this you who forget God, least I tear and not is (any) delivering. He who sacrifices [giving an offering of] thanks [for the divine attribute of grace and mercy] glorifies Me, and he who sets a way, I will show him the salvation of God.’”

A Song of David


PSALM 51:18-21 (A Song Of David) “’For not You (Jehovah) desire sacrifice [iniquitous gifts – inclusive of self-reparation for the offenses of sin] that I should give; burnt offering not You delight in. The sacrifices of God (are) a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.’”
Verse 20 “’Do good in Your pleasure to Zion; build the walls of Jerusalem. Then You shall delight in sacrifices of [and in accordance to] righteousness [the expiation of sin through the calves of the lips- in confession of sin and repentance], burnt offerings [ending the sin] and whole offerings [manifest in true reformation of life]; then they [the redeemed] make go up on Your altar bullocks [righteous legal action taken against the wicked and treacherous in place of the innocent].’”

King of the Jews



JEWISH VENERATION
(Justification by Law)
PSALM 49:8 “A man can not at all redeem (release) a brother [from the righteous demands of the law]; and give not to God a ransom [a sacrificial payment] for him- for the redemption of their soul [from the consequence of sin] is precious, and it [the unredeemed soul] ceases forever- for he [the redeemed man] shall yet live forever; not he shall see corruption [of the soul in the grave].”

NOTE: PROVERBS 21:18 “The [demand for righteous legal action against the] wicked [shall be] a ransom [a means of release for] the righteous; and in the place of the upright (shall be) the treacherous.”

Intercessory Hosts



ISAIAH 66: 14-15 “And shall be known the hand of Jehovah toward His servants [“manifested in their behalf”], and He shall rage (over) His enemies. For, behold, Jehovah will come with [judgmental] fire, and His chariots [the might of His intercessory hosts- in a conspicuous display of power and influence will be] like the tempest, to bring back [at the appointed time] His fury in wrath, and His rebuke in flames of fire [to judge and punish His enemies].”
Oswalt Commentary.- Human rebellion cannot more stand up to the terrible presence of God than a field of wheat can stand up to a tornado.
JEREMIAH 51:49-50 “As Babylon [the center of a formidable political world power of underground organized crime- labeled as a commissioned "vigilante force" - involved in a secret bid for worldwide domination] is to fall (for) the slain [those defeated and brought down] of Israel, so for Babylon shall fall for the slain [the warriors of the regime of terror] of all the earth."
ISAIAH 66:16 “For by fire [of the holy indignation] Jehovah will judge, and with His [condemning or vindicating] sword [will execute judgment] with all flesh; and shall be many the slain of Jehovah [brought down in defeat].”
Verse 16 “Those who sanctify themselves [to be blessed- as “Mighty God’s”] and purify themselves to the gardens [for ablutions, as ones consecrated and approved- free from sin], behind (each) one [are hands given to injustice and oppression] in the midst of eaters of flesh of the swine [symbolizing things that are held as heathenish and abominably wicked rituals] and (are in the midst of) the hateful thing [of desolating abominations].”

ISAIAH 66:3 “’But whoever sacrifices a bull [as a substitute offering for sin, in lieu of repentance is] like one who kills [the eternal soul of] a man, and whoever offers a lamb [the life blood of the innocent in payment for the guilty, is] like one who breaks a dogs neck [further depriving the sinner of conscious guilt for wrongdoing]; he offering a present [the life blood of another- as a charge levied by legal authority] (as) (one who presents) blood of swine [an abominable, heathenish and wickedly evil offering]…’”