10 ¶ Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. {thou…: or, his soul shall make an offering} 11  He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. 12  Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. (Isaiah 53:10-12 KJV)

INTRODUCTION:  We have spent the last several week discussing the various picture we have our Our Wonderful Lord.  We have seen him as:

The Servant

The Prudent One

The Starling One

The Rejected One

The Burdened One

The Abused One

Today on this Resurrection Morning I trust you will rejoice with me as we see Him who Loves us as the Victorious One. If ever there were a paradox it is in this passage.  One who should be discouraged and in despair is now seen as victorious.

A paradox is a statement seemingly absurd yet true.  There are a number of them in this chapter we gave you a list of them when we started this series.   Now we want to see the cluster of them in this last stanza of this Song of the Passion of our Lord.

We must always be mindful of the fact that no matter how cruel the punishment of Calvary was if there had been no resurrection we would not even consider Christ as anybody special.

I.    His Victory brought pleasure to the Father.

A.    "Yet It Please the Lord to Bruise Him"

1.    There is repulsiveness about this thought.  He who has pleasure in the death of the wicked was pleased to put His Righteous Servant to grief.

2.    Surely God does not resemble the many gods of the hearts in being a lover of blood and agony.

B.    How Can this thing be.

1.    Let us see two other statements in the Psalms 149:4 " He taketh pleasure in His people." Ps. 35:27 “He taketh pleasure in the prosperity of His people."

For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. (Psalms 149:4 KJV)

 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant. {righteous…: Heb. righteousness} (Psalms 35:27 KJV)

2.    This pleasure in his people and their prosperity urged him to take pleasure in the sufferings of His beloved Son, because without His atoning Death we could never have become His people, and we could never have prospered.

II.    The Victorious One Suffered Divine inflictions.

"He put Him to Grief.

A.    He Suffered at the hands of Wick men How can we say that he was put to Grief by God.

1.    Note Acts 2:23

Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: (Acts 2:23 KJV)

2.    It was the divine counsels of God (the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) that used the enemies of Christ as instruments.

3.    This means that the Lord new from the outset that he would be hung on a Cross, and he even knew who would do it. Yet he also know that nothing would be done that was not planned and permitted by the father.

4.    We can take comfort in this that nothing can happen to us as his children without his knowledge and his permission.

III.    The Victorious one Offered his Soul.

"when thou shalt make his soul an offering.

A.    It was His soul not merely his body that suffered.

B.    It was His soul plus his body.

C.    It was His soul through his body that suffered.

D.    "The prophet lays not particular emphasis upon Christ bodily suffering because, though, visible, it was not the main part of His atoning sufferings.  Mental pain is harder to bear than bodily pain.  The soul, with is larger capacity, finer sensibilities, and chief place as governor of the body, is more sensitive.

E.    The animal could shed blood.  It could be a picture of taking away sin. It could picture sin separating for God. But Christ was the reality. His eternal soul was separated from the Eternal Father and suffered our eternal punishment.

IV.    The Victorious One Shall Prolong His Days.

"he shall see his seed, and He shall prolong his days and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

A.    Is it not strange that the prophet says nothing of his earthly activities unto after he has triumph over death and the grave. and come forth in newness of life.

B.    He dies and His days are prolonged.

C.    Having died he sees his offspring

D.    Having rose again he carries into effect the Divine purposes.

V.    The Victorious One's Travail

 "He shall see of the travail of his soul and be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many. for he shall bear there iniquities.

A.    This travail is as a mother labors in child birth.

B.    There is a place for travail in Christian Service.

1.    In Eccl. toil without God is described as travail.

2.    But Paul also uses it to describe the exhausting nature of his labors for his blessed  Master.

C.    Do we know anything of that travail in our Service of the master.

VI.    The Victorious One's Satisfaction.

A.    Many Labor and are not satisfied with the fruits of their labor.

B.    As Creation ended in rest and satisfaction for the Creator so with the work of Redemptions.

C.    The Victorious one will be satisfied with:

1.    The Number of the redeemed.  Rev. 7:9 "A great multitude which no man can number.”

After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; (Revelation 7:9 KJV)

2.    The Variety of the redeemed. "Of all nations, and kindred and peoples and tongues."

3.    The Character and attainments of the redeemed, "I shall be satisfied when I awake in Thy likeness."  and He cannot be satisfied with anything else.

4.    The Prospects of the Redeemed. John 17:24

Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. (John 17:24 KJV)

5.    The Praise of the Redeemed.  We only have to read Rev. to see the saint worship him.

6.    The Service of the Redeemed.

VII.    The Suffering Saviour a Great Victor.

  Here is picture a conquering Warrior returning home leading the great spoils of war and the captive back home.

A.    The time of the victory is a paradox--After his death. This is never the case in man.

B.    The Allies in the Victory--It is He and the Godhead or it is the Godhead acting alone.  "Therefore will I"--"He shall divide" He needs no help from man to bring about our salvation.

C.    The Conditions of Victory--"because he hast poured out his soul unto death"--There is no victory without the cross.

D.    The Evidence of Victory--Great Spoils.  Millions have followed him. no empty military victory no matter how great has produce such a great spoil to last for so many year.

E.    Glory of the victory--Satisfaction.

VIII.    The Victor's Intercession.

A.    The whole purpose of Isa. 53, and redemptions plan is seen is this last Phrase. There are two possible thoughts here.

1.    He makes intercession for us on behalf of us.

2.    He makes intercession with us on behalf of the father.

B.    Why don't you beg? exclaimed a passer-by to a ragged man. "Beg?" he replied, "why, every rag on my body begs with a loud voice."  In the glory Jesus Christ bears the marks of the crucifixions in His glorified body.  Every one of those marks  prays and intercedes for us with a low and prevailing voice.  Thus His very presence is a mighty and overwhelming plea on our account.  Glory to His Name.  But those same marks plea with us to accept the gift he so freely offers.

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