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MISREPRESENTATION
LESSON v, FIRST QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, JAN. 81.

Eext of tho Lesson, lisa. iii, 1-12-Mem-
ory Verses. 3-5-Uolden Text, lisa. Iii.
o-Commentary by the Rev. ID. NJ
stearns.
1. "Who hath believed our report' And
to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?"
Some one has said that this section, chap
ter lii, 10 to lii, ~ reads rs if written be-
meath the cross on Golgotha. 1t is the un-
ravelng of Psalms xxi and OK; and is the
most central, deepest and loftiest portion
of Old Testament prophecy. From the
first intimation OF a Deliveror Gen. ill, 15)
onward. lie is repeatedly loretold as suf-
feriug Saviour Duke xiv, 2G), but here
we have the most complete description of
His suiferings i'll the whole Old Tesla
mept.
2. He hath no form nor comeliness; and
when we shall see Him, there is no beauty
that we should desire Him" Like the
tabernacle in the Wilderness, there was no
outward beauty to the surrounding ma
Aons, but Israel could tell of the holy
place. and the holy OF holieS with vessels
of pure gold, and the glory OF God between
tiIe cherubim. To the unsaved Jesus is
still unattractive, while they eagerly fol
low the attractions of the world, the flesh
lll the devil.
g. "lIe Is despised and rejected OF men,
q man of sorrows and acquainted with
grief" lie was so unlike other men; He
raver considered himself; did not His own
will; sought not his own glory; never
sought TO he made much of, but was
always honering His Father. Self sacr-
flee consumed him as d fever; man Of
constant and painful endurance misun-
Il. eaI raia al.
how all this will come home to Israel
when they see Him coming in power and
glory (Zech. xii, 10y.
4. surely He hath borne our Rriefs and
carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem
Him stricken, smitten of God and af
ficted." lie was our substitute, i'll our
stead. a vicarious sacrifice but we, like
jobs friends, thought He deserved it; thus
Will Israel confess in that day.
.. But He was wounded for our trans
grcssions, He was bruised for our iniqu-
ties aud with His ripes we are healed. I"
Could there be any stronger expressions to
denote violent and painful deathS The
precise manner of it is more fully described
in Ps. xii, l6 They pierced My hands
and my feet" Read this verse with "my'
Instead of our" in the first three clauses,
and read 81 am" instead OF 1--WE are" in the
fourth clause, and with all your heart
thank Him that it is so.
4. "All we, like sheep, have gone astray;
we have turned every one to bis own way;
and the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity
Of us all" Many readily believe the first
two clauses, but how few receive the last.
I. He is brought as a lamb to the
slaughter, and as a sheep before her shear
ers is dunno so He opcneth not his mouth"
Shorn OF comfort, honor, good name, life,
a lamb led out to die see how He was OPP
pressed and afflicted, and still let your
heart say, "All for meS" When He suffer
cd He threatened not, thus leaving Us an
example.
g ''He was taken from prison and from
judgment, and who shall declare his gen
erationp Taken away by distress and
Judgment is the marginal reading, which
rgrees nearly with the r. V.
8. And He made His grave with the
wicked, and with tie rich in His death, be
cause lie had done no violence, neither was
any deceit in His mouth" Not only dc
we read of His cruel treatment, sufferings
and death as if recorded by an eye witness
but also the events OF His burial; and how
literally all was fulfilled we know The
kindness and devotion of Joseph Of Ari
lnatheG rescues His body from the authoYi-
ties and from the grave prepared with
those Of the malefactors, and gives it burial
il Ills own new tomb (JOhn xix, $40.
10. Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise
Him. He shall prolong His days, and the
pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His
Land.' Not only His sutferings death and
burial, hut also His resurrection is here re-
corded; for how could ones days be pro-
longed who was dead and buried except
by resurrection. See the same great truth
in ps xvi, Sill; Acts ii, 25-3l. Observe in
the first sentence Of this verse from
whence came His greatest suferngs. Al
though the sinlcss one, He became our sill
Offering and our sius being laid on Him
God spared not His own Son. The wratl
Of God against sin fell on him.
H. "He snail see Of the travail of Hi
soul, and shall he satisfied" Not only Hi
resurrection, but His future glory clearly
folctOld lie shall in due time see the ful
result Of al His sufYerings and He shal
he satisfied, This is all clear to Him, anC
lie is not discouraged by things as the,
have been or are now, for He is sure 0
final triumph (Num. xiv, 81; Rev. XII, 15)
Let us with eyes and heart hxed on Hin
90 calmly on, diligently serving Him, anC
Hke Hum rejoicing in the conSummatioI
lisa xiii, 4; Pet. iv, l3).
IL. therefore will | divide Him Dor
ton with the great, and He shall divid,
the spoil with the strong; because He hath
poured out His soul unto death" Observ,
how often He is spoken of in this lesson a,
suffering for iniquity. traDsgression an,
sin. Compare the blessing of Ps xxi, |
., and see in Acts viii, 26-99, how a certain
man entered into this blessedness by tn,
opening up to him of this very chapter il
Isaiah. IN we enjoy the forgiveness Of sim
through His finished work (and there is m
other way, then we shall share with Hin
the glory Of His kingdom dan. vii, q
Rev. v, Q, 10; iii, 81. But if not hid il
Him who suffered in our stead, then Their
must come TO all such the everlasting
torment of Math. xxv, Al; IL Thesz j
70; Rev, xiv, Oil; Xxx, Is; xxi, s. TIN
suGerings OF tho seed of the woman
the seed OF Abraham and OF David, tn,
Son of Man and Son of God, are the scar
let line running through the whole Bib
from beginning to end, and we canno
place too much emphasis upon the fac
that these suGerings were substitution
any. lie suffered in our stead wit