The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-07-14

WOnucIlul prophecy VI lSdldll, the ucdTl
Of which, as Of all Scripture, is the
sufferngs Of Christ ana the glory that
shall follow duke xiv, 1927; Pet. l.,
TO- IL. Isaiah is a little Bible, an
epitome of the whole, divided into
thirty -nine parts and twenty
parts, like the books of the Old and
New Testaments. 1t also begins with
sin and ends with the new heaven and
EARTH and the name signifies The
Salvation OF jehovah" If the prophet
had actually seen the sufferings of
Christ he could not have written more
correctly than he has done in this
portion. but it was not the prophet,
but the Holy Spirit, who wrote through
him, and therefore II is SO correct, for
we firmly and unwaveringly believe
that the Holy Spirit wrote all the
words of this book, the whole Bible.
See III Sam. xiii, =; Jer. XXXvi, 4, q, 81;
ii Tim. iii, 16; III Pet. /, 81.
That the words Behold my Serv-
ant" with which our lesson opens, re-
fer to Christ is plain from lisa. xiii,
IA; Matt. xii, 1921 His exaltation
is seen by comparing verse 13 of our
lesson with Phil. ii, oil, and by read
ing "startle" instead of sprinkle" in
verse II (see Rev. Ner) we see how His
exaltation will affect the nations and
their rulers, many of whom seem TO
know nothing of the coming glory Of
Jesus of Nazareth.
The married form and visage of verse
II make us think Of the scourged
back, the scourge possibly searing the
face also; the crown Of thorns, the
pierced hands and feet Yet who be
lieves it-that is, truly receives it and
lays it to heart? John /, 12.l To how
many Of those who hear is ii the power
Of God unto salvation? (Rom. /, 49,
This portion of Scripture will be
Israers national confession in days to
come, just as chapter xii will be their
national anthem. but is it not true Of
heard of Christ that in their eyes He
is still despised and rejected, not
esteemed, not desired? When on earth
He was truly the Man of Sorrows"
for no one ever had so many or such
varied ones, but they were not His
except as He accepted them for our
sakes
The griefs, sorrows, transgressions,
iniquities, were all ours, laid upon Him
and borne by Him in our stead that
we might be healed. His own self
bare our sins i'm His own body on the
tree" He suffered for sins, the just
for the unjust, that He might bring Us
TO God" Il Pet ii. 24; iii, 1SJ. The first
two sentences Of verse g any sinner
must confess to be true, considering
only his own experience, but the third
sentence is just as true, The Lord
hath laid on Him the iniquity Of Us
all" Any sinner who believes God
can therefore say: God laid my sins on
Jesus: He was wounded for my trans
gressions and bruised for my iniquities,
and l, receiving Him. am healed with
His stripes" Christ hath redeemed me
from the curse of IL. law, being made
a curse for me- (Gal. iii, 49,.
Verse not only describes His suffer
ings before Caiaphas ana Plate, but
ltdNlltS Us AON W at w llNA We tlAC W
pressed. He left us an example that
we should follow His steps. for when
He was reviled He reviled not again;
when He suffered He threatened not,
but committed Himself TO Him that
judgeth righteously Il Pet ii, p, 80.
He was not allowed the semblance Of
fair trial A prison and the law would
today protect even Il criminal from
such treatment as lie received, but He
was no criminal, even as PLATE re-
peatedly testified, II find no fault in
Him." his wife said, That just man.
and even Judas Iscariot said. Il have
betrayed innocent blood"
Verse o would almost seem impossi-
bic of literal fulfilment, but how literal
the fulfllment was-a place for His
body prepared with the malefactors!
But ii found resting place in the tomb
Of rich man, where Joseph and
Nicodemus placed it, the tomb %
Joseph OF Arimathea. How can any
one question the voice of God and the
hand of God in all this prediction and
fulfillment unless he is totally blinded
by the god of this world?
He shall see His seed, He shall pro
long His days. and the pleasure of tee
Lord shall prosper in His hand Verse
10). How clear a prediction of His
resurrection! For how else could one
who died prolong his days and see his
seed? The great truth of resurrection
is seen in the cherubim of Eden, in
Isaac given back to his father, in many
an Old Testament type as well as in
the plain statement of Ps. XVI, 10. Com
pare Acts ii. 81. In a completed and
glorified church, redeemed Israel and
the earth filed with His glory He
shall yet see OF the travail Of His soul
and be satisfied. and until that con-
summation the pleasure of the Lord
shall prosper in His hand, for He shall
not fail nor be discouraged till He shall
place righteousness in the earth lisa.
Kill, A..
In verse II there Is certainly an init
nation OF His sharing His glory with
the overcomers, as He afterward said
NEE plainly in John xviii, %, "a, and In
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