The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-07

III prophesieei about 74o~5oo h. e. Place
H His prophecies were apparently
Il 9rcken and written in JerasaMni.
Let us study another selectlonI from
Isaiah < wonderful book.
4 The Lesson Text in Everyday Dress.
Behold" SAYS jehovah. ray ser
y want tthe Messiah whom l stall send
& snto the world. shall excel in Hisdcm
Il and shall wonderfully prosper. lie
shall he exalted and gioritod and
S& lifted up to the Very iaToDe Of God.
As many were astonished AZ his hnnii-
\ liation Cor the appearance OF the
rrusifieG One was lnarFeti mt OF AL
u human likenessl. so viii many he
Il Astonished at his exaitation, Nations
Mil be startled and kings Will be
into silenc. - wonderful
B rsli he appear. so Tar Beyond any
thing which they hass ever seen or
5 os which they have ever feard, ="
Then the prophet cor. Is /. Israel
i sneas.ng?a overwhelmed with the
asranaeness of it al. exciaiius Who
Il Aash believed it, Who bath seen the
|. power Of the Lord in this thing
I And then ne explains why ,nan we're
10 slew to believe. he Messiah did
not come into the world with nout-
fsh OF trumpets, but grew up silently
"
comes up from an ancient stock in
n dry ground thai everyone has sup
4 posed to be dead, There vas no
xplAndor surrounding him 10 Indicate
h that ne was a king rich robes
b and sparkling siiadems and imposing
4 refinue on the contrary, he was
/ dAspised and forsaken Of the world
20 unlike a king. lie vas man 90
sorrows. which enc would not expect
i hi a king. He was 3 man who had
Il familiar acquaintance with grief
The sort OF man from whom the world
turns away. Even while he bore our
| xraefs and carried our sorrews, We
Imagined that what he suffered was
divine judgment sent upon him
for his own sins. We did not rea~
4 Ike that II was for our transgressions
4 that he was pierced, that II was for
cur iniquities that he WAS crushed.
that ii WAS for our peace and hnppi-
mess that he was chastened, that II
/ was to make ns well that he was
scourged. And why did he thus suffer
for US? Because we had gone astray:
we had followed each the way of his
own choosing; and Jehovah had
h caused 10 light upon him the sorrow
and penalty OF all orr iniauity. And
no when he was oppressed. instead
4 of meeting force with force he hum
4 bicd himself and bore all In silence,
Il even unto death For he was cut off
~ oppression and judgment--that is.
4 by violence which used court or
\ Justice for cloak. And when he
v WAS dead. who among the people or
+ his day took II to heart? They even
appointed him a burial place with
the wicked. though he had done no
\ violence nor had there been any de-
ceit In his mouth
But after all IL was the Will Of the
Lord that he should be thus crushed
and put to grief And when his life
4 shall make an Offering for our sins
when the atonement il complete
he shall see his seed-~his spiritual
children---as the result of it all. and
rising from his grave he shall pro-
long hts days through an endless
\ life; and the pleasure of the Lord
the purpose OF Good looking TO the
\ blessedness OF men-~shalI be carried
out by his hand. And he shall see
the result Of his LABOR and shall DO
satisfied, by his knowledge of God
/. ny virtue Of his knowledge OF the
divine will and grace--he shall save
many and he shall bear their infqui-
ties,
- u. Therefore =, says Js,iesah, %"ia
give him a portion with the great,
6tf4$ 3ttA snail nave hii tbst PEtPftHNSN
4 10 "A great victor, because he poured
out his life, and was counted among
8 the trapsgressors. because he bore
the sins OF many and made interees-
sion for sinners.
Did Isaiah Refer 10 Christ?
IA When man fell into sin God came
IL him with d word Of hope The
seed OF the woman should bruise the
serpents head. In man the world
should Net bo blessed the seed Of
A the woman should overcome the Evil
One. by and by the seed of the
woman was narrowed down to the
/ ss@d. Of "A bE4hana.. -4Abraharnis, seed
z should all mankind he blessed. For
ages this great promise--whieh came
10 ne known as the PIomise--1red
tine heart of every devout 1sraeiite.
Al some time. in some way. Israel
should bring blessing To the world.
4 The prophets were always dream
ing about 1t and seeing visions OF IL.
{ In the course uf time the seed of
Abraham vas narrowed down to the
I. seed OF David. Still the thought in
the minds OF the people was that Il
/ was Israel Israel Was tho chosen
servant OF Jehovah who was to bring
a. the longed- for blessing. Gradually
the Idea arose that il vas to come
through some one person representing
7 israei---through typical Israeitte~---
Al anointed king Of the line of Da-
std Then they began to nook for
the Messiah fthe Amounted one).
just how clearly Isaiah saw this
Amounted One we cannot know. but
u y certain that he had passed be-
yond the idea OF the Servant OF Je-
I hovah as Israel had come TO think
4 Of thax Servant as a. person repre-
sAnting israei~~a typical Israelite.
Nharions Suffering.
u When 1 was 5; boy that word yiea
rions myStitied ine and l have never
\ used Il In talking TO young people
since ] became a man. ] prefer the
phrase suffering In another's stead"
4 NSen IL 1t IL not so convenient TO use.
( This fhins we call viearious or sub
stitplise suffering is enc of the might
3Att forces in lifa When q man vol
S0ntariiy suffers ia your stead he grips
h yea svith q ssa@~G thas In beyond
SgWOrds to express You feel that the
Il Aeht y0u owe him is beyond measure.
Eyery other appeal that friend may
mako to you 10 bA better man may
4 HI 70 tbs ground. bat when he takes
6NpCa himself the punishment for your
A9mD and thep asks you 10 be q better
1nM that wakes you up That II
RNAAf Jasus has done for Sou: are YOU
y ~ awake?
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