But, does something else come to mind? A hurt that is not physical? Resoration sought in another area? His stripes come to heal all areas of our lives, and I pray for the places where you need His healing touch, be it heart, mind, body, life, relationships, or wherever. Today, when you think of the word healing, what area of your life instantly comes to mind at this moment? It may be a physical illness that you are dealing with, and I stand in prayer with you over it. The stripes that tore His flesh cannot be confined to just the healing of the flesh. What’s to stop the power of His sacrifice from flowing into the crevices of relationships or to help in any number of places and with the many decisions we face, along with the hope of health for the body? As a whole person, we may have other areas that may seem out of whack that need the touch of the Savior’s sacrificing blood to flow toward its troubles and restore, fix, and yes, heal, whatever ails a person. Healing is not limited to only what the body is dealing with. Its scope and range are mighty for so much more. Yet, the Bible doesn’t narrow the power and authority of this verse or its meaning to only travel down the avenue of physical pain and/or illness. It’s the first go-to verse others will use when attempting to encourage those dealing with such maladies. Those words from the prophet Isaiah are words we are reminded of when facing sicknesses or other health crises. Even the deathblow that would condemn us to hell has been healed by the suffering of Christ Jesus on the cross.“But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him and with his stripes we are healed.” Isaiah 53:5 Jesus has healed our wounds by his own wounds, suffered at the hands of those who could be healed by them. Our wounds are both self-inflicted and given to us by others. Our wounds are plenty from the evil days we’ve endured in a fallen state, in a fallen world. We can worship him, pray to him, and abide in him. Now that we have peace with God, we can go into his presence as his sons and daughters. #3 “The punishment that brought us peace was on him,”īy his punishment, we have been reconciled to God, because in his sacrifice, “he himself is our peace.” We were once “far off” but now “have been brought near by the blood of Christ” (Eph 2:13-16). He was crushed by God by the rejection, betrayal, torture, injustice, and murder committed against him by the ones he came to save. He was pierced in his hands and feet, and in his side, as they nailed him on the cross and stabbed him with the Roman spear. It was indeed not his transgressions, which means law-breaking, or his iniquities, which is immorality that caused him to be pierced and crushed. #2 “…he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities ” “But,” it was not his own punishment that he bore. The previous verses show how this suffering servant would be considered punished by God when it was seen how he suffered violence. Breaking Down the Key Parts of Isaiah 53:5 Death and blood were the payment for the human tendency to gravitate toward rebellion towards God, with whom the Jews had made a covenant.īut Isaiah gives more than a hint that the whole system was a placeholder for the ultimate sacrifice, the Son of God, Jesus Christ. Not only did they have to sacrifice a perfect animal, but there were also myriad instructions for sprinkling blood on altars and priests. God saw to it that the fact was extremely clear. The Jews were well aware that “the wages of sin is death” (Gen 2:17). The Jews had a whole system of sacrifices and offerings for the forgiveness of sin and the restoration of the sinner back into the community and into holiness. This is a statement of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. One of the most profound and prescient prophets of the coming Messiah, Isaiah, foretold seven-hundred years prior the life of Christ what would happen and what kind of suffering servant he would be subject to when he did come. “But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.” Explanation and Commentary of Isaiah 53:5
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