1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:13,480 Speaker 1: Life Audio. Hello, and thank you for listening to your 2 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:17,480 Speaker 1: Daily Bible Verse, the podcast that examines one verse each 3 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:20,279 Speaker 1: day to learn more about God and his will for us. 4 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 1: Now I'm your host, Shaka Heinz, and after this short 5 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:27,639 Speaker 1: word from our sponsor, will dive into today's Bible verse 6 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 1: in Isaiah fifty three, verse ten. Today's verse is Isaiah 7 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 1: fifty three, verse ten. Yes, it was the Lord's will 8 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:52,199 Speaker 1: to crush him and cause him to suffer. And though 9 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 1: the Lord makes his life an offering for sin, he 10 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 1: will see his offspring and prolong his days. And the 11 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 1: will of the Lord will prosper in his hand. As 12 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:08,399 Speaker 1: I read this passage preparing for today's episode, I cried, 13 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:11,959 Speaker 1: and the more I studied it, the harder I wept. 14 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 1: My husband came into the room and he asked what 15 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:18,200 Speaker 1: was wrong, And through tears, I tried to explain what 16 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 1: this scripture revealed. Isaiah fifty three speaks of the suffering 17 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 1: servant God would sin. Of course, when Isaiah prophesied, he 18 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:29,640 Speaker 1: didn't know who that servant would be, but he did 19 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:33,960 Speaker 1: know the weight of Israel's sin, how God's people had 20 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 1: broken their covenant to love and obey him. The words stricken, afflicted, pierced, 21 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 1: and bearing sin would have reminded Isaiah of God's unapproachable 22 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 1: holiness and the desperate need for atonement. Once a year, 23 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: on jan Kapur, the day of atonement described in Leviticus sixteen, 24 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 1: the high priest was allowed to enter the most holy 25 00:01:57,080 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 1: place to atone for Israel's sin. He sacrificed a bull 26 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 1: for himself and his family, then a goat for the 27 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:07,880 Speaker 1: people performing rituals to satisfy God's wrath. Then he placed 28 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 1: his hands on another goat, the escapegoat, confessing over it 29 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 1: the rebellion and wickedness of Israel. The goat was then 30 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 1: released into the wilderness, symbolically carrying away Israel's sin. Now, 31 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 1: this yearly ritual allowed the Israelites to continue enjoying the 32 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 1: presence of God. But we know this story ultimately leads 33 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: to Jesus. In Acts eight, Philip meets an Ethiopian official 34 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 1: reading from Isaiah fifty three, and the man humbly asks 35 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: who's this prophet talking about himself or someone else? And 36 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 1: Philip begins with that very scripture and then shares the 37 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 1: good news about Jesus. So we now understand that Isaiah 38 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 1: fifty three points directly to Christ, the perfect sacrifice for 39 00:02:56,360 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 1: all sin. Jesus was despised, rejected, familiar with pain, stricken 40 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 1: and afflicted, pierced for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities. 41 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 1: He bore our guilt, our shame and depravity, oppressed, judged, executed, 42 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 1: and assigned a grave among the wicked. And then we 43 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 1: come to verse ten. Yet it was the Lord's will 44 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: to crush him and cause him to suffer. The Hebrew 45 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 1: word used here for will is ka faith, a verb 46 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 1: meaning to take delight or pleasure in. And I had 47 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 1: to pause, and I had to double check that. Surely 48 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: that couldn't be right. But it was to desire, to 49 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 1: be pleased with. It was the Lord's will to crush 50 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: him and cause him to suffer. In that moment, my 51 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 1: heart went back to the last night I spent with 52 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 1: our eleven year old son, comforting him, my last night 53 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: with him on this side of heaven, and I began 54 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 1: to cry again. How could the father take pleasure in 55 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 1: causing his son to suffer? How could that be true? 56 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: But then comes the rest of the verse. Though the 57 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 1: Lord makes his life an offering for sin, he will 58 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 1: see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will 59 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:29,480 Speaker 1: of the Lord will prosper in his hand. God knows 60 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 1: who he is, holy beyond comprehension, unable to abide with sin. 61 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 1: But he is also loving beyond comprehension, and from the 62 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 1: very beginning he desired to dwell with his people. So 63 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 1: through the sacrifices of bulls and goats, he made a 64 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 1: temporary way for his imperfect people to enjoy his presence, 65 00:04:54,920 --> 00:05:00,120 Speaker 1: his goodness, his life giving abundance. Yet Hebrews tend tell 66 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:02,839 Speaker 1: that the blood of bulls and goats could never take 67 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 1: away sin. Those early sacrifices were reminders of sin. But 68 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 1: God had always planned to offer the perfect sacrifice, his 69 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 1: perfect son, who would make those who turn to him 70 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 1: holy forever, restoring eternal fellowship with God. Hebrews twelve it 71 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 1: tells us that Jesus endured the cross by fixing his 72 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:35,000 Speaker 1: eyes on the joy set before him. Fixed on joy, 73 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:40,040 Speaker 1: Jesus the perfect sacrifice once and for all, declared it 74 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:44,159 Speaker 1: is finished and triumphed over sin forever, and on the 75 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 1: third day he even defeated death. That's why Isaiah's prophecy continues. 76 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 1: He will see his offspring and prolong his days. All 77 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 1: who run to Christ are his offspring, and the widow 78 00:05:57,279 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 1: of the Lord will prosper in his hand. The same 79 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 1: root word for will appears again, and this time as 80 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:08,559 Speaker 1: a now, meaning delight or pleasure. So God could say, 81 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:13,000 Speaker 1: it is my will, my pleasure, my desire to sacrifice 82 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 1: my son on behalf of all people, because it was 83 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:21,279 Speaker 1: also the son's joy to do so. The son would 84 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 1: be victorious over sin and death. The son would make 85 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 1: a way for all people to come to God forever. 86 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 1: I used to seeing Jesus's sacrifice as the darkest day 87 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:38,039 Speaker 1: in history, but that's not how the Father or the 88 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:42,040 Speaker 1: Son saw it. To them, it was the day the 89 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:47,839 Speaker 1: great rescue mission was accomplished, the day sins power was destroyed, 90 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 1: and Jesus's triumphant resurrection brought new life for everyone who believes. 91 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 1: Neither the Father nor the Son carried out this mission 92 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 1: unwillingly or with a bad attitude. The father delighted to 93 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:07,919 Speaker 1: give his son for us, and the son fixed his 94 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 1: eyes and the joy of being with you and me forever. 95 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: If you ever doubt that you are loved, remember this. 96 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 1: You are surrounded bookended by delight and joy. You are 97 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 1: wanted and loved beyond your wildest imagining. Believe it. Let's pray, 98 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 1: Father God, this is almost too amazing to be true, 99 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 1: and yet it is you delightedly gave your son, who 100 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 1: fixed his eyes on joy and endured the cross, scorning 101 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 1: its shame, and was raised on the third day. He 102 00:07:57,360 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 1: destroyed sin, and he defeated death. And because of this truth, 103 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 1: we know that we are loved beyond anything we ever 104 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 1: dreamt possible. Abah. We are so grateful for the sacrifice 105 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 1: that Jesus Christ made on our behalf. I pray for 106 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:29,200 Speaker 1: all of those who are listening, who are struggling to 107 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:34,880 Speaker 1: bring this truth from their heads to their hearts. Holy Spirit, 108 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 1: would you intercede and help them to grasp this, to 109 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:46,600 Speaker 1: hold this in their hearts. They are loved, They are loved. 110 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:53,520 Speaker 1: They are loved. We love you, Father so much, and 111 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 1: we thank you. I thank you with joy in my 112 00:08:56,880 --> 00:09:06,959 Speaker 1: heart for all that you've done Jesus' name, Amen, mm hmm.