Isaiah 53: 1-12
This is known as the song of the Suffering Servant. We share this passage at the conclusion of our Tenebrae service on Good Friday, a prophecy from centuries before of Jesus being sent to us. We share it on this day without. This one, full day without Jesus. Unlike a full three days as we might think of it today, in the gospel, the days of death and the day of resurrection are counted among the three.
Something that repeats itself time and time again throughout the gospels are how Jesus fulfills expectations, prophecies, and echoes from the Old Testament. From being the First Born of God, paralleling the Tenth Plague in ancient Egypt, through this passage which points at Jesus, to echoing Psalm 34:20 that no bones of Jesus would be broken on the cross.
It speaks to the fulfillment of an ultimate plan. Jesus is the final step in a series that began after creation. In each generation, God would renew his covenant with the people, we, the people, would fall down yet again, until the moment when it was no longer left to our devices. In Jesus, all the work comes from God.
As we celebrate Easter tomorrow morning, keep that in mind. Jesus has done all the work that needs to be done for us to be right with God. From there, we are invited to live lives that show our gratitude to the Savior who sacrificed His life on our behalf.
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