Despised and rejected by men.

by Alejandro Roque Glez.

“Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. As many were astonished at you; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form… So shall he sprinkle many nations… for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider… Who has believed our report?... He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he has borne our grieves, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was on him; and with his stripes we are healed… Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter… and he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth… shall make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days…, and the pleasure of Yahweh shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.”

(Isaiah 52:13-15; 53:1-12)

This is an amazing passage. It speaks to us about Jesus: Yeshua of Nazareth, the future Messiah. For years he has been ignored by most of the Jews and citizens of our beloved earth.

Some so-called ‘scholars’ even said that it was a later addition to this passage from Isaiah, which had not existed––they argued––as a true character in the story. They do not rest in trying to remove God from the human heart; for not accepting that he, and only He can lead them to green and eternal pastures. So many avalanches against the Son of God always have crashed into the Truth, and it did again by making them to look in their own mirrors of ignorance when in 1948 appeared––first restricted and then made public––the Dead Sea Scrolls (century’s major archaeological discovery). Among them nothing more and nothing less was found the book of the prophet Isaiah, dating back more than 2000 years old.

The prophet Isaiah 750 years before it happened prophetically tells us while looking forward into the future about the suffering on the Cross of Calvary and ministry of Son’s God: Jesus Christ. Suffice is to read the Four Christians Gospels to stay stunned, as the prophet narrates to us in this quote the episode in the life of Jesus as if he was there and seeing it with his own eyes, or as if he himself was suffering instead of the Lord.

Christ was exalted (v.13) for eternity (Heb 5:9-10) with his suffering on the cross (v.14), at which he arrived once been disfigured while punched and whipped, beaten with hatred and contempt that still such echo breathes today (Mt 6:67); and all in order to atone (v.15) the sins of mankind and reach with his message till the end of the earth (Mt 24:14).

We saw no beauty in him (v.2), unattractive (Mt 23:35-37), despised and rejected (v.3) among men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief and contempt (Lk 23:20-23). All having him as smitten by God (v.4) when actually he was carrying the heavy burden of our sins, pains and diseases (1 Cor 15:3). Wounded for our transgressions (v.5-7), and the chastisement of our peace was upon him, healing us through his own sores (2 Cor 5:21). He was oppressed and afflicted but opened not his mouth (Lk 23:9), being like a lamb led to the slaughter house (Jn 1:29, 36), suffering the ridicule and derision of cold and intemperate sinners (Lk 22:63-65).

His burial (v.9) was arranged with wicked ones (Lk 23:33, 39); however, he was with the rich in his death (Lk 23:50-53). His life was put in atonement for the sins of humanity (v.10-12), for many, for all (Heb 9:28), those to whom he has justified through generations with the knowledge of his Good News (Jn 8:32, 36).

Even in his agony he prayed for those who took him to the hanging log of the Cross (Lk 23:34), and due to bravely pouring out his soul unto death God put him up (Eph 1:20-22); and on behalf of the Almighty (Rev 1:7-8) he will come to reign with his people which love him without any complexes (Rev 20:4-6).

Does anyone think that may escape the wrath of the Lamb of God if they ignore and disparage him––in daily life––after such suffering? Do you think that having you access to the mass media, not announcing him to men, and you can escape his eternal judgment, making of yourself the funny one? Do you think that a little bit of gold, bank accounts, a pair of college degrees, and all of these makes you valid for not falling into the cretinism of your own eternal funeral?

This time he will not come to let himself be crucified, but the opposite (Rev 19:15-16). Also read the author's book entitled: 'Revelation of Saint John. Interpretation of the Book.'

[These and other Old Testament prophecies are explicatively compiled in the author's book entitled: 'Major Prophets of the Old Testament;' in print and digital editions]

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