July 28

TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE

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

​Memorize this Verse:
Cover the verse text and using just the first letters of each word try to recite the entire passage.
5. B H W W F O T H W B F O I T C O O P W U H A W H S W A H

Notes on verse:

“Wounded for our transgressions … bruised for our iniquities”: This verse is filled with the language of substitution. The Servant suffered not for His own sin, since He was sinless (Heb. 4:15; 7:26), but as the substitute for sinners. The emphasis here is on Christ being the substitute recipient of God’s wrath on sinners. (2 Cor. 5:21; Gal. 1:3-4; Hebrews 10:9-10).

“Chastisement of our peace”: He suffered the chastisement of God in order to procure our peace with God.

“With his stripes we are healed”: The stripe (the Hebrew noun is singular), that caused His death has brought salvation to those for whose sins He died (Peter confirms this in 1 Peter 2:24).

Sin must be paid for by the shedding of blood.

Hebrews 9:22 “And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.”

Jesus shed His blood to pay for our sin. He took our sin upon His body on the cross, and in exchange gave us a robe of righteousness to wear. The wounds, of course, are the nails driven into His body. They whipped Him, until the flesh was much damaged. It was this whipping He took that paid for our healing.

The stripes on His body paid for our healing. We had no peace, until the King of Peace (Jesus Christ), gave it to us as a gift. Man had been away from God. Jesus tore down the veil of the temple, which kept the people away from God.

The “temple veil”, symbolized the flesh of Jesus. Jesus opened the way to the Father for each of us.

Mark 15:38 “And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.”

He brought us access to the Father through the use of His name.

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