Isaiah 53:5

Isaiah 53:5

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.

a. It seems that Isaiah 53 is a coming to terms of the Jewish nation regarding Jesus the Messiah. It is prophetic in two ways. First of course it was written hundreds of years before it occurred and foretold it would happen, but secondly, Isaiah is writing from a position of already realizing who Jesus actually was and then lamenting of how they were blinded to the fact of who he was. It seems this is a glimpse, a revelation into the heart and soul of the Jewish nation after the second coming of Christ. I believe these are some of the thoughts of their mourning in Zechariah 12:10-14.

1. “But he was wounded for our transgressions…”

a. But he was [Strong: 1931 huw' hoo of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is hiyw {he}; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular, he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are:--he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.]

b. wounded [Strong: 2490  chalal khaw-lal' a primitive root (Compare 2470); properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an "opening wedge"); denom. (from 2485) to play (the flute):--begin (X men began), defile, X break, defile, X eat (as common things), X first, X gather the grape thereof, X take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.] [Gesenius: pierce through.]

c. [for our] transgressions [Strong: 6588 pesha` peh'-shah; a revolt, rebellion national, religious, moral. Sin, trespass, transgression.]

1). Here they realize that the punishment that the servant was suffering was not for his sins but for theirs, and ours. Jesus was wounded for our sins. It is clear that the Messiah is suffering all of this for our benefit. He gets the wounds and bruises for our sins, he gets the chastisement and the stripes while we get the peace and the healing.

a). [Amplified Bible] Romans 4:25 says, “Who was betrayed and put to death because of our misdeeds…”

2. “…he was bruised for our iniquities…”

a. [he was] bruised [Strong: 1792 daka' daw-kaw'; a primitive root (Compare 1794); to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively):--beat to pieces, break (in pieces), bruise, contrite, crush, destroy, humble, oppress, smite.]  

b. [for our] iniquities [Strong: 5771 `avon aw-vone' or oavown (2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:5 (7)) {aw-vone'}; from 5753; perversity, i.e. (moral) evil:--fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.  

1). Jesus was crushed for our sins.

a). The Amplified Bible in Romans 4:25 says, “Who was betrayed and put to death because of our misdeeds…”

b). World Outreach Church Daily Devotional 7/10/14 When man fell from grace in the Garden of Eden, his spirit, soul, and body fell too. God responded with a plan to redeem mankind with the blood of Jesus. God wasn’t interested in doing just half a job. He wanted to redeem all of man. Actually, man had a threefold problem, and Jesus gave us a threefold answer. He went to the Cross as our substitute, bearing our sins, the chastisement of our peace, and our sicknesses. He paid the same price for all three dimensions of our being, so apparently all three are equally important. You may say, “Well, I thought spiritual things were more important.” In the realm of eternity, that’s true. But God never required us to choose whether we wanted our spirits, souls, or bodies taken care of. He said, “I paid the price for all three dimensions so receive all three benefits!” The first benefit mentioned in Isaiah 53:5 takes care of the sin problem: “He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities.” Jesus died on the Cross to pay for our sins. He shed His blood for us because without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sins. (Heb. 9:22.) And He was raised from the dead so we could be born again. Once we receive Jesus Christ as Savior, God’s report is that we’re forgiven of sins.

c). World Outreach Church Daily Devotional 7/13/14 Isaiah 53:1 says, “Who hath believed our report?” Believing the right report isn’t mind over matter or the power of positive thinking. It’s believing God’s Word over our problems, symptoms, or circumstances. This means we have to choose whom we will believe. Will we believe God or the world? Will we believe the voice of the Holy Spirit or the voice of the devil? Once we know what God says, we can choose to believe His report. In Isaiah 53:5, God gives us this report to believe: Jesus was wounded for our transgressions and bruised for our iniquities so we can be free from sin. He took the chastisement of our peace upon Himself so we can have peace. And He bore stripes upon His back so we can be healed. A note in the margin of my King James Bible states the Hebrew word for stripes literally means “bruise.” Now look at Isaiah 53:10: “Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him….” Can you imagine our heavenly Father being pleased to bruise His Son? God was pleased because He understood the end result. Jesus was bruised for our sickness, then died on the Cross for us. But in three days Jesus would be raised from the dead in a glorified, healthy body. And because of the bruises He bore, the entire body of Christ could go free from sickness. That’s the report God wants us to believe.

3. “…the chastisement of our peace was upon him…”

a. [the] chastisement [Strong: 4148 muwcar moo-sawr'; from 3256; properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint:--bond, chastening ((-eth)), chastisement, check, correction, discipline, doctrine, instruction, rebuke.]

b. [of our] peace [Strong: 7965 shalowm shaw-lome' or shalom {shaw-lome'}; from 7999; safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace:--X do, familiar, X fare, favour, + friend, X great, (good) health, (X perfect, such as be at) peace(-able, -ably), prosper(-ity, -ous), rest, safe(-ty), salute, welfare, (X all is, be) well, X wholly.]

1). Here they realize that the suffering Jesus experienced was for our sins and not his own.

a). “…we did esteem his smitten of God and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities….”

2). Some translators say that “the discipline of our peace” must mean discipline which procures our peace. The peace, the healing is ours, in consequence of the chastisement that was his.

a). Ephesians 2:13, 14 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

2:14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;

3). Jesus is our peace because He is the Lord our peace.

a). Judges 6:21-24 Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight.

6:22 And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face.

6:23 And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.

6:24 Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

4). We received the peace while Jesus received the chastisement.

). Romans 4:23-5:1 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;

4:24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;

4:25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.

5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

5). Most Christians look at that passage in the wrong way. They think, because the Bible says, “being justified by faith” they believe it's their faith that Romans 5:1 is referring to. Saints, that is not what it's saying.

a). Romans 4:25 [NASB] He who was delivered up because of our transgressions, and was raised because of our justification.

b). Romans 4:25 [Young’s Literal Translation] who was delivered up because of our offences, and was raised up because of our being declared righteous.

c). E.W. Kenyon in his book, What happened from the Cross to the Throne: “When Christ was raised from the tomb, everyone had righteousness set to their account, which would give them a legal right to eternal life, but this righteousness did not become theirs until they personally accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior and confessed Him as their Lord. Those who teach a universal salvation have only grasped the legal side of redemption.”

d). And it must be stated that by itself universal salvation is a grave error, it is false doctrine. But we can that our justification was accomplished by Christ and then he came out of the grave.

6). One of the seven Redemptive names for God is Jehovah-shalom, The LORD our peace.

a). Judges 6:21-24 Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight.

6:22 And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, 6:23 Alas, O Lord GOD! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face.

6:24 And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.

Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

c. [was] upon [him] [Strong: 5921  `al al properly, the same as 5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications (as follow):--above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, X as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, X both and, by (reason of), X had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-)on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, X with.]

4. “…and with his stripes we are healed.”

a. [and with his] stripes [Strong: 2250 chabbuwrah khab-boo-raw' or chabburah {khab-boo-raw'}; or chaburah {khab-oo-raw'}; from 2266; properly, bound (with stripes), i.e. a weal (or black-and-blue mark itself):--blueness, bruise, hurt, stripe, wound.]  

b. [we are] healed [Strong: 7495 rapha' raw-faw'; or raphah {raw-faw'}; a primitive root; properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure:--cure, (cause to) heal, physician, repair, X thoroughly, make whole.]

1). Peter quoted this passage in his first epistle.

a). 1 Peter 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

2). Some believers attribute the healing of the New Covenant to the stripes that Jesus experienced from the Romans. Personally I believe that he bore my sicknesses when he bore my sin, on the cross.

3). Those who try to split the atonement.

a). World Outreach Church Daily Devotional 4/5/13 In the past, many in the body of Christ have tried to split the Atonement down the middle. Then they’ve tried to separate the two halves. They say, “Thank God, salvation is for anyone, any time. Second Peter 3:9 says, ‘The Lord is...not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.’ So whoever wants to be saved may freely come.” “However,” they continue, “healing is not for today.” Or they say, “God can heal, but He normally doesn’t. He heals some, but He doesn’t heal everyone.” Or perhaps they rationalize, “God has replaced healing with doctors and hospitals.” But no one has a right to split the Atonement down the middle. Jesus paid the price for us spirit, soul, and body. One half of the Atonement is the forgiveness of sin; the other half of the Atonement is healing for the physical body. Jesus Christ not only paid the price for our sins and iniquities, but at the same time He also paid the price for our sicknesses and diseases. When the body of Christ grabs hold of that revelation, the sick will be healed, the weak will be made strong, and the healthy will stay well.