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[lazy gardener]

Quote: elaborate?

 

[TroyerGal]

elaborate?

Ditto... Im curious too

 

[ocap]

Quote: elaborate?

The Jewish leadership who were in charge during the time of Jesus last week expected a warrior King not a lamb of God to be killed on the Passover's preparation day.

Isaiah 52
13 Behold, My servant will prosper,
He will be high and lifted up and greatly exalted.
14 Just as many were astonished at you, My people,
So His appearance was marred more than any man
And His form more than the sons of men.
15 Thus He will sprinkle many nations,
Kings will shut their mouths on account of Him;
For what had not been told them they will see,
And what they had not heard they will understand.

Isaiah 53New American Standard Bible (NASB)


1 Who has believed our message?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
2 For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot,
And like a root out of parched ground;
He has no stately form or majesty
That we should look upon Him,
Nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him.
3 He was despised and forsaken of men,
A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
And like one from whom men hide their face
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
4 Surely our griefs He Himself bore,
And our sorrows He carried;
Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But He was pierced through for our transgressions,
He was crushed for our iniquities;
The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him,
And by His scourging we are healed.
6 All of us like sheep have gone astray,
Each of us has turned to his own way;
But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all
To fall on Him.
7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He did not open His mouth;
Like a lamb that is led to slaughter,
And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers,
So He did not open His mouth.
8 By oppression and judgment He was taken away;
And as for His generation, who considered
That He was cut off out of the land of the living
For the transgression of my people, to whom the stroke was due?
9 His grave was assigned with wicked men,
Yet He was with a rich man in His death,
Because He had done no violence,
Nor was there any deceit in His mouth.
10 But the Lord was pleased
To crush Him, putting Him to grief;
If He would render Himself as a guilt offering,
He will see His offspring,
He will prolong His days,
And the good pleasure of the Lord will prosper in His hand.
11 As a result of the anguish of His soul,
He will see it and be satisfied;
By His knowledge the Righteous One,
My Servant, will justify the many,
As He will bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great,
And He will divide the booty with the strong;
Because He poured out Himself to death,
And was numbered with the transgressors;
Yet He Himself bore the sin of many,
And interceded for the transgressors.


I try and stay away from "always" and "never" but the atheists of the world today interpret every word of the Bible incorrectly.

 

[Spartan22]

Please pray, some kids from my high school class got into a terrible crash late last night, one dead on the scene, another med flighted to hospital, and 2 others sent to another local hospital. I don't know who it is or anything, the names haven't been released, but it's still terrible

Prayers of comfort and peace in Jesus name.

 

[ocap]

Quote:
here is another example using Isaiah 53 from the book Why I am a Christian edited by Norman Geisler and Paul Hoffman beginning at the bottom of page 229, chapter written by Barry R. Leventhal.
"I remember the first time I seriously confronted Isaiah 53, or better still, the first time it seriously confronted me. Being rather confused over the identity of the Servant in Isaiah 53, I went to my local rabbi and said to him, 'Rabbi, I have met some people at school who claim that the so-called Servant in Isaiah 53 is none other than Jesus of Nazareth. But I would like know from you, who is this Servant in Isaiah 53?'
I was astonished at his response. 'Barry, I must admit that as I read Isaiah 53 it does seem to be talking about Jesus, but since we Jews do not believe in Jesus, it can't be speaking about Jesus.' Not only did this so-called reasoning sound circular, it also sounded evasive and even fearful. There are none who are as deaf as those who do not want to hear."

 

[ShrekDawg]

Please pray, some kids from my high school class got into a terrible crash late last night, one dead on the scene, another med flighted to hospital, and 2 others sent to another local hospital. I don't know who it is or anything, the names haven't been released, but it's still terrible

Prayers of comfort and peace in Jesus name.

Thank you all!

I think I figured out who one of them is, I was never really friends with him but he seemed nice enough. Pretended to be a little tough sometimes but I always thought underneath he was a good kid because when he was away from certain friends he was pretty nice and not a jerk at all so I think maybe he was just hurting or an act, I don't know. His little brother just got into an accident last year, maybe fall or summer, was recent, and was in the hospital with terrible injuries a long time but I think he managed to pull through and is fine now. So I just can't even imagine going through that with one son and then losing the other only months later

Please pray for the family and maybe for them to, I don't know, pull together instead of apart, during this time and also please keep praying for the other 3 to pull through


Edited the post to try to be a little more respectful

 

[ocap]

Quote: Thank you all!

I think I figured out who one of them is, I was never really friends with him but he seemed nice enough. I think he got into some trouble though but I always thought underneath he was a good kid because when he was away from certain friends he was pretty nice and not a jerk so I think maybe he was just hurting, I don't know. I think its a somewhat broken home. His little brother just got into an accident last year, maybe fall or summer, was recent, and was in the hospital with terrible injuries a long time but I think he managed to pull through and is fine now. So I just can't even imagine going through that with one son and then losing the other only months later

Please pray for the family and maybe for them to, I don't know, pull together instead of apart, during this time and also please keep praying for the other 3 to pull through

praying

 

[ShrekDawg]

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Please pray, some kids from my high school class got into a terrible crash late last night, one dead on the scene, another med flighted to hospital, and 2 others sent to another local hospital. I don't know who it is or anything, the names haven't been released, but it's still terrible

Prayers of comfort and peace in Jesus name.

Thank you all!


I think I figured out who one of them is, I was never really friends with him but he seemed nice enough. I think he got into some trouble though but I always thought underneath he was a good kid because when he was away from certain friends he was pretty nice and not a jerk so I think maybe he was just hurting, I don't know. I think its a somewhat broken home. His little brother just got into an accident last year, maybe fall or summer, was recent, and was in the hospital with terrible injuries a long time but I think he managed to pull through and is fine now. So I just can't even imagine going through that with one son and then losing the other only months later


Please pray for the family and maybe for them to, I don't know, pull together instead of apart, during this time and also please keep praying for the other 3 to pull through

praying

Thank you

 

[LauraBrown]

Please pray, some kids from my high school class got into a terrible crash late last night, one dead on the scene, another med flighted to hospital, and 2 others sent to another local hospital. I don't know who it is or anything, the names haven't been released, but it's still terrible

I'm praying