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Chapter 22a - WHY JESUS IS NOT THE SUFFERING SERVANT

Chapter 22a - WHY JESUS IS NOT THE SUFFERING SERVANT

Continued from Chapter 21 (Isaiah 52:13-53:12) THE TEXT: ISAIAH 52:13-53:12 1. Behold, My servant shall prosper, he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high. 1. According as many were appalled at you ̶ ̶ so marred was his appearance unlike that of a man, and his form unlike that of the sons of men. 1. So shall he startle many nations, kings shall shut their mouths because of him; for that which had not been told them shall they see, and that which they had not heard shall
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Chapter 22b - Isaiah 52:13: “Behold My Servant”

Chapter 22b - Isaiah 52:13: “Behold My Servant”

Continued from Chapter 22a My servant There are a number of reasons why Jesus cannot be considered the servant. The phrase, “My servant,” presents a problem for the trinitarian doctrine: servant and master are two separate entities. A servant by definition is always in an inferior position to his master. John’s Jesus acknowledges: “A slave is not greater than his master, neither one who is sent greater than the one who sent him” (John 13:16). The sending of Jesus would have taken place while
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Chapter 22d - Isaiah 52:14 and 52:15

Chapter 22d - Isaiah 52:14 and 52:15

Continued from Chapter 22c 52:14: “So marred was his appearance unlike that of a man, and his form unlike that of the sons of men” Let the truth be told Although many post-New Testament descriptions of Jesus on the cross paint a gruesome agonizing picture of his suffering the Gospels do not describe his appearance as being in a form unrecognizable as a human being. Isaiah’s description is best understood when one views pictures of horrific Jewish suffering during the Holocaust and the conte
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Chapter 22f - Isaiah 53:2

Chapter 22f - Isaiah 53:2

Continued from Chapter 22e 53:2: “[H]e grew up … a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry land … no form nor comeliness … nor appearance that we should delight in him.” The futile search for Jesus in Isaiah 53:2 The early years: * Was Jesus’ apparently humble and inauspicious origin proof that he was the servant? * His situation was no different than myriads of others living in Judea or Galilee. * Does the description of the downtrodden rejected servant of verse 2 fit the one of Jesu
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Chapter 22g - Isaiah 53:3

Chapter 22g - Isaiah 53:3

Continued from Chapter 22f 53:3: “He was despised, and rejected of men … and as one from whom men hide their face: he was despised, and we esteemed him not.” Comparing the description of the servant with that of Jesus. Rejection of the servant contrasts greatly with the Gospel accounts of the extent of Jesus’ popularity throughout his life generally (Luke 2:52) and during his public ministry in particular. The servant is said to be “despised,” “rejected,” one “from whom men hide their face”
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Chapter 22h - Synoptic Gospels

Chapter 22h - Synoptic Gospels

Continued from Chapter 22g Was Jesus abandoned by everyone in his last hours? The Synoptic Gospels maintain that at the crucifixion “many women were there looking on from a distance” who were supporters of Jesus (Matthew 27:55; see also Mark 15:40, Luke 23:49). Luke adds that besides the women “all those acquainted with him were standing at a distance” (Luke 23:49). In addition, “all the multitude who came together for this spectacle, when they observed what had happened, began to return, be
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Chapter 22j - Nations of the World

Chapter 22j - Nations of the World

Continued from Chapter 22i 53:5: “But he [Israel] was wounded as a result of our [the nations of the world] transgressions, he was crushed as a result of our iniquities.” Christian renderings of the Hebrew text attempt to convey the message that the servant vicariously took upon himself the sins of the people, and this caused him, and not them, to suffer the consequences. This conclusion is arrived at by a distortion of the text. That is, they claim the servant took on the iniquities of other
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Chapter 22k - Scourging Mystery

Chapter 22k - Scourging Mystery

Continued from Chapter 22j 53:5: “The chastisement of our [the nations] welfare was upon him [Israel], and with his wounds we were healed.” The scourging mystery “[W]ith his wounds we were healed.” Christians claim this refers to Jesus receiving “stripes,” that is, being scourged prior to his crucifixion. But, was Jesus scourged prior to his crucifixion? And, if he were scourged, how did this “heal” anyone? It is commonly assumed that Jesus underwent great suffering and blood loss as a resu
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz