ISAIAH'S PROPHECY, 700 YEARS BEFORE CHRIST'S BIRTH

       

     This passage of  Scripture was written by
Isaiah, a prophet of God in the Land of Israel, 
who lived  and  prophesied 700 years before 
the birth of our Lord, Jesus Christ. 

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Isaiah 53: 1-12, (KJV)

         1, Who hath believed our report?
   and to whom is the arm of the Lord
   revealed?

       2, For He shall  grow  up  before  him
  as  a tender plant, and  as a  root out  of
  dry ground.  He  hath no  form  nor com-
  liness; and when we shall see him there
  is no beauty  that we  should desire him.

     3, 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  dispised   and  we 
  esteemed him not. 

4.Surely  He  hath  borne  our  griefs and
  carried our sorrows;  yet we did esteem
   him stricken, smitten  of  God and afflic-
  ted.

5.But  He was wounded  for  our  trans-
  gressions, he was bruised  for  our ini-
  quities; the chastisement of our peace
  was upon  him; and  by his stripes we 
  are healed.

6.All we like sheep have gone astray, we
  have  turned  every one to his own way,
  and the Lord hath laid on him the iniqui-
  ty of us all.

7.He was oppressed, and  he  was  afflic-
  ted yet he opened not  his mouth;  He is
  brought as a lamb  to the slaughter, and
  as a sheep before her shearers is dumb,
  so He openeth not his mouth.

8.He  was taken from prison and  from judg-
ment; and who shall declare his generation?
For he was cut off from the land of the living
For the transgression of  my people was He
stricken.

9.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.

10.Yet  it pleased the Lord to bruise him. He
 hath put him to grief; when thou shalt make
  his soul and  offering for  sin, He  shall see 
  his  seed,  He shall  prolong his days,  and
  the  pleasure of  the Lord  shall  prosper in
  his hand. 

 11.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.

  12.Therefore will I  divide  him a portion
  with the great, and  He  shall  divide the
  spoil with the strong;  because he  hath
  poured out his soul unto death; and He
  was numbered with transgressors; and
  He  bare  the  sin  of  many, and  made 
  intercession for the transgressors.

Could this passage of Scripture apply to
anyone other than our Lord, Jesus Christ?
How can anyone read this, aware it was
written some 700 years before His birth,
and not fall on his/her knees and submit
the whole of life and eternity to Him?  

"Today is the day of salvation..." 
                                 2 Corinthians 6: 2

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