For You And For Me
For the Lord God will help Me;Therefore I will not be disgraced.
Isaiah 50:6
The book of Isaiah, is often called “The miniature Bible.” There are 66 books in the Bible, and there are 66 chapters in the book of Isaiah. The first 39 chapters, like the 39 books of the Old Testament, are filled with judgement upon rebellious, immoral and idolatrous mankind. But the final 27 chapters of Isaiah, like the 27 books of the New Testament, declare a message of hope. The Messiah is coming as Saviour and Sovereign to bear a cross and to wear a crown. Finally, the book of Isaiah is full of prophecy about the Christ and typology (pictures of Christ in the Old Testament); Indeed, the whole of the Old Testament points forward to the Coming of Jesus Christ; And of course, the New Testament is the Gospel of Jesus Christ and His life.
One of those prophesies, and an example of typology, is found in Isaiah 50:6. Here, the Bible says: “I gave My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who plucked out the beard; I did not hide My face from shame and spitting.” This prophecy speaks in chilling detail of the sufferings of the Messiah. We know that Jesus was beaten on the back (Mark 15:15). We know Jesus was beaten on the face (Luke 22:63-65). We know that Jesus was mocked and spat upon (Mark 15:19-20).
However, there is no specific mention in the gospels of those who “plucked out the beard” of Jesus as part of His pre-crucifixion suffering, but from this passage in Isaiah we know it happened. What terrible agony the Lord endured! It is even more than what the Gospel writers explain to us! We have before us the language of prophecy, but it is as accurate as though it had been written at the moment of the event. Isaiah might have been one of the evangelists, so exactly does he describe what our Saviour endured, and He endured for you and for me, that we might have salvation through His work.
Bible Reading
Isaiah 50:6-10.
Prayer
Lord Jesus, thank You for leading me to You through the cross. I would be lost without You! I pray, in Your name.
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