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1 total messages Started by Randolph Parrish Sun, 04 Jan 1998 00:00
Moshe Kohen Ibn Crispin on Isaiah 52:13-53
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Author: Randolph Parrish
Date: Sun, 04 Jan 1998 00:00
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    Truly all his [messiah's] pains and sufferings will be for us;
continually
he will be prostrating himself and stretching out his hands to God on our
behalf, and praying to him to hasten the time of our redemption, until in 
compassion. . .the Creator 'speeds' the time of our deliverance.
       And so great will be his grief and pain thus endured on our behalf,
that those who see him will despise him, thinking that in consequence
of his many deficiencies and sins God brought all these chastisements
upon him. . .and they will count him as nothing, not perceiving the
perfection
that is in him, who will be a compassionate father to have mercy on us,
even more than Moses our master, and in the multitude of his compassion
for us he will draw to himself all those sicknesses and punishments,
until the Creator hears his prayer, and looks upon all his pain, and
has compassion on us for his sake, and speeds up our redemption,
and sends him to redeem us. . . 
    "Surely our sickness he has carried". These words explain the cause
of his sufferings; they will all come upon him on account of the grief
and sorrow which he will feel for the sickness caused by our iniquities.
It will be as though he had borne all the sicknesses and punishments
which fall upon us. Or, perhaps 'carry' may mean, 'take away', 'forgive',
as in Exodus 10:17; from his pity and his prayers for us he will atone
for our transgressions. . .
     This prophecy was delivered by Isaiah at the divine command for
the express purpose of making known to us something about the
nature of the future Messiah, who is to come and deliver Israel. . .
in order that if anyone should arise claiming to be the Messiah,
we may reflect, and look to see whether we can observe in him
any resemblance to the traits described here. If there is any such
resemblance, then we may believe that he is the Messiah our 
righteousness; but if not, then we cannot do so.
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