REDEEMED BY THE BLOOD

REDEEMED BY THE BLOOD

Isa 53: 3-6    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 despised, 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 afflicted.⁵ But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with 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 iniquity of us all.

Sin is in the body

Iniquity is in the soul

Transgression is in the spirit

It was our grief Jesus carried, it was our sorrows that weighed him down, and people thought God was punishing him for his own sins.

He was wounded in the Spirit, he was bruised in the soul and he was chastised in the body.

He was chastised for our peace, not for our healing

He was chastised when they beat him,

He was chastised when they put the crown of thorns on his head.

He was being chastised while he was suffering,

Chastisement was not only by the pain he suffered

But also the agony he suffered.

First he was wounded before his soul was bruised.

He was wounded for our transgression (sins).

At that time he began fighting for our salvation.

Then the battle became so intense that his soul was bruised and his sweat became as great drops of blood.

It was on that day that his spirit was wounded and he began to experience our transgressions.

I believe that in Gethsemane, not only did the battle begin, but he began to experience separation from God. We can never know how painful it was. Jesus had never been separated from the Father.

Luke 22: 42-44   ⁴² Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.⁴³ And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.⁴⁴ And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

We don’t know when the father left Him, but we know that it was between Gethsemane and the cross

Matthew 26:38   ³⁸ Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto
death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.

In Gethsemane He said my soul is sorrowful, stay here and watch with me while I go and pray.

I don’t believe His separation from God happened in a moment. I believe God the Father had a very hard time leaving His Son.

I believe the Holy Spirit had a very hard time walking away.

When Jesus was pleading… Let this cup pass… I believe everything in the heart of God was exploding with pain.

As the separation began, the wounds began to increase.

Isa 53 and Matthew 26 are not just about healing, think about the price Jesus paid for our salvation, our healing, our blessings and prosperity. Not to mention spending eternity in the lake of fire.

He is in Gethsemane saying to his disciples…my soul is sorrowful unto death, if you don’t stay with me I might die before I even get to the cross.

Even so the disciples kept on going to sleep, then Jesus said… sleep on now and take your rest…

This was when God sent an angel down to strengthen Jesus.

I really believe Satan tried to kill him that night.

That same night Judas came with a great multitude of soldiers with swords, sent by the chief priests and elders.

They led Jesus away as a prisoner to the house of Caiapais, the high priest… to judgment hall.

That is when the chastisement started; they began to beat Him, pulling out his beard and hitting in the face until he was unrecognizable.

They sent him to the dungeon until morning. In the dungeon he was still bleeding, the blood didn’t stop flowing, his face was disfigured.

Early in the morning they took him before Pilate

Pilate said to the chief priest, I find no fault in this man

When Pilate heard Jesus was a Galilean he sent Jesus to Herod. When Herod saw Jesus he was happy to see him.

Luke 23:6:16   ⁶ When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilaean.⁷ And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time.⁸ And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him.⁹ Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him nothing.¹⁰ And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him.¹¹ And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.¹² And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.¹³ And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,¹⁴ Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:¹⁵ No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him.¹⁶ I will therefore chastise him, and release him.

So Pilate had Jesus chastised, which means he was whipped, or scourged on the back with a whip. That was for our healing… the crown of thorns came from Herod’s soldiers.

Jesus at this time was most likely taken out of the dungeon early in the morning, around four or five o’clock. He was on the cross at nine AM, on a Wednesday morning.

Jesus was beaten with the whip but that was not enough to satisfy the chief priests and the people.

Luke 23: 20-21   ²⁰ Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them.²¹ But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him.

Pilate gave the sentence that it should be as they required.

I believe with all my heart, that Jesus paid the price for our transgressions and our iniquities, and our peace as they were beating Him.

He was wounded and bruised on Tuesday, he was chastised on Wednesday.

He was wounded when the separation from God began. He was bruised in the garden when his soul was sorrowful.

As they began to beat him and whip Him the healing began to come for us.

Isaiah saw this four hundred years prior to the cross, and prophesied it and said with his stripes we are healed.

Isaiah 53 is not just about healing…by the time Jesus said it is finished we were healed.

They took his body off the cross at three pm and laid it in a tomb before the Sabbath started at dusk. That was on a Wednesday night. By six o’clock pm on sat, he conquered hell and the grave and rose from the dead Sunday morning.

                               


                        Our healing and our salvation cost Him much.