Isaiah 53:1-7
The True Passover Lamb
From Isaiah 53 in the Bible comes a prophecy of the Messiah, who would not arrive until "the fulness of time."
This prophecy speaks to all humanity, and describes both our urgent need for one to save us - "we have gone astray, everyone to his own way," - and the remedy, provided by God - "the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all."
On this page, you will find:
- a video of the song from Isaiah 53
- graphics of the 5 pages of the song
- my own thoughts about the meaning of this Bible passage
- the link to access the free PDF so you can download the sheet music
Please follow on down the page to find that link.
When was the "fulness of time?"
According to Daniel 9, that time would be 69 "weeks" of years after the declaration to rebuild the Temple was given, during the Jews' exile in Babylon and her domains.
Then the Messiah would come to His own people, the Jews, be rejected by them as a nation, but become the Redeemer of all nations by His death on a cross, by paying for the sins of all.
He will have nothing... this is Christ's first coming
According to Daniel 9:24-26:
24 “Seventy ‘sevens’ are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
25 “Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble.
26 After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be put to death and will have nothing. ..
Why is Isaiah 53 "The Forbidden Chapter?"
That is something that I have read.
The words of Isaiah 53 parallel the life of Jesus of Nazareth so entirely that a person could easily believe that the chapter does describe him, well over 500 years before his birth.
That is what I believe, and what Bible-believing Christians believe. But if your church or synagogue doesn't want you to know about the Messiah, and that he would come to earth, suffer, and die, then you might be warned not to read this portion of God's Word.
Is this Isaiah prophecy about Jesus?
Isaiah 53 is a strange passage for those who do believe the veracity of scripture, but do NOT believe in a literal, suffering Savior. What can the prophet Isaiah mean when he says that "he" was pierced for our transgressions, and that the punishment that brought us peace was on him?
Is this one the Lamb of God?
Could it be that this one who was crushed for our iniquities is like the Passover lamb, whose blood was shed and then placed on the doors of the Hebrews the night before they fled Egypt!
4 Surely he took up our pain
and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
stricken by him, and afflicted.
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to our own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away.
Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;
for the transgression of my people he was punished.
A few years ago I read a book by a well-known and beloved Jewish author, describing the Exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt. I was so excited to find out what he had to say about the meaning of the Passover Lamb.
He had NOTHING to say about the Lamb! For him, there was no special significance, no typology associated with the spotless lamb, nourished in the bosom of the family for three days, then slaughtered. Its blood was then painted on the top and sides of the door, a "covering" that showed the Angel of Death that the household was not to be touched.
To me, the meaning of the "Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world" is inescapably obvious.
Perhaps that is why this passage in Isaiah is known as "the forbidden chapter."
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