Isaiah 53.
Please grab your Bible and read the chapter, and as you read, steady your mind on this: Isaiah lived about 2,000 years before JESUS came to earth to secure our redemption. So, 2,000 years before JESUS came, Isaiah prophesied He would come, and He did.
It has now been almost 2,000 years since JESUS said He would return — and He will! You can count on it!
Perhaps you know, Isaiah is not the only place in Scripture that we read, by His Stripes or as sheep have gone astray. Please see 1 Peter 2: 22-25.
May I tell you what I think? Please know up front, I am not denying in any way that by His Stripes we are healed in the sense we usually think of it (sickness and disease), but I am convinced there is a truth in this that we may have missed. First and foremost, by His stripes, when we repent, believe, and receive, He heals us of our going astray. When we are born again, we are no longer lost sheep going astray; we become Children of GOD. By His Stripes, we are reconciled to GOD! We have been bought back from Satan! That, my brothers and sisters, is the greatest, most profound, most awesome act in eternity. He took on our iniquity of going our own way and HEALED us! Think of it: To be healed of going astray! I am profoundly grateful! You too?
