December 16,2018 Second Sunday of Advent Isaiah 53:7-9

7He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth. 8He was taken from prison and from judgment, And who will declare His generation? For He was cut off from the land of the living; For the transgressions of My people He was stricken. 9And they made His grave with the wicked— But with the rich at His death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was any deceit in His mouth. Isaiah 53:7-9 (NKJV)

Here we find a list of what it cost Jesus Christ to save us from ourselves.

A. Oppressed, yet He didn’t complain. Jesus was silent like a sheep before the shearers.

B. He was taken away (killed) by oppression and judgment, and His generation was cut off from life. He was stricken for others.

C. Though Jesus did no violence, and had never lied, He was buried as a wicked man in another man’s tomb.

Why did Jesus do this?

Matthew Chapter 1 gives us the “generations” of Jesus going back to Adam. What does it mean in verse 8 when it asks “And who will declare His generation?”

Verse 9 tells us they made the grave of Jesus with the wicked but with the rich at his death.

How is this fulfilled in the Gospels?

What does this mean to you and for you?

Meditate on verses 7-9 and write down what they mean to you and how what Jesus did affects you.