Daily Devotions
Isaiah
"Who has believed our report?"
Text: Isaiah 53:1
DISBELIEVING THIS MESSIANIC REVELATION
The knowledge that God gave to Isaiah was deep and profound. He knew that what he was going to write about the Messiah would be disbelieved!
“Who has believed our report?
And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant,
And as a root out of dry ground.
He has no form or comeliness;
And when we see Him,
There is no beauty that we should desire Him.”
Isaiah 53:1-2
1. “Who has believed”
a) Many believed that God would send His Messiah.
b) Popular understanding included the following:
i) He would be a Deliverer.
ii) He would be the King appointed by God.
c) But the message that Isaiah was proclaiming was very different.
d) Revelation from God takes many forms.
i) The arm of the LORD is often associated with power and victory.
ii) But the arm of the LORD has other associations.
iii) Many would struggle with believing in this revelation concerning the Messiah.
2. The growing-up years of the Messiah.
a) He will grow up as a tender plant.
b) He is compared to a root coming up out of a very dry ground.
c) The Messiah would come from a very humble background.
3. He would appear to be a very ordinary person.
a) “No form or comeliness”
He would not have outstanding physical features.
b) “No beauty that we should desire Him”
He would not be spectacularly good looking so that people are attracted to Him.
4. The Lord Jesus fulfilled all these things.
a) He was born in humble Bethlehem.
b) He grew up in a poor town called Nazareth.
c) He did not have a stellar formal education in Jerusalem.
d) Many opposed and despised Him because of His humble background.