RE: Isaiah 53, 700 B.C: Historical Evidence of the Divine Omniscience.
July 25, 2023 at 12:04 pm
(This post was last modified: July 25, 2023 at 12:05 pm by Simon Moon.)
Isaiah 53 is simply, and demonstrably, not a prophecy about Jesus.
The "suffering servant" being referred to, is Israel itself. Not a person, and certainly not a person in the future.
It is not even ambiguous!
All one had to do is HONESTLY. examine the passages that precede Isaiah 53, and follow it.
Israel is referred to as God's "servant" throughout Isaiah, both explicitly (Isa. 41:8-9; 44:1-2; 45:4; 48:20; 49:3) and implicitly (Isa. 42:19-20; 43:10).
I mean seriously, it is spelled out about as clearly as the Bible can be. But of course, to a true believer, the Bible is the "big book of multiple choice".
The "suffering servant" being referred to, is Israel itself. Not a person, and certainly not a person in the future.
It is not even ambiguous!
All one had to do is HONESTLY. examine the passages that precede Isaiah 53, and follow it.
Israel is referred to as God's "servant" throughout Isaiah, both explicitly (Isa. 41:8-9; 44:1-2; 45:4; 48:20; 49:3) and implicitly (Isa. 42:19-20; 43:10).
I mean seriously, it is spelled out about as clearly as the Bible can be. But of course, to a true believer, the Bible is the "big book of multiple choice".
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
