Im – The Mission of the Servant of the LORD 49: 1-26

The Mission of the Servant of the LORD
49: 1-26

If you trace the Servant motif beginning from Chapter 49 you will see it can only refer to the Messiah and not to Isra’el. Because once Isaiah establishes who the Servant is here in Chapter 49, he consistently maintains the same motif through Chapter 53. This is critical in the interpretation of Isaiah 53. This chapter is perfectly divided into two thirteen verse segments. Verses 1 through 13 show us the restoration of Isra’el from the Messiah’s perspective, and verses 14 through 26 reveal the Servant’s final salvation and restoration of Isra’el.