Message Six
The
All-inclusive Christ
in His Four Stages according to
God¡¯s New Testament Economy
(2)
In the Stage of His Crucifixion
Scripture Reading: Isa. 53:4-10a, 12b
Isa. 53:4-10a Surely He has borne our sicknesses, / And carried our sorrows; / Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, / Smitten of God and afflicted. 5But He was wounded because of our transgressions; / He was crushed because of our iniquities; / The chastening for our peace was upon Him, / And by His stripes we have been healed. 6We all like sheep have gone astray; / Each of us has turned to his own way, / And Jehovah has caused the iniquity of us all / To fall on Him. 7He was oppressed, and it was He who was afflicted, / Yet He did not open His mouth; / Like a lamb that is led to the slaughter / And like a sheep that is dumb before its shearers, / So He did not open His mouth. 8By oppression and by judgment He was taken away; / And as for His generation, who among them had the thought / That He was cut off out of the land of the living / For the transgression of my people to whom the stroke was due? 9And they assigned His grave with the wicked, / But with a rich man in His death, / Although He had done no violence, / Nor was there any deceit in His mouth. 10But Jehovah was pleased to crush Him, to afflict Him with grief. / When He makes Himself an offering for sin, / He will see a seed, He will extend His days, / And the pleasure of Jehovah will prosper in His hand.
Isa. 53:12 Therefore I will divide to Him a portion with the Great, / And He will divide the spoil with the Strong; / Because He poured out His life unto death / And was numbered with the transgressors, / Yet He alone bore the sin of many / And interceded for the transgressors.
Isa. 53:1 Who has believed our report? / And to whom has the arm of Jehovah been revealed?
Isa. 53:4-10a (see reference above)
Heb. 9:12 And not through the blood of goats and calves but through His own blood, entered once for all into the Holy of Holies, obtaining an eternal redemption.
Acts 10:43 To this One all the prophets testify that through His name everyone who believes into Him will receive forgiveness of sins.
Acts 13:39 And from all the things from which you were not able to be justified by the law of Moses, in this One everyone who believes is justified.
Rom. 5:10 For if we, being enemies, were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more we will be saved in His life, having been reconciled,
Isa. 53:10 But Jehovah was pleased to crush Him, to afflict Him with grief. / When He makes Himself an offering for sin, / He will see a seed, He will extend His days, / And the pleasure of Jehovah will prosper in His hand.
John 11:25 Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes into Me, even if he should die, shall live;
1 Cor. 15:45 So also it is written, ¡°The first man, Adam, became a living soul¡±; the last Adam became a life-giving Spirit.
Rom. 8:11 And if the Spirit of the One who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who indwells you.
Isa. 53:5 But He was wounded because of our transgressions; / He was crushed because of our iniquities; / The chastening for our peace was upon Him, / And by His stripes we have been healed.
Psa. 103:1-3 Bless Jehovah, O my soul; / And all that is within me, bless His holy name. 2Bless Jehovah, O my soul; / And do not forget all His benefits: 3He pardons all your iniquities; / He heals all your diseases;
Matt. 8:17 So that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, ¡°He Himself took away our infirmities and bore our diseases.¡±
Heb. 6:5 And have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come,
Isa. 53:6 We all like sheep have gone astray; / Each of us has turned to his own way, / And Jehovah has caused the iniquity of us all / To fall on Him.
1 Pet. 2:24 Who Himself bore up our sins in His body on the tree, in order that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose bruise you were healed.
Exo. 15:22-26 Then Moses moved Israel onward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur. And they went three days in the wilderness and found no water. 23And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter; therefore its name was called Marah. 24And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? 25And he cried out to Jehovah, and Jehovah showed him a tree; and he cast it into the waters, and the waters became sweet. There He made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them. 26And He said, If you will listen carefully to the voice of Jehovah your God and do what is right in His eyes and give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am Jehovah who heals you.
1 Pet. 2:24 Who Himself bore up our sins in His body on the tree, in order that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose bruise you were healed.
Matt. 8:17 So that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, ¡°He Himself took away our infirmities and bore our diseases.¡±
Matt. 9:12 Now when He heard this, He said, Those who are strong have no need of a physician, but those who are ill.
Isa. 53:4 Surely He has borne our sicknesses, / And carried our sorrows; / Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, / Smitten of God and afflicted.
Isa. 53:5 But He was wounded because of our transgressions; / He was crushed because of our iniquities; / The chastening for our peace was upon Him, / And by His stripes we have been healed.
Isa. 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon Me, / Because Jehovah has anointed Me / To bring good news to the afflicted; / He has sent Me to bind up the wounds of the brokenhearted, / To proclaim liberty to the captives, / And the opening of the eyes to those who are bound;
Exo. 15:25-26 And he cried out to Jehovah, and Jehovah showed him a tree; and he cast it into the waters, and the waters became sweet. There He made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them. 26And He said, If you will listen carefully to the voice of Jehovah your God and do what is right in His eyes and give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am Jehovah who heals you.
1 Pet. 2:24 Who Himself bore up our sins in His body on the tree, in order that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose bruise you were healed.
Gal. 3:13 Christ has redeemed us out of the curse of the law, having become a curse on our behalf; because it is written, ¡°Cursed is everyone hanging on a tree¡±;
Exo. 15:22 Then Moses moved Israel onward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur. And they went three days in the wilderness and found no water.
Rev. 2:7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.
1 Pet. 2:24 Who Himself bore up our sins in His body on the tree, in order that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose bruise you were healed.
John 11:25 Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes into Me, even if he should die, shall live;
Rev. 2:7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.
Exo. 15:22-26 (see reference above)
1 Pet. 2:24-25 Who Himself bore up our sins in His body on the tree, in order that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose bruise you were healed. 25For you were like sheep being led astray, but you have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
Isa. 53:6 We all like sheep have gone astray; / Each of us has turned to his own way, / And Jehovah has caused the iniquity of us all / To fall on Him.
John 21:15-17 Then when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these? He said to Him, Yes, Lord, You know that I love You. He said to him, Feed My lambs. 16He said to him again a second time, Simon, son of John, do you love Me? He said to Him, Yes, Lord, You know that I love You. He said to him, Shepherd My sheep. 17He said to him the third time, Simon, son of John, do you love Me? Peter was grieved that He said to him the third time, Do you love Me? And he said to Him, Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You. Jesus said to him, Feed My sheep.
Isa. 53:6 We all like sheep have gone astray; / Each of us has turned to his own way, / And Jehovah has caused the iniquity of us all / To fall on Him.
Matt. 27:45-46 Now from the sixth hour darkness fell over all the land until the ninth hour. 46And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?
Psa. 22:1 My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? / Why are You so far from saving me, / From the words of my groaning?
Acts 7:52 Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand concerning the coming of the righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become,
1 Pet. 3:18 For Christ also has suffered once for sins, the Righteous on behalf of the unrighteous, that He might bring you to God, on the one hand being put to death in the flesh, but on the other, made alive in the Spirit;
Exo. 12:8-9 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roasted with fire, and they shall eat it with unleavened bread with bitter herbs. 9Do not eat any of it raw or boiled at all with water, but roasted with fire¡ªits head with its legs and with its inward parts.
Isa. 53:4 Surely He has borne our sicknesses, / And carried our sorrows; / Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, / Smitten of God and afflicted.
Isa. 53:10 But Jehovah was pleased to crush Him, to afflict Him with grief. / When He makes Himself an offering for sin, / He will see a seed, He will extend His days, / And the pleasure of Jehovah will prosper in His hand.
Psa. 22:14-15 I am poured out like water, / And all my bones are out of joint. / My heart is like wax; / It is melted within me. 15My strength is dried up like a shard, / And my tongue is stuck to my jaws; / You have put me in the dust of death.
John 19:28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all things had now been finished and so that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, I thirst.
Exo. 12:8-10 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roasted with fire, and they shall eat it with unleavened bread with bitter herbs. 9Do not eat any of it raw or boiled at all with water, but roasted with fire¡ªits head with its legs and with its inward parts. 10And you shall not let any of it remain until the morning, but any of it that remains until the morning you shall burn with fire.
John 6:53 Jesus therefore said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you do not have life within yourselves.
John 6:55-57 For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink. 56He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me and I in him. 57As the living Father has sent Me and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also shall live because of Me.
Deut. 15:19-20 All firstborn males that are brought forth in your herd and in your flock you shall sanctify to Jehovah your God; you shall not do work with your firstborn ox, nor shall you shear your firstborn sheep. 20You and your household shall eat it before Jehovah your God year by year in the place which Jehovah will choose.
Rom. 5:10 For if we, being enemies, were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more we will be saved in His life, having been reconciled,
Acts 8:32 Now the passage of Scripture which he was reading was this: ¡°As a sheep He was led to slaughter; and as a lamb before its shearer is dumb, so He does not open His mouth.
Matt. 27:12-14 And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, He answered nothing. 13Then Pilate said to Him, Do You not hear how many things they testify against You? 14And He did not answer him, not even to one word, so that the governor marveled greatly.
Matt. 26:57 And those who seized Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had gathered.
Matt. 26:59 Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus so that they might put Him to death,
Matt. 26:65-68 Then the high priest tore his garments, saying, He has blasphemed! What further need do we have of witnesses? Behold, now you have heard the blasphemy. 66What do you think? And they answered and said, He is worthy of death. 67Then they spat in His face and beat Him with their fists, and others slapped Him, 68Saying, Prophesy to us, Christ! Who is the one who hit You?
Luke 23:1-12 And the entire multitude of them rose up and led Him before Pilate. 2And they began to accuse Him, saying, We found this man perverting our nation and forbidding people to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that He Himself is Christ, a King. 3And Pilate asked Him, saying, Are You the King of the Jews? And answering him, He said, It is as you say. 4And Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, I find no fault in this man. 5But they were vehement, saying, He stirs up the people, teaching throughout the whole of Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place. 6And when Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean. 7And when he realized that He was of Herod¡¯s jurisdiction, he sent Him up to Herod, who also himself was in Jerusalem in those days. 8And when Herod saw Jesus, he rejoiced greatly, for he had wanted to see Him for a considerable time, because he had heard about Him, and was hoping to see some sign done by Him. 9And he questioned Him with many words, but He answered him nothing. 10And the chief priests and the scribes stood by, vehemently accusing Him. 11And Herod with his soldiers, having despised Him and mocked Him, threw around Him splendid clothing and sent Him back to Pilate. 12And both Herod and Pilate became friends with one another on that very day, for they had previously been at enmity toward each other.
John 18:33-38 Pilate therefore entered again into the praetorium and called for Jesus. And he said to Him, You are the King of the Jews? 34Jesus answered, Are you saying this of yourself, or did others tell you about Me? 35Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Your nation and its chief priests have delivered You to me. What have You done? 36Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My attendants would be struggling so that I would not be delivered to the Jews; but as it is, My kingdom is not from here. 37Pilate said therefore to Him, So then You are a king? Jesus answered, You say that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, that I would testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice. 38Pilate said to Him, What is truth? And having said this, he again went out to the Jews and said to them, I find no fault in Him.
John 19:1-16 Therefore at that time Pilate took Jesus and scourged Him. 2And the soldiers wove a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and they threw a purple garment around Him. 3And they came to Him and said, Rejoice, King of the Jews! and slapped Him. 4And Pilate went outside again and said to them, Behold, I am bringing Him out to you that you may know that I find no fault in Him. 5Then Jesus came out, wearing the thorny crown and the purple garment. And he said to them, Behold, the man! 6When therefore the chief priests and the attendants saw Him, they cried out, saying, Crucify! Crucify! Pilate said to them, You take Him and crucify Him, for I do not find fault in Him. 7The Jews answered him, We have a law, and according to that law He ought to die because He made Himself the Son of God. 8When Pilate therefore heard this word, he became frightened the more, 9And he entered into the praetorium again and said to Jesus, Where are You from? But Jesus gave him no answer. 10Therefore Pilate said to Him, You do not speak to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You and I have authority to crucify You? 11Jesus answered him, You would have no authority against Me if it were not given to you from above; for this reason, he who has delivered Me to you has the greater sin. 12From then on, Pilate sought to release Him, but the Jews cried out, saying, If you release this man, you are not a friend of Caesar; everyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar. 13Pilate therefore, when he heard these words, brought Jesus outside and sat down on the judgment seat in a place called the Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha. 14Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover; it was about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, Behold, your King! 15They cried out then, Take Him away! Take Him away! Crucify Him! Pilate said to them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king except Caesar. 16Therefore at that time he delivered Him to them that He might be crucified. Therefore they took Jesus.
Luke 23:32-32 And two others also, who were criminals, were led with Him to be executed. 33And when they came to the place called The Skull, there they crucified Him and the criminals, one on the right and one on the left.
Matt. 27:57-60 And when evening fell, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus. 58This man came to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded that it be given to him. 59And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean, fine linen cloth. 60And he laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn in the rock. And having rolled a great stone in front of the door of the tomb, he went away.
Rom. 16:20 Now the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.
John 16:20-22 Truly, truly, I say to you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy. 21A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow because her hour has come; but when she brings forth the little child, she no longer remembers the affliction because of the joy that a man has been born into the world. 22Therefore you also now have sorrow; but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and no one takes your joy away from you.
John 1:29 The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
Heb. 10:5-10 Therefore, coming into the world, He says, ¡°Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You have prepared for Me. 6In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You did not delight. 7Then I said, Behold, I have come (in the roll of the book it is written concerning Me) to do Your will, O God.¡± 8Saying above, ¡°Sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You did not desire nor delight in¡± (which are offered according to the law), 9He then has said, ¡°Behold, I have come to do Your will.¡± He takes away the first that He may establish the second, 10By which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
1 John 1:7-9 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from every sin. 8If we say that we do not have sin, we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Lev. 4¡ª5 (see referenced verses in Holy Bible)
Matt. 26:28 For this is My blood of the covenant, which is being poured out for many for forgiveness of sins.
Heb. 10:19-20 Having therefore, brothers, boldness for entering the Holy of Holies in the blood of Jesus, 20Which entrance He initiated for us as a new and living way through the veil, that is, His flesh,
Lev. 16:11-16 And Aaron shall present the bull of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make expiation for himself and for his household, and shall slaughter the bull of the sin offering, which is for himself. 12And he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from the altar before Jehovah, with his hands full of finely ground sweet incense, and bring it inside the veil. 13And he shall put the incense upon the fire before Jehovah, that the cloud of the incense may cover the expiation cover that is over the Testimony, so that he does not die. 14And he shall take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger upon the expiation cover toward the east, and before the expiation cover he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times. 15Then he shall slaughter the goat of the sin offering, which is for the people, and bring its blood inside the veil, and do with its blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it upon the expiation cover and before the expiation cover. 16And he shall make expiation for the Holy of Holies because of the uncleannesses of the children of Israel and because of their transgressions, for all their sins. And so he shall do for the Tent of Meeting, which dwells with them in the midst of their uncleannesses.
Psa. 27:4 One thing I have asked from Jehovah; / That do I seek: / To dwell in the house of Jehovah / All the days of my life, / To behold the beauty of Jehovah, / And to inquire in His temple.
Isa. 53:5 But He was wounded because of our transgressions; / He was crushed because of our iniquities; / The chastening for our peace was upon Him, / And by His stripes we have been healed.
Rev. 21:21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the gates was, respectively, of one pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.
John 19:34 But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately there came out blood and water.
Acts 7:52 Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand concerning the coming of the righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become,
Isa. 53:6 We all like sheep have gone astray; / Each of us has turned to his own way, / And Jehovah has caused the iniquity of us all / To fall on Him.
Isa. 53:10 But Jehovah was pleased to crush Him, to afflict Him with grief. / When He makes Himself an offering for sin, / He will see a seed, He will extend His days, / And the pleasure of Jehovah will prosper in His hand.
John 10:17-18 For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again. 18No one takes it away from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again. This commandment I received from My Father.
Heb. 9:14 How much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Luke 23:32-34 And two others also, who were criminals, were led with Him to be executed. 33And when they came to the place called The Skull, there they crucified Him and the criminals, one on the right and one on the left. 34And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing. And dividing His garments, they cast lots.
Heb. 7:25 Hence also He is able to save to the uttermost those who come forward to God through Him, since He lives always to intercede for them.
Acts 7:60 And kneeling down, he cried out with a loud voice, Lord, do not hold this sin against them. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.