Israel was supposed to be the servant of God, but they failed. Jesus came and would be the servant of God coming from their midst who would not fail. By Jesus' faithfulness, God's call of Israel did not fail. The amazing thing is that this servant of God was despised and rejected, and yet is prophecies to see kings stand up and princes bow down. We see even now that, God used what seemed to be the defeat of Jesus on the cross to become the victory of Jesus over all. God's plan all along was to do this and we will see it repeated in Isaiah the promise of not only the victorious Messiah but also the suffering servant who gains victory by suffering. What if great is that God doesn't stand far off and have humanity try and suffer enough to pay the price but God will take on the suffering himself for us.
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