Isaiah 53: 4-6 (NIV)
4. Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering
yet we consider him punished by God
stricken by him and afflicted.
5. But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him
and by his wounds we are healed
6. We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to our own way; and the LORD has laid on him
the inequity of us all.
Wow. That is some powerful stuff. I've read that passage many times, but it never manages to take my breath away. There is so much I like about, but I'm going to specifically hit on two points. First of all, it was one of the many prophecies in Isaiah predicting Jesus' cruxifixction. It specifically hits on the points of him dying for us. It reminds that in our on darkness and suffering, we were/are able to find hope and peace. Verse five really hits the nail on the head with that one. While I like this whole passage, verso five is probably my favorite. Anyway, that's really all I've got today. I'd love to go more into why I like it, but I can't.
Freshly yours,
Honeybagel
RIP Satoru Iwata
We'll miss you. Thanks for the childhood.
