by Avraham Gileadi Ph.D.
Isaiah's, Jeremiah’', Ezekiel's, Hosea's, and other prophets' predictions of a messianic figure who assists in restoring the house of Israel in preparation for Jehovah's coming to reign on the earth fulfills Jewish expectations of a "Messiah" or "anointed one" (Hebrew masiah). A biblical type of this figure is King David: "Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren, and the Spirit of Jehovah came upon David from that day forward" (1 Samuel 16:13). Isaiah predicts that this person will release Israel's captives, lead them in an exodus to Zion, appoint them inheritances, and rebuild the ancient ruins (Isaiah 49:8–12; 61:4).
Fulfilling Christian messianic expectation is Jehovah, the God of Israel. The key prophecy of Isaiah 53:1–10-of one who takes his people's transgressions on himself in order to obtain their "peace" and "healing"-Jehovah himself fulfills. We know this from Isaiah's structure that juxtaposes the king of Babylon in Isaiah 14 with Jehovah, the King of Zion, in Isaiah 52–53, in twenty-one parallel verses that characterize the king of Babylon as the opposite of the King of Zion. As "peace" and "healing" are synonyms of salvation (Isaiah 6:10; 52:7), Jesus' fulfilling the prophecy of Isaiah 53:1–10 identifies him not only as Jehovah but as Israel's Messiah.
10. 26. 2011
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