Isaiah 53- Jesus Was Despised & Rejected by Men (TMF:493)

Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Peace to Live By: Isaiah 53- Jesus Was Despised & Rejected by Men (TMF:493) - Daniel Litton
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       And Jesus grows up in a typical Jewish family, not one of great wealth but one that is average. The only thing we know about his boyhood is the story about him at the Passover Feast, when he was twelve years old, which is found in Luke chapter 2. He ended up staying behind in Jerusalem to learn from the Temple teachers. And his parents, both Mary and Joseph, had to come back to Jerusalem to get him, after they had left. So, it is true that Jesus would have “no form or majesty” in his days. The people did not see him as a stand out character because of his looks or oratory skills. Matthew tells us, in chapter 7 of his Gospel, that the crowd was astonished at his teachings, as he had taught them as a person with authority, and not like the scribes who showed no such authority from God in their teaching style. But Jesus was “was despised and rejected by men.” Certainly, not everyone rejected Jesus initially, for he had his twelve disciples, and then his other followers. But at his arrest, everyone deserted him. But really, the scribes and the Pharisees, the Sadducees, and those not part of the kingdom, were really the ones who hated and disposed of Jesus.