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To: Zuriel; HarleyD
How do you address the heretofore avoided Isaiah 42:1-7, especially verse 5?

Nobody has ignored your passage. Here it is in toto:

    Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law. Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein: I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them. (Isa. 42:1-9)

Matthew even quoted that when referring to Jesus:

    Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him. But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all; And charged them that they should not make him known:

    That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,

    Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. And in his name shall the Gentiles trust. (Matthew 12:14-21)

In Isaiah 61, the prophecy was given:

    The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; (Isaiah 61:1,2)

Jesus read that passage in the synagogue as recorded in Luke 4:16-21)

    And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,

    The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

    And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.

The rest of Isaiah's prophecy is still to be fulfilled, "to proclaim ...the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn."

All this demonstrates to us that Jesus is the promised one, the anointed one, the Christ/Messiah. He was able to do this because He was God in the flesh, God WITH US. The Father didn't cease to exist when this happened nor did the Holy Spirit. They were all, and have all, existed from eternity. The incarnation occurred in time, where God stepped into our dimension and took on human flesh so that "The Word became flesh and took up residence among us"; "Therefore, since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil, and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death."

Nobody is avoiding anything here, the Lord Almighty will not share His glory with another, He is the ONLY GOD and Savior and besides Him there is NO other. That's how we know that Jesus IS God. Not some man that became "a" god. Not a created superbeing that was exalted. Not an angel that got bumped up the exaltation chain. The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are all the one, true God.

Okay, NOW I'm done.

235 posted on 08/17/2017 7:26:39 PM PDT by boatbums (The Law is a storm which wrecks your hopes of self-salvation, but washes you upon the Rock of Ages.)
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To: boatbums
 

What JESUS read: Luke 4:18-19  KJV

 

18 The Spirit of the LORD is upon me,
because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor;
he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted,
to preach deliverance to the captives,
and recovering of sight to the blind,  to set at liberty them that are bruised,
 
19  To preach the acceptable year of the LORD.
 

 What Isaiah wrote: Isaiah 61:1-2 KJV


1 The Spirit of the LORD GOD is upon me;
because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek;
he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD,
and the day of vengeance of our God;
to comfort all that mourn;

What JESUS did NOT read...

and the day of vengeance of our God;
to comfort all that mourn;

 

240 posted on 08/17/2017 8:05:01 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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