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Dividing the Spoil - Sep 10, 2023
/article/dividing-spoilBrian Thomas, Ph.D. - “He shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death.” (Isaiah 53:12) In Isaiah’s Suffering Servant passage, Isaiah 53:8 relates that the Servant would die. Isaiah 53:9 then relates...
Cut Off - Sep 9, 2023
/article/cut-offBrian Thomas, Ph.D. - “For he was cut off out of the land of the living.” (Isaiah 53:8) The prophet Isaiah foretold that Jesus, as “My servant” (Isaiah 52:13), would be despised. Sure enough, religious mobs sneered at Him. Now in Isaiah...
The Chastisement of Our Peace - Sep 8, 2023
/article/chastisement-our-peaceBrian Thomas, Ph.D. - “The chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.” (Isaiah 53:5) Contrasts continue within this Suffering Servant sequence. Even while “we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and...
Esteem Him - Sep 7, 2023
/article/esteem-himBrian Thomas, Ph.D. - “He was despised, and we esteemed him not.” (Isaiah 53:3) In this, our third consideration of Isaiah’s Suffering Servant passage (Isaiah 52:13 to 53:12), we learn that people looked down upon Him whom the Lord will...
Believe Our Report - Sep 6, 2023
/article/believe-our-reportBrian Thomas, Ph.D. - “Who hath believed our report?” (Isaiah 53:1) In Isaiah’s Suffering Servant passage, the last lines of Isaiah 52 belong with Isaiah 53: “Kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told...
Behold, My Servant - Sep 5, 2023
/article/behold-my-servantBrian Thomas, Ph.D. - “His visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men.” (Isaiah 52:14) The last three verses of Isaiah 52 begin the well-known Suffering Servant passage (Isaiah 52:13–53:12). The...
Is the Earth Round? - Aug 31, 2023
/article/earth-roundBrian Thomas, Ph.D. - Some readers might think the answer to this question is so obvious that maybe we’re offering it as a kind of joke—but it’s no joke. A number of people seem to actually believe the earth is flat, a view that a few NBA stars have...
Put Off the Old, Put On the New - Aug 10, 2023
/article/off-old-put-newBrian Thomas, Ph.D. - “But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth...seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; and have put on the new man.” (Colossians 3:8-10) Paul sets a...
From the Beginning - Aug 2, 2023
/article/from-beginningBrian Thomas, Ph.D. - “For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse.” (Romans 1:20) One reason we...
Faith, Hope, and Love in Step - Jul 6, 2023
/article/faith-hope-love-stepBrian Thomas, Ph.D. - “And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.” (1 Corinthians 13:13) Love, rendered as “charity” in this verse, happens when we decide to serve others without regard to...
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