Sermon on Isaiah 52:13-53:12, Good Friday, "All!"
Sermon on Isaiah 52:13-53:12 for Good Friday by Rev. Reed Lessing, the "Singing with the Exiles" series. “See, my servant will act wisely; he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.” Isaiah 52:13. Kol in Hebrew. Pas in Greek. Omnis in Latin. Alles in German. Todos in Spanish. Visi in Latvian. It’s the most superlative word in any language. A-L-L all. Total, complete, entire, everything. ALL. The most superlative word for the most climactic section of the Old Testament, chapters 52-53, called the Fourth Servant Song of Isaiah. The Lord’s Servant, described here, had it all. Isaiah 52:13, “See, my servant will act wisely; he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.” These words “raised” and “lifted up” describe only one other person in Isaiah, who gets that royal treatment. In Isaiah 6:1 the prophet sees the Lord God sittin...