Old Testament Prophecies of Jesus
Isaiah 53 3-6:
“Surely he took up our pain, and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken
by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the
punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep,
have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of
us all”
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
He doesn’t use messianic language for this reference, he uses the term servant of the lord
The four servant songs in Isaiah talk about this same servant figure
In two of these passages he says who this servant is
He is not predicting that this person is going to suffer, he is saying the servant has already
suffered
The person who has suffered is going to be vindicated
The context for this passage is after Babylonia’s destruction of Jerusalem
The two songs of the suffering servant that are in Isaiah 44 & 49 verse 3
The suffering servant is the nation of Israel not Jesus
These authors were thinking about their situations in their own day this is the conclusion you
reach if you want to know what the authors of these passages wanted to say
Slavery
Old Testament
1. Exodus 21:2-6 (NIV)
"If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh
year, he shall go free, without paying anything. If he comes alone, he is to go free
alone; but if he has a wife when he comes, she is to go with him. If his master gives
him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall
belong to her master, and only the man shall go free."
2. Leviticus 25:44-46 (NIV)
"Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them
you may buy slaves. You may also buy some of the temporary residents living
among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become
your property. You can bequeath them to your children as inherited property and can
make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites ruthlessly."
3. Deuteronomy 15:12-18 (NIV)
"If any of your people—Hebrew men or women—sell themselves to you and serve
you six years, in the seventh year you must let them go free. And when you release
them, do not send them away empty-handed."
4. Exodus 21:20-21 (NIV)
"Anyone who beats their male or female slave with a rod must be punished if the
slave dies as a direct result, but they are not to be punished if the slave recovers
after a day or two, since the slave is their property."
New Testament
1. Ephesians 6:5-8 (NIV)
"Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart,
just as you would obey Christ. Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is
on you, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart."
2. Colossians 3:22 (NIV)
"Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is
on you and to curry their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord."
3. 1 Peter 2:18-19 (NIV)
"Slaves, in reverent fear of God, submit yourselves to your masters, not only to those
who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh."
4. Titus 2:9-10 (NIV)
"Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them, not
to talk back to them, and not to steal from them, but to show that they can be fully
trusted."
5. Philemon 1:10-16
This letter concerns the slave Onesimus, whom Paul sends back to his master
Philemon, asking for leniency and forgiveness, but not explicitly condemning slavery.