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SUFFERING SERVANT OF THE LORD PB

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  • ISBN 9781532651649
  • Author MACLEOD DAVID J
  • Pub Date 18/06/2019
Publisher WIPF & STOCK
'The Suffering Servant of the Lord: A Prophecy of Jesus Christ' is a major new study of the fifty-third chapter of Isaiah. It is exegetical,expositional, devotional, and Christological...
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'The Suffering Servant of the Lord: A Prophecy of Jesus Christ' is a major new study of the fifty-third chapter of Isaiah. It is exegetical,expositional, devotional, and Christological.

• It is exegetical in that it is based on a careful study of the text.
• It is the meaning of chapter to both its original and modern readers. The book will give preachers and teachers help in outlining and illustrating their sermons and lectures.
• It is devotional in that this marvelous chapter addresses the deepest need of people, the need for forgiveness of sin and peace with God.
• It is Christological in that it focuses on the person of Jesus Christ. MacLeod writes, 'I have finished this work more convinced than ever that the passage is a straightforward prophecy of Jesus Christ written by the prophet Isaiah some seven hundred years before the birth of the Savior.'

As reviewed by Stephen McQuoid, GLO General Director

"Many scholars have debated the extent to which Isaiah contains messianic prophecies and one of the most treasured passages in the prophecy of Isaiah is chapter 53. MacLeod of one of the foremost scholars in the Brethren movement in the USA and he tackles this issue head on by giving an excellent defence of Jesus as the suffering servant of Isaiah 53. He does so in a way that is unashamedly academic, replete with copious footnotes, which is no bad thing as some of those scholars who fail to see Christ in Isaiah tend to suggest that messianic observations are populist assumptions rather that academically credible observations.

However, once you realise this is an academic book, it is actually a joy to read and is clearly a labour of love. It also functions as a detailed commentary and is therefore useful for preachers. The author’s dispensationalism is only thinly veiled which will please some more than others, but whatever your eschatological view, it does not detract from the central purpose of seeing Christ in the text of Isaiah 53. Of equal importance, MacLeod also defends the doctrine of penal substitution which is so clearly expressed by Isaiah. A little bonus in this book is Appendix 1 where we are given a survey of Jewish interpretations of Isaiah 53 which I found fascinating and enlightening. For preachers and those who want an in-depth study of the passage, this book will prove very helpful."


Product details:
Publisher: Wipf and Stock; 2nd edition (18 Jun. 2019)
Paperback : 283 pages
ISBN: 9781532651649