Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him; He hath put Him to grief, laid sickness and sorrow upon Him. When Thou shalt make His soul an offering for sin, literally, "when His soul shall have been offered as a sacrifice of trespass," He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand. Here the mystery of the treatment accorded by God to the sinless Servant is set forth. His sufferings, His bruises, were divinely inflicted; He bore the sicknesses of mankind by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God. His very soul, His life, was offered as a vicarious sacrifice of trespass, in voluntary surrender, a complete ransom. But now comes the fruit and the glory of the mystery; for the Servant, having died, sees His offspring, His spiritual children, born to Him as the result of the Gospel-message. Having died, He prolongs His days, for now He lives forevermore. Having died and being now once more alive, He carries into effect the divine purpose, His kingdom advancing throughout the world, through the effect of His power.

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