Christ our Redeemer

Isaiah 52-54 Redeemer!

Isaiah echoes the voice of Job: As for me, “I know that my Redeemer lives and that as the last he will stand upon the earth].” [Job 19:25] Over and over, Isaiah reminds the children of God that they are redeemed. “You shall be redeemed without money.” [Is 52:3NKJV] “He has redeemed Jerusalem.” [Is 52:9NKJV]  The redemption price was exorbitant; it was the very life of Christ, the Servant, who bore the iniquities of us all upon his body.

We stand redeemed because of His sacrifice; He bore our iniquities that we might stand righteous in His sight. The crucifiers made His grave with the wicked, but Joseph of Arimathea, the rich man, offered his tomb for Christ to fulfill the words of God. [Is 53:9-11] “But with everlasting kindness, God says, He will have mercy upon them because he is the Lord, their redeemer.” [Is 54:8 NKJV paraphrase] And beloved He is ours as well.

In 1775, Samuel Medley captured this thought in his hymn: “I know that my Redeemer lives! What comfort this sweet sentence gives! He lives, he lives, who once was dead; he lives, my ever living head!”

Stop and praise Him for His marvelous work of redemption. “The Lord of Hosts is His name; and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.” [Is 54:5NKJV]