Is 53:5
- Is 53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
There are two types of sin:
- Transgressions are instinctive violations. They are done without thinking or without realizing that they are bad. For the Hebrew living under the law, a violation of the law by accident or without knowledge fell into this category.
- Iniquities are depravities. They are intentional violations of the relationship with God. One knowingly and beligerantly does what he knows to be wrong. He can know it by way of the law if he is cognizant of it, or he can be knowledgeable of it by his conscience.
The son of God, who is God incarnate took the penalties for our sin of both types.
chastisement of our peace is an odd saying. We don't often think that there is chastisement associated with peace. Another word for it is discipline. There is a discipline for not being at war. It is the discipline of love. Though we were enemies he chose not to war against us.
- Ro 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
- Ro 5:9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
- Ro 5:10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
by his stripes we are healed The word for stripes is חברתו chabburah with a root of חבר chabar meaning to couple or join. Christ was joined to us and took the brunt of what was due us.
The word 'healed' is used speaking of sin as a deadly sickness. It is an appropriate metaphor since the wages of sin is death (Ro 6:23).
- Eze 18:20] The soul that sinneth, it shall die....
Paul uses the same metaphor for those who are sinning and have died.
- 1Co 11:30 For this cause many [are] weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
Christ bore the penalty for our sin, and as a result we are forgiven.
