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  • From: Harold Holmyard <hholmyard AT ont.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Mashiach
  • Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 17:40:06 -0500

Dear Shoshanna,

No, I don't see verses 1 - 13 referring to Mashiach. And verse 13, first part, is directed to Cyrus, not all of Israel, and second half refers to what Cyrus will do, not Mashiach.

And remember, kings who were not Mashiach, were also annointed - that is the reference in verse 1.


HH: Liz does not seem to realize that Isaiah continually compares the individual servant (not Israel the servant) with Cyrus. There is a lot in common between the servant and Cyrus because both will be world rulers, and Isaiah is prophesying them both before they come on the scene. Cyrus is the near-term prophetic fulfillment, and the servant is the far-term fulfillment. Cyrus was a king, and this helps us to see that servant will be a king. Cyrus is called God's anointed, and this helps to make the comparison closer. Cyrus will save Israel from its exile and captivity, and in that way he is especially like the servant, who will do the same for Israel. God even calls Cyrus his servant. But we know that the Messiah will be an Israelite, and this helps us to see that the servant is not Cyrus. The servant will be the ruler of Israel as an Israelite:

Is. 49:3 And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
Is. 49:4 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.
Is. 49:5 And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.

HH: The Lord makes this comparison between Cyrus and the servant so that history can catch a glimpse of the servant's future greatness,

Yours,
Harold Holmyard






Yours,
Harold Holmyard

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