Isaiah 50-51

Today we have another one of the "Servant Songs" in Isaiah.  Do you remember how in the book of Acts the Ethiopian eunuch had been reading from this part of Isaiah and was confused about who it was talking about?  He was confused for a good reason.  Isaiah uses "I" here, so he doesn't seem to be talking about Israel.  In fact in places in these chapters there is a contrast with Israel.  We might think "I" is Isaiah himself, but in places in these chapters the I seems to be God.  But the picture of God as a suffering servant didn't seem to make sense either.  God intended for these verses to be confusing until Jesus would come to fulfil them.  He is the one who allowed himself to be beaten and humiliated.  He is the one who would remove the cup of God's wrath by drinking the cup himself.  Read it here.