Wow, can Christians actually read
Isaiah tells you who the servant is before you even get to chapter 53.
Isaiah 41:8:
"But you, Israel, My servant..."
Isaiah 44:1:
"Hear, O Jacob My servant..."
Isaiah 49:3:
"You are My servant, Israel."
So by the time I get to Isaiah 53, why am I suddenly supposed to forget everything Isaiah has already told me?
"Right, forget Israel now. The servant is someone else."
How did that happen?
Where's the transition?
Where does Isaiah tell the reader the servant has changed?
Because I can't find it.
Then you people say Isaiah 53 is obviously Jesus.
Really?
Show me where its so obvious because this would be obvious
Jesus.
Yeshua.
Son of God.
God the Son.
God incarnate.
Second person of the Trinity.
Crucifixion.
Trinity.
It's not there.
Not once.
You're bringing those beliefs to the chapter, not getting them from the chapter.
How is it possible to just change the servant after making it clear in previous passages the servant is Israel
And here's the bit that really makes no sense to me.
You don't believe Jesus is just a servant.
You believe he's God's Son.
In fact, most Christians believe he's God in the flesh.
So if Isaiah 53 is this amazing prophecy about God coming to earth, why does Isaiah keep calling him "the servant"?
Why not say:
"My Son."
"My Messiah."
"My Beloved."
"The Lord."
Something.
Anything.
Instead it's the exact same servant language Isaiah has already been using for Israel all the way through the book.
Think of it like this.
If I read a book and chapter 1 says:
"John is the servant."
Chapter 2 says:
"John is the servant."
Chapter 3 says:
"John is the servant."
Then chapter 4 starts talking about "the servant" again, any normal person is going to assume it's still John.
You wouldn't suddenly jump up and say:
"Actually the servant is Dave now."
Not unless the author tells you that.
That's the problem.
For chapter after chapter Isaiah tells us who the servant is.
Then Christians hit chapter 53 and suddenly the servant becomes Jesus despite Isaiah never actually saying that.
If I'm just reading Isaiah from start to finish and letting Isaiah define his own terms, the servant is the same servant Isaiah already identified multiple times
Israel.