Isaiah 53:10-11 The Lord crushed him. He gives himself as offering for sin, bearing guilt of others.

10 Yet it was the will of the LORD to bruise him; he has put him to grief; when he makes himself an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring, he shall prolong his days; the will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand;  11  he shall see the fruit of the travail [hard work] of his soul and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous; and he shall bear their iniquities The Holy Bible : Revised Standard Version Second Catholic edition (2006), with the ecclesiastical approval of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Thomas Nelson Publishing for Ignatius Press.

10 Yet it was the will of the LORD to bruise him; he has put him to grief; when he makes himself an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring, he shall prolong his days; the will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand; 

11  he shall see the fruit of the travail [hard work] of his soul and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous; and he shall bear their iniquities

As we can see from this passage it was the will of God the Father that His Servant, Jesus, should suffer and die. In reading this passage I think of Yom Kippur the Jewish feast called the “Day of Atonement.” Jews fast, no work is done, because it is a time to atone for last year’s sins. The High Priest would enter the Holy of Holies, offer incense to God as a symbol of the people’s prayer rising up to heaven. When the High Priest came out of the Holy of Holies he would place his hands on the head of a goat this symbolized the transference of the

As we can see from this passage it was the will of God the Father that His Servant, Jesus, should suffer and die.

In reading this passage I think of Yom Kippur the Jewish feast called the “Day of Atonement.”

Jews fast, no work is done, because it is a time to atone for last year’s sins.

The High Priest would enter the Holy of Holies, offer incense to God as a symbol of the people’s prayer rising up to heaven.

When the High Priest came out of the Holy of Holies he would place his hands on the head of a goat this symbolized the transference of the

the people’s sins to the goat who later became known as the “scapegoat.” The High Priest was the mediator, the go-between, between God and man. In the New Testament we see Jesus, the High Priest, go to his altar, the cross, become the perfect Passover lamb and “scapegoat” who took on all the sins of mankind not just for one year but from the beginning to the end of the world when He offered up His suffering to the Father as the perfect mediator between God and man.

the people’s sins to the goat who later became known as the “scapegoat.”

The High Priest was the mediator, the go-between, between God and man.

In the New Testament we see Jesus, the High Priest, go to his altar, the cross, become the perfect Passover lamb and “scapegoat”

who took on all the sins of mankind not just for one year but from the beginning to the end of the world when He offered up His suffering to the Father as the perfect mediator between God and man.

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