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In these next pages and articles I have demonstrated beyond any doubt that the original and only logical interpretation of Isaiah 53 as originally held and handed down by the first readers and hearers of this passage was that the "suffering servant" referred to by Isaiah the prophet is the corporate nation of Israel and was never intended or understood by its first hearers to single out one particular individual apart from the corporate nation. As you read these articles you will see that for yourself. To approach this passage "an agenda" in order to read "Jesus/Yeshua" into the passages whereby you separate him out and apart from the corporate suffering of Israel is not exegesis and does great damage to the intended meaning of the passage as both God gave it and as Isaiah intended his readers to understand it when he gave it to them. Yet it is my firm belief that within the "corporate suffering" of Israel as the "Servant" of YHWH we find Yeshua as possibly the greatest example if not the greatest example of the proto-typical Jewish Servant, who unfortunately like most Jewish people through history, has suffered at the hands of non-Jews in their calling as a "light to the Gentiles". Yeshua is a perfect case in point, for only after his passion did a movement arise to take his message of hope and salvation to the non-Jewish nations of the world. I hope these pages help you better "rightly divide" the Word of Truth where by you come to see the big picture.
In the following articles I will show you how the Isaiah 53 in the Jewish Scriptures reads completely different from the Isaiah 53 in the Christian Bibles. The Massoretic text has been corrupted and the vast majority of the Christian world does not know this. The facts of the matter can be seen at: http://geocities.com/faithofyeshua.The reasons for this is many as you are coming to see as you read this website. My blessings to you as you recover truth long held from you by the purposeful mistranslation of the Jewish Scriptures and the further corruption of them by the non-Jewish church. Shalom.
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