In His Deaths

Isaiah 53 talks about the suffering Messiah dying for our sins.  Isaiah 53:6 says, "He made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death;...."  However the word death in Hebrew should actually be translated as "deaths", in the plural.  Because 'his' is in the singular, the word deaths has been translated a singular as well.

Why would God use a singular and a plural word in the same sentence?  It is because his death is so unique and extreme that the singular form of the word could not contain the reality of it.  His death goes beyond anything that had ever happened before.

It also shows that Christ death was not just for him.  His death was the death of all.  Every death of man is contained "in his deaths"   To all who accept the death of Christ as payment for their sins, the old self also died with him on the cross.  It is finished.  The price has been paid and you are free to live a life of blessings with God.

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