Isaiah wrote by THE SPIRIT in chapter 53 where Jesus fulfilled this prophecy at the end of His earthly ministry:
7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth.
8 He was taken from prison and from judgment, And who will declare His generation? For He was cut off from the land of the living; For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.
9 And they made His grave with the wicked— But with the rich at His death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was any deceit in His mouth.
10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, And the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in His hand.
11 He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, For He shall bear their iniquities.
The death of Our Lord Jesus Christ had a greater impact on the world than any other death in the history of mankind. His death was not just a simple passing but had great implications impacting all of mankind. The Hebrew word for “death” in verse nine provides us with a greater understanding than the English translation. First of all, it is plural, not singular thus the translation would be better translated as “deaths”. Both the soul and body died allowing both the soul and the body to be resurrected and restored. This is the two-fold aspect of Jesus dying on the cross. He died for both our salvation and healing. Further, I asked my friend Alan to expound on the Hebrew word wytmb translated as death in verse nine:
This exact spelling appears four times in the Old Testament. But only in Isaiah 53:9 is it translated as referring to the death of someone. In all the other verses using this exact spelling, the word is translated as referring to ‘high places’ that are esteemed by apostate man. ‘Bamah’ refers to a ‘high place’, and it is not necessarily referring to a physical location as much as it is referring to “…thinking of yourself more highly than you should”. A ‘high place’ also refers to ‘esteeming yourself more highly than you do others’, as well as referring to a ‘high place’ that an apostate would designate for the location of his ‘god’. We all are familiar with what scripture says to us about the ‘high places’ of ‘gods that are no gods’.
Jesus’ death included what we call our ego and those things of the world which previously we highly esteemed. As a result, there are other deaths included in Jesus’ act at the cross. Upon further discussion, Alan added:
Paul wrote of ‘dying daily’. I think he was telling us that there are many things that we will have to learn to die to in our Christ awareness. Paul undoubtedly, at least in my mind, ‘died’ at the Cross of Crossing Over, and yet later found himself having many ideas and erroneous thoughts that he was having to ‘die to’ for enabling him to get past the bondage of his Judaism. With those multiple deaths come multiple resurrections. The ‘coming’ of Christ is, at least in my mind, a continuous and on-going coming forth; not only appearing to many different individuals, but also many appearances to us individually. As Rudy Jones our friend used to say, “The Holy Spirit never stops moving”! Isaiah 9:6-7 highlights that idea when he tells us “…of the increase of government (Christ Rule within us) and peace there will be no end!” And as I remind myself that ‘Christ’ is the spirit of humility that equips me to bow my knee in willing submission to the callings of My Father, I am convinced anew of the many comings forth of Christ, and the resulting ‘deaths’ and ‘resurrections’ those comings forth accommodate.
In summary, Jesus’ death at the cross covered all aspects of our old man’s death so that in every aspect of our life, we are able to fully walk as a new creation. FATHER left nothing out in HIS great grace and wisdom. Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT in 2 Corinthians chapter 5:
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
How grateful I am for FATHER’S Love expressed to me through HIS Son’s willingness to go to the cross on my behalf.