'unceasing strokes against humanity' to achieve
world domination. The key was Strong's H4347
"makkah" = wound, slaughter, plague, beaten,
stripes, stroke, blow, smote, sores, wounded,
scourging [reference Isaiah 14:6]. Were these
actions by the Adversary used against The
Promised One?
We read in Isaiah how The Messiah would take
our punishments. However, Isaiah 53 did not use
H4347 at all. Instead, Christ was 'smitten by God'
which is Strong's H5221 (verb) - to strike, smite,
hit, beat, slay or to be smitten.
Isaiah 53:4 ESV
"Surely he has borne our
griefs and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed him stricken,
smitten by God, and afflicted."
The Adversary was not in control of putting to
death The Savior. Instead, the LORD GOD was
the One who was pleased to crush Our Lord
according to His Plan of Mercy and Grace.
Isaiah 53:10 NASB
"But the LORD was pleased
To crush Him, putting Him
to grief; If He would render
Himself as a guilt offering,
He will see His offspring,
He will prolong His days,
And the good pleasure of
the LORD will prosper in
His hand."
The choice to submit Himself to His Heavenly
Father was always under the control of our
LORD and SAVIOR Jesus Christ. The prayers
in the Garden, where He sweated great drops of
blood, was His time to resolve all 'rendering'
issues to become the perfect Guilt Offering.
The suffering and death was always His choice
and totally under the commanding charge He
had received directly from His Heavenly Father.
John 10:18 ESV
"No one takes it from me, but I
lay it down of my own accord. I
have authority to lay it down,
and I have authority to take it
up again. This charge I have
received from my Father.”
This means the devil did not take charge over the
crucification. Nor did the Adversary take command
over these situations.
Hebrews 2:14 NASB
"Therefore, since the children share
in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise
also partook of the same, that through
death He might render powerless him
who had the power of death, that is,
the devil ..."
The devil still has the power of death even
today as he seeks to steal, lie, kill and destroy
us and lead us into eternal destruction.
Luke 4:6 NASB
"And the devil said to Him, “I will give You
all this domain and its glory; for it has been
handed over to me, and I give it to whomever
I wish."
However, for all those who believe, the Son
of God offers to us His salvation having borne
our sins, thereby having rendered the devil
powerless over our second death.
Revelation 2:11 NASB
‘He who has an ear, let him hear what
the Spirit says to the churches. He who
overcomes will not be hurt by the second
death.'
When we believe, we have been made clean in
our conscience, we are no longer held captive
and oppressed by the devil. Nevertheless, the
same temptations are still continuing to this day.
1st John 2:16 NASB
"For all that is in the world, the
lust of the flesh and the lust of
the eyes and the boastful pride
of life, is not from the Father,
but is from the world."
This, then, is the way Jesus was smitten by God:
a) H2490 = chalal = wounded
(verb) to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate, make common, violate
b) H1792 = daka' = bruised
(verb) to crush, be crushed, be contrite, be broken, be shattered,
to break in(to) pieces
c) H2250 = chabbuwrah = stripes
bruise, stripe, wound, blow (the mark of strokes on skin)
