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The Suffering Servant and the Gift of a New Heart (Isaiah –Jeremiah—Lamentations)
Truth Encounter: HisStory Old Testament
English - August 13, 2014 01:39 - 20 MBChristianity Religion & Spirituality biblical story walk through bible Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Dr. Bruce Waltke was my major teacher at Dallas Seminary in Old Testament. He studied in Israel for a couple of years and once a week went and read the Hebrew Bible with a learned rabbi. One afternoon they read Isaiah 53 together with the wager, the Rav would fit the details of the passage identifying the suffering servant as Israel and Dr. Waltke would interpret the servant as Christ. In the midst of the discussion the rabbi became very agitated and his aid asked Dr. Waltke to leave. Let’s look at this high point of Old Testament revelation and discover the reason for the rabbi’s concern.