Saturday, March 31, 2007

Unused names of Jesus

Isaiah 49:7
"Thus says the LORD,
The Redeemer of Israel,
their Holy One,
To Him whom man
despises,
To Him whom the nation
abhors,
To the Servant of rulers:
"Kings shall see and arise,
Princes also shall
worship,
Because of the LORD who
is faithful,
The Holy One of Israel;
And He has chosen You."


This is one of those prophecies of Jesus that has God Speaking to Jesus, about the days when people will wake up and say, "Hey, Jesus is worth worshipping (divine)." If you think he may be referring to the nation of Israel here, read the whole chapter and you'll see why its basic math that this is Jesus.
If you're not used to passages like this then here is one that's similar, to stretch your mind...

But look at the names:
"...Him whom man despises..."
"...Him whom the nation abhors..."
"...the Servant of rulers..."

Are these some of the names of Jesus that don't make it onto the Zondervan roster? Along with "Friend of Sinners", "Glutton", "Drunkard", "Demoniac", "Worker of the power of Beelzebub"...

How about His description in Is. 52:14-15
There, he is called "Marred" in face and body more than anyone else! He sprinkles the nations with his blood, and kings are in awe of Him...

Jesus was a friend of sinners.
He came to love the outsiders
and fling wide the gates to God for them.
But the insiders didn't get it.
and they flung him out.

but that's how he accomplished His goal.
so now,we don't have to worry about being
flung out
by "insiders", do we?

...and I don't know exactly what I feel about the neglect of these names of Jesus. They bring me a lot of encouragement and comfort. I really like them.
...and I wonder what dark thing could cause the people who call themselves His followers to not only neglect these names of Jesus, but to lacquer Him over in such a muck of ungrace and religious form that he's hidden to the honestly hungry soul...

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