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Throughout the book of Isaiah, we\u2019ll hear references to one called the Servant. Though there is immediate application to be found by naming Israel as this Servant, the New Testament authors, who were filled with God\u2019s Holy Spirit like Isaiah, saw another connection. You\u2019ll probably see it, too. The ultimate Servant, the ultimate son of David, is the promised Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ. Isaiah 53 in particular, which is covered in today\u2019s reading, is such a clear prediction of Christ\u2019s work on the cross. He is the one who was pierced because of our rebellion and crushed because of our iniquities. Yet the Lord was pleased to crush him, and by his hand the Lord\u2019s pleasure will be accomplished.