What really happened during the Last Supper?

The Last Supper we usually remember as breaking and sharing the bread and  sharing the cup of wine as remembrance of  Jesus body broken and Hid blood shed for forgiveness of sin..We see twelve  apostles sitting at the table with Jesus among them.
What else was taking place at the table when the cup of new covenant in  Jesus' blood  was  passed from hands to hands?
"When the hour came, Jesus and His apostles reclined at the table. And He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I tell you,
I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God.” Luke 22;14-16

Have you ever thought about what Jesus said at the table before the Passover meal started? He said He 'eagerly desired ' to eat that Passover before He was to suffer.
He had desire to spend the last hours with His disciples. Knowing that the worst was just a few hours away, that the 'pain' was  waiting at the door, He wanted to use that time  for the fellowship with His friends.
Think about it how would you feel knowing you are going to be betrayed and suffer soon? Would you withdraw into yourself and have pity on you and feel too upset to hang out  anybody around?
I can imagine I would definitely feel like that. I would be too stressed up to enjoy any party.
But let's look at Jesus. Of course  He was  feeling stressed up but the main thing   is- He was focusing on the  well-being  and  good spirit of His friends.

He talks about praying for Simon Peter;
"Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”Luke 22;31-32

He gives the privilege for His people to ask in prayer for what they need;
"And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it." John 14;13-14 
"If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you." John 15;7 


He is promising the Holy Spirit to come as a Helper and Comforter;    
"And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever." John 14 ;16

He is promising His presence;
 "I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live." John 14;18-19

He is encouraging His friends' hearts. He wants them to have joy and peace.;
v.27 " Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid."
 "These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full." John 15;.11
“I am coming to you( Father)  now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them."
John 17;13

What an encouragement! He is preparing His disciples to have hope, to have faith. Notice -He is  praying  both  for them and for.... YOU!.
" I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in me through their message". John 17;20 
His focus are the people who responded to God and who believe His words. He makes sure they know the way to follow; " You know the way to the place where I am going.” John 14;4
“I am the way and the truth and the life(...) v.7

He makes sure they have His promise they are not left abandon that one day He is coming for them;
 "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am."  John 14;3
He is encouraging them not to give up and to be aware of the hard times to come;
"These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace.
In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." John 16;33

He is washing His disciples' feet, showing them to serve one another, as He served them. He gave them a command for  having love for each other.

Before He leaves to pray for the strength for Himself to endure the cross, His main focus is you!  It is not only those twelve people at the table  but also YOU. If you know Him, He wants to leave you fully equipped in the knowledge you should have, in the things you should understand, in the hope you should hold on, and in the promised return  to look forward to!
All for those whom He loves. But among all these people at the table there is  somebody who  'kills' the joy of fellowship.
There is a betrayer - Judas- whose eyes are too blind to see Jesus' love  and his heart to hardened to understand the need for the Savior!  He chooses what looks good for the eyes. Money for which he will later loose his soul forever. 
After the disciples are all  'set'  there came time to Jesus to pray for His  own strength and  asking  the Father if  it was possible to remove that coming suffering from Him.  Jesus surely knew what He was going to face  so His sweat  ( we read) was like the drops of blood. But He didn't turn back. He didn't give up. He didn't ask  His father for legions  of angels for His protection. ( as He said He could have! Matthew 26;53)
He also might have said, 'that is too much! You guys cost me too much!' But there was  no ' too much' for God. His love is great enough. He wanted our redemption at all costs! That is how much He didn't want  you to die with  eternal death. He doesn't want  you to end up like  Judas with his  soul  lost. He wants you to choose life that will be completely new  with Him and He offers beyond that. Jesus' resurrection was a sign of a triumph over death. From that time on, death  has  no power any more  over those who are safe in  Jesus.
He  promised;  “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die, and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”  John 11;25-26

The Kingdom of Heaven

There are so many books that are coming out about heaven and peoples' experiences  ' while they died for a short time'  and  these books  attract the most attention and sell the most. Recently a friend of mine gave me her old Kindle. There were so many of those books there with different titles; "5 minutes in heaven" ,
"2 minutes beyond the body", and many many more of that type. As I listened to some of them one thing struck me the most. People are talking about their experience while seeing heaven , seeing all their relatives but not seeing God, not seeing Jesus. What kind of hope these books give to you? I wondered. Knowing that heaven is for real  should be our hope? Of course there are so many people who are looking for any sign of life beyond the grave and these  books might give some evidence -yes- there is a sign, somebody experienced death and saw heaven. Personal experience , but how much of it is true? Don't satisfy your faith  by only believing in heaven. The Bible tells us clearly such place exists, there is no secret, Jesus Himself talked about it many times; " my Father in heaven",
"(...) there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents (...) Luke 15;7
"But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. 56 “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.” Act 7;55-56

These are just a few examples of reading  in the Bible that there is a place called heaven. The thing is we should be more concerned about whether we are on the way to it or not!
 Just believing in heaven doesn't make a person saved, knowing how the place looks like doesn't either.
Jesus said “The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone forces his way into it."
  Luke 16;16
He also says; "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven."
Matthew 7;21
We read here about two important things; " everyone forces his way into it" and that  " not everyone who says Lord, Lord will enter it.
Our concerns should be whether we are doing the will of the Father who is in heaven. Some people weren't sure what does it mean and asked Jesus;
" Therefore they said to Him, What shall we do, so that we may work the works of God? Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.”
John 6;28-29
If you already heard what the Bible talks about salvation, how to be saved you will see it is all in agreement with the verse above; "believing in Him whom He ( Father) sent" which is believing in His Son Jesus Christ.
 He said in many ways how we should respond to Him;    "come to me" " repent",
"Truly, truly, I say unto you, He that believes on me has everlasting life." John 6;47
"You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me,  yet you refuse to come to me to have life." John 5;39-40
He is a point. Without coming to Jesus we can't have everlasting life, we can't get to  heaven.
When we come to Him, then we will understand how much He did for us, we will understand the significance of the cross and His blood shed for our sin. That will open the way.
Heaven is for people who came to Jesus, who responded to His call.
Jesus said  to those who believe in Him
" And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am." John 14;3
He doesn't say this to the whole world, to people who go to church or trying to work  their way to heaven by good deeds. No such thing.
The verse 1 of John 14  says " Believe in God, believe also in Me". You have to be a believer in Jesus. You have to know the way to heaven . And the way is Jesus.
"You know the way to the place where I am going.” He said;.
“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14;6
One day Jesus told people a parable about the Kingdom of  Heaven.The end of that story is really interesting.
"The Kingdom of heaven is like a King who arranged a wedding for his son..."
 The king prepares the banquet  He wants us to be His guests  He sends out an invitation  and with that invitation he provides the proper wedding clothes. Then the wedding day comes. The guests arrive . There the man enters who is not properly dressed. He is asked why he is dressed like that.? Did he not get an invitation? Yes, he received an invitation, in fact " I was asked to come so I came". Why then did he not put  on the proper wedding clothes? Did he not receive the clothes with the invitation? Yes, he received the clothes but  but was it really necessary for him to wear them? Was` it not far more important  that he was here  and had accepted the invitation? After all, the King did invite him.
Then just the King arrives. And that is what they have all been waiting for, to see the king. A silence  falls over the assembly. The king spots the man not properly dressed.
" How  did you come in here?" he asked  " Without being properly dressed for the wedding? The man stumbles  about for words , but can  find none.
 " Tie him up and throw him into darkness outside. There will be weeping and gnashing teeth"
The end for that person is really terrifying
.
You can not  play with  God's invitation. You can not come shamelessly with  your sins on you. You need to humble yourself. Your sins have to be ashed away, so your clothes are white. That can only happen if you come to Jesus and receive His forgiveness. Somebody said " You can not play a little game with the grace of God."   You either received it or not. You might know a lot about heaven, read lots of books, forced your way into it, but the question of the King will stop you. " How  did you come in here?" " Where are your clean clothes?" You might be disappointed  about heaven if you newer knew Jesus.
The King of the universe invites you.
The Kingdom of Heaven is for those  who" have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb."

The way to God

Most of the world developed an idea about God, who is a great Unknown. The thought that He is detached from the world, the Unknowable is very common because He doesn't  do things according to our own expectations or imagination.
According to the Stoics - God is utterly detached from the human scene and we cannot influence Him, neither have any relationship with Him. Many still retain these ideas. God is Unknowable and  He doesn't care. We want Him to be  a sort of a Fairy to fulfill  our wishes.
We wonder why isn't  He simply visible to us, why isn't He  talking to us from heaven with a loud voice so we can clearly see this is God?
Because it is not about seeing but getting to know  who He is, how  much He cares and  how much He is involved in our lives.  And it is based on His conditions;
 "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble." James 4;6
If  we  only knew how He looks like but didn't  care about getting to know His character, His personality, His heart- would that be  satisfying for is- just to say;
" Oh, I saw God, He is of that shape, looks  so and so." ?
No. God  is definitely more than we could  see to be able to describe Him. Besides, God is a Spirit and we can know Him by getting to know His character. God made the way to know Him. For those who believe the gospel, there comes His revelation.
He doesn't  have to be the Unapproachable One any more.
In a Jewish temple there was  a curtain hanging  to hide  the Holy One. Only once a year  the high priest could  enter  to make atonement for the people.He alone could come near the Holy One, the God who was separated from man.

But we forget  that huge curtain hiding The Holy One  - was torn down when  JESUS DIED ON  THE CROSS!
He came into this world where God seemed unknown  and removed our own conception  of  unapproachable God.
Jesus comes to call us to God. He comes  with the news that God is not  removed from us  that He wants us to approach Him, that in fact, this Holy God  is friendly to sinners. For this reason the Pharisees were filled with anger  when they  saw Jesus  befriending  the common people. But Jesus reveals God, enters the human scene and calls us to Him;
"Come unto Me, all ye that labor  and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon  you  and learn from Me..."  Matthew 11;28
Here Jesus reverses our  human ideas of God  and shows that  God wants you to come to Him. God calls you as a  father calls his children home. God seeks you as a shepherd seeks a lost sheep. He calls you in His name ." Learn from Me....you  shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke  is easy and my burden is light."
"For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost." Luke 19;10 That is -us-  who were lost in this sinful  world, and by sin  were separated from God.

Somebody once said;" Shakespeare can give  you literature, Browning can  give you poetry, Kant can give you philosophy, Sartre can give you existentialism,Freud can  give you psychoanalysis, Einstein calls you give you science, the newspaper  calls you to give you information, the motion picture gives you entertainment, the advertisers- a better living... Everything the world gives you is temporal. Everything Jesus gives is ETERNAL! He calls you to salvation!
What is Jesus cure? " Come unto Me"  A call not to join an organization, to follow an ethic,  a new teaching, or even a way of life, but this is a call to meet a PERSON,  an invitation to come directly to Him and through Him to God. He is the DOOR. He is the WAY. Who else can save you if not the One who demonstrated His power over life and death? The One who died and rose again.
"You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me, yet you refuse to come to." John 5; 39-40

God desires to be approached. He can be approachable through Jesus. Can anyone hold an intimate conversation with  one of the Greek gods or any other man-made gods -statues?  Definitely not! But the Father of  Jesus Christ offers Himself to us; :" Come unto Me."

Can any of the man-made gods in different religions  give you salvation? Definitely  NOT.
"No one can come to the Father except through me" John 14;6
And Jesus says;" I will give you rest" The release of sin. The removal of fear. Freedom of conscience. Everlasting life. Jesus brought us the vision of God, the God who desires  to be approached. It is not the fear of sin but the love of God which sets men free.
So Jesus calls you  He invites you to the eternal God. For this God approaches you in Jesus and invites you to salvation and service. You may come from the lowest of motives. You may only want  peace of mind, or  rest from your burdens.. Someone once said; " I came looking for shelter. I found a shell. And then in a shell, I found a pearl"
"He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation". Colossians 1;15

Authority of Jesus Christ in Heaven and on Earth

"The great authority of Christ"
How many of us think about real purpose of  life? The questions about the purpose and our destiny are in so many of our minds. Most people  are just satisfied in achieving their own  goals  and enjoy only the present time.  Did God have any purpose in creating us if our goal was just to live that short life on earth and then die and be forgotten? Are we all scrod up? The answer is surely no.

 The Bible tells us clearly more  about  much greater things . It talks about our restoration, about the restoration of all things.
The creative purpose of God to redeem the mankind  was in the very beginning.
 It was all planned with wisdom before this present  creation. Jesus as the redeemer was  God's plan and all things came into being through him.
He  is the ultimate  expression of   God and His love for us. His plan was expressed in pieces  and parts in history, as people acted  and in prophecy, as people spoke.  The plan was being expressed  as Abraham set off to sacrifice Isaac, his only son, about which we read in the Old Testament.   In John 3;16 we read that "God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, so that whoever believes in him, shall not perish but have everlasting life." Then as Moses lifted up the serpent on the desert Old Testament) - so is the Son of Man  (Jesus) lifted up by God so whoever believes in Him has everlasting life.
We read in  the prophecy in the Isaiah that the Servant of God would be pierced for our transgressions, we read in Psalms about all he faced on the cross. No coincidence,  coming of Jesus was planned by God and He  foretold  him in so many ways throughout  Old Testament scriptures.  God   wasn't to surprise  anybody with  sending the savior as  if  He made up His mind to redeem us from our sin  in the middle of our life' history.   He clearly foretold him to us.   Christ is a real person with a real meaning.  We  can understand this important meaning  in our lives  by studying the scriptures about the  authority given him by God  both  in heaven and on earth.
He said " all authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth" Matthew 28;18
"The Father judges no one but has given all judgement to the Son. So that  all many honor  the Son  just  as they  honor the Father who sent him." John5;22-23
"The Father loves the Son, and  has given all things into His hand." John 3;35

In  the above verse  "He has given all judgement to the Son" , we see  that it will be Jesus Christ  who will judge all men and that thereby all men will honor the Son even as they honor the Father.
That is what we saw in Philippians  2;10-11
 "Every knee will bow down  and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord , to the glory of God the Father."
 Jesus Christ the one who was judged, condemned  and executed by men,  raised from the dead  seated at the right hand of God-will be the one to finally judge all men.

.Every person who has ever lived will be judged by him.  But there are 2 different  'finals'. Believers in Christ will be judged for what they have done in the body, but they are not the subject to God's condemnation.
"For we must all appear  before judgement seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad." 2 Cor 5;10
For those who trusted Jesus, the judgement is not for death and condemnation;
"Very truly I tell you, anyone who hears my word  and believes Him who sent me has eternal life, and will not be condemned, he has crossed over from death to life." John 5;24
Those who listen to Him and trusted him, those who are born again are justified.
God didn't sent Jesus to die on the cross just in vain. He offered you and me the way out, to avoid God's wrath.
So all unrepentant people, all who don't want to know him, who rejected Him,they will be subject to God's wrath.
"(...) he who does not believe  the Son  shall not see life  but the wrath of God  abides on him. " John 3;36

John 12;48  " He who rejects  Me, and  does not receive My words, has that which judges him- the word that I have spoken  will judge him  in the last day."

More about Jesus as the judge we read in John 5;27-29;
v.25." I tell you the truth, a time is coming  and has now come  when the dead will hear the voice  of the Son of God and those who hear will live."
                                We see that it is Jesus Christ who will call people  to new  and everlasting life.
v.26." For as the father has life  in himself , so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself."
v.27 " And He has given Him authority  to execute judgement , because He is the Son of Man."

It will be Jesus Christ's voice all people will hear in their graves and it will be Him to decide who is to live  and who is to die;

v.21." For just as the father raises the dead  and gives them life , even so the Son  gives life to whom  He is pleased to give it."
v.28 " Do not be astonished at this, for the hour is coming  when all who are in their graves will hear  His voice."
v.29 " and will come out -those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation."
This is what is commonly known as the resurrections of "the just" and "the unjust". The Bible clearly says that all people who have ever lived will get up  from the dead.

We can be sure His judgement is just as He is always doing God's will;
John 5;30 " I can do nothing  on my own, as I hear I judge, and my judgement is just, because I seek  to do not my own will  but the will of Him who sent me."
Because  Jesus Christ  works in perfect harmony  with his heavenly Father, there will be justice for all.
v.19." Jesus said to them;'Very truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing  on His own, but only what He sees the Father doing,  for what ever the Father does, the Son does likewise."

"Who do you say I am"?
Jesus of Nazareth put this question  to His followers nearly 2000 years ago, and  the question still hangs in the air, requesting the answer  from every person living now. But is it not just to know who He is in general but who He is for you. Your time on earth, your life now is to accept Him as your Lord and savior.  This the the only way out given by God  to avoid His judgement and not to be condemned but have new life.
It is not the life of limitations but the life of abundance.   " I have come that they may have life,, and that they may have it  more abundantly." John 10;10

Christ- the One in charge

“Christ- the One in charge”
As` we study the Bible we  read that Jesus Christ is the subject of  this book  from Genesis 3;15 to Revelation 22;21
This Jesus of Nazareth has been the object of more speculation than any other person in the history of man. The name of Jesus Christ  springs spontaneously  from the lips of all kind of people, from the priest to the any upset person that is using His name to curse. “Even when Jesus is rejected as an object of faith, he is chosen as an object of derision.”
Why it is like that?
The battle is truly spiritual – it is about discovering or suppressing  His true identity. The battle with high stakes for mankind. Finding His true identity allows us to come to Him and trust Him and acknowledge Him as our Lord, which results in being saved from God’s judgement. Having  His false identity  -will keep us away from Him and His word  and  from trusting Him  It will keep us away from receiving His forgiveness and the truth that we can be saved.  ” Most assuredly I say to you , he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me, has everlasting life, and shall  not come  into judgement , but has passed from death into life.”
It is a great promise but by many  Jesus is  still  under appreciated. A  man that died on the cross and that is the end of the story. No power no meaning for your life.  But He is much more than this. We will find out in this study- what the Bible says  He is  and what does it mean to know His true  identity. How much do we know Him and realize all the greatness? Are you able to see Him for whom he is? Let your knowledge about Jesus Christ not limit itself only  to His earthly life. We should  also be aware  of  His glorious exaltation by God and the authority over all things  that Father gave Him.
Let’s have a  quick Bible’s overlook;
Jesus Christ as the One in charge over everything;
“Jesus came and spoke to them; All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.” Matthew 28;18
The Bible says that  Father  put Jesus in charge over everything. That means all what the Father would be doing, Jesus is in charge doing.
He gave Him authority  as a judge;
 John 5;22 ” For the Father judges no one but committed all  judgement to the Son.”  v.27 “  And has given Him authority to execute judgement also because He is the Son of Man.”
The only mediator to God, the way of communication with God; ultimate representative of God;
Hebrews 1;1-2a “God spoke at various times  and  in various ways to the fathers  by the prophets, has in the last days spoken to us by His Son.”
People wish they would see God, but it is not about seeing how He looks like, the same way it is not enough to know somebody by seeing only his/her picture.  God wants us to  know His character, His heart and nature, and that nature was manifested  all in His Son. God’s heart and will was manifested  in his Son’s life in everything  that He  said  and did.  He was saying and doing what God himself would be saying or doing, that way ( when one of his disciples said; ‘show us the Father’) Jesus  could say; ‘ Whoever has seen me, has seen the Father.” John 14;9
He could also say the following;
” The Father who dwells in Me does His works”  John 14;10
” All that the Father has is mine”   John 12;45
” Most assuredly I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself , but what He sees the Father doing,  for whatever He does, the Son also does in likewise.” John 5;19
He has the authority to be honored as the Father;  John 5;23
” That all should honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son, does not honor the Father.”
The One who has the power to raise the dead ones; John 5; 21
“For as the Father raises the dead  and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life to whom He will.”
v.28  ” (…) for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves  will hear His voice.”
John 6.44 “No one can come to Me, unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
John 6;47″  Most assuredly I say to you, he who believes in Me, has everlasting life.”
The only way to God:  John 6;45
“It is written in the prophets ‘ And they shall all be taught by God’ . Therefore everyone who has heard  and learned from the Father, comes to Me.”
John 14;6 ” I am the way, the true and the life, no one comes to the Father except through Me.”
The One with the authority to forgive  sin;  Luke 5;24
“But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins, He said to the man who was paralyzed ; ‘ I say to you , arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.”
The One as the image of the invisible God; Colossians 1;15
Hebrews 1;3a ” The Son is reflection of God’s glory and the exact imprint  of God’s very  being and He sustains all things by his powerful word.”
Exalted above all name;
Philippians 2;9  “Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name  which is above every name.”
Authority to be worshiped  ” That at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow, of those in heaven and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,and that every tongue should confess  that Jesus Christ is  Lord to the glory of God the Father.”  
Heir of all things, all things created through Him and for Him;
(..) whom He has appointed as heir of all things, through whom  also He made the worlds.” Hebrews 1;2
“For by Him all things were created  that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones  or dominions or principalities  or powers.
All things were created through Him  and for Him.” Colossians1;16   
Jesus wanted people to find His true identity by coming to God. He wasn’t yelling  out; Do you know who I am? I am a Son of God! This was not the way to know Him.  To truly know Him always depended on coming to God, so that God Himself would reveal Jesus  to us.
One time Jesus asked His disciples; “And who do  believe I am?” and Peter  said ” You are the Son of the living God.”  Not only was it a correct answer but Jesus also said that it  is the Father in heaven  who revealed it to Peter.”
And who  is Jesus   for you?
And if you think that people can use His name as a curse and keep rejecting Him and get away with it; the Bible has the answer to that.
John 12;48 ” He who rejects Me, and does nor receive my words, has that which judges him, the word that I have spoken  will judge him in the last day.”
You can choose to serve the great Lord and have everlasting life in Him.  The battle is spiritual, you can win it- by accepting  Jesus as your Lord and Savior! He doesn’t have to be an unknown historical hero but your real mighty Lord.

The greatest work done in Jerusalem

 

“The greatest  work  done in Jerusalem”

Isaiah 53;5     “But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement for our peace was upon Him and by His bruises we are healed.”

v.11 says ” My righteous servant shall justify many, for He shall bear their iniquities”

v.12. “He poured out His soul unto death and He was numbered with the transgressors and He bore the sin of man."

In all the religions of the world -what differs all man-made up gods from the real one God is " The true one God sent a Savior to rescue the mankind and confirmed Christ  coming in hundreds  prophecies throughout the Biblical Scriptures  written in the span period over 1000 years before Christ came.

One of the  greatest things that has ever  been done for all  people happened  in Jerusalem    and  it  is the work  Jesus  did   for you on  the cross 2000 years ago!
The Son of  God came down to pay the  price of our sin and His forgiveness is available for  everybody who believes.

Salvation was always by grace, not by good works.  The given law is  for recognizing  the sin.
Even Abraham and  Noah  were saved by faith, born  before the law was given to Moses.

This is what the Bible is promising;
As we read in Romans 8;1 “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are  in Christ Jesus.”
Jesus said;”I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes Him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned , but he has crossed over from death to life.” John 5;24   The work  Jesus  did for you is the salvation work that gives you access to God and eternal life!

Prophecy about  Savior's’ birth;

Isaiah 9;6
“ For to us a child is born, to us a son is given and the government will be  on his shoulders.  And he will be called  Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,  Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”
Matthew 1 starts with words;  ” The book of genealogy of Jesus Christ , the Son of David, the Son of Abraham.”
The promise that was made to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, founders of the Jewish family, a promise later renewed to Kind David, that one of their descendants would reign over the nations forever ( see Gen 28;14, 2 Sam7;16) Yeshua fit the prophet’s description in every detail and was hailed  by thousands  of Jews a Messiah. ( John 19;38-39, Acts 6;7)
In Matthew 1;20-23  we read  what an angel said Mary ” that she will bring forth a Son and that His name will be Jesus and that He will save His people from sins” v.22 ” So all this was done  that it might be fulfilled  which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet , saying; ” Behold the virgin shall be with child, and bear a  Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel, which is translated  ‘God with us”. Prophecy already  fulfilled from Isaiah7;14
Other facts;
Jesus knew  that he would be killed  in Jerusalem and that he would rise again on the third day;
Luke 18;31-33
Jesus took the Twelve  aside  and told them, “ We are  going  up to Jerusalem and everything  that is written  by  the prophets  about  the  Son of  Man  will be  fulfilled.  He will  be  handed  over  to the Gentiles . They will mock him, insult him, spit on him, flog him  and kill him. On he third day he will rise again.”
Jesus’   triumphal  entry to Jerusalem     ( Matthew 21;5  John 12;15 )
“The next day the great crowd that had come for the feast heard  that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. They took palm branches and went out  to meet  him, shouting,  Hosanna! Blessed  is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the King of Israel! Jesus found  a young donkey and sat upon it, as it is written  in Zechariah 9;9;
“ Rejoice  greatly, o Daughter of   Zion, Shout  Daughter of Jerusalem!
See your  king  comes  to you  righteous  and having  salvation, gentle  and riding  on a donkey,
On a colt,  the foal  of a donkey.”
The  Old  and the New Testament tells us about why Jesus  came  to die;
Isaiah 53 ;5
“He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed  for our iniquities, the punishment  that brought us peace was upon him and by his wound we are healed.”
See; Hebrew 10; 14 “(…) by one  sacrifice he has made perfect for ever those  who are being made  holy.”
Hebrew 9;26 “(… he has appeared once for all at the end  of the ages  to do away with sin by the sacrifice  of himself.”
Psalm 22; 7    tells us details about what Jesus was facing on the cross and all these things happened exactly how they were described in the Old Testament;
“All who see me mock  me, they hurl  insults, shaking their  heads.  He trusts in the Lord let the Lord  rescue him, let him deliver  him since he delights in him.”
(  fulfilled in the  New Testament in Mathew  27;39,    Mark 15; 29   Luke 23;35)
Psalm 22; 16-18
“(..) they have pierced my hands and my feet. I can count all  my bones.  People stare and gloat over me.
They divide  my garments  among them  and cast lots for my  clothing.”
( fulfilled in the New Testament in  Matthew 27; 35  Mark 15; 24   Luke 23;34  John 19; 24 )

Psalm 69;21

“ They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst.”
( fulfilled in  the New testament  in Matthew 27;48    Mark 15; 36     John 19;28-29)
Psalm 34;20,  Numbers 9;12 ,  Exodus 12;46,
“  He protects  all his bones, not one of them will be broken.
(Fulfilled    in  John  19; 33-36 )” But when they came  to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his leg”
Zechariah 11; 12-13  tells us about Jesus  that would be  betrayed  for 30 silver coins
“  If you think   it best, give me my pay, but if not keep it. So they paid me thirty pieces of silver. And the Lord said to me ; throw it to the potter – the handsome price  at which  they priced me.”
( fulfilled in  Matthew 27; 3-9) ” When Judas , who  had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders.”
v.6  ” The chief priests picked  up the coins and said; ” it is against the law  to put  this  into the treasury , since it is bloody money.”
v.9 ” Then what was spoken  by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled; They took the thirty silver coins, the price  set on him by  the people of Israel.”
About Jesus  conquering  death;
Matthew 28;6  The angel said  ” I  know that you are looking for Jesus , who  was crucified . He is not here , he has  risen, just as he said. Come and see the place  where he lay”
We learn that God  gives us salvation while we believe in Jesus;
Romans 10;9  “If you confess   with your mouth ” Jesus is Lord” and believe in your heart that  God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”

Galatians 3; 11 ” Clearly no-one  is justified  before God  by the law, because ;” The righteous will live by faith.”

Hebrew  2;14   If you know Jesus   there is no fear of  death  for you;

” Since the children  have flash and blood, he too shared  in their humanity so that  by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death- that is , the devil, and free those  who  all their lives  were held in slavery  by their fear of death.”

The place where you are going to spend your eternity depends on your relationship with Christ. 
He that believes on the Son has everlasting life: and he that believes not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abides on him.
( John 3;36)
“Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. 33 But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven." Matthew 10;32-33