Isaiah 53:10

Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand." (Isaiah 53:10)

 

The very concept of God having pleasure in things that take place on earth staggers the imagination. Most amazing of all is the revelation that it pleased Him to put His own Son through a terrible, bruising death, as the tremendous Messianic prophecy of our text reveals.

 

Nevertheless, this was the only possible way whereby "the pleasure of the Lord" could be accomplished in the redeemed lives of lost men and women, whom He had created for eternal fellowship with the triune God. "For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation".

 

Five times we read in the New Testament that God the Father spoke from heaven assuring us that He was "well pleased" with His "beloved Son". Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him! This is almost impossible to understand, but had it not been so, none of us ever could have been saved. The Lord Jesus Himself has confirmed to His own "little flock" that "it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom"