7 April 2025
“When you make him a guilt offering, he will see his seed, he will prolong his days” (Isaiah 53:10, CSB). Mark Penrith drew our attention to the shock in that promise. A sacrifice that lives. He said, “Isaiah says He becomes the guilt offering. Then something new happens. The offering lives.” This changes everything. In the Old Covenant, animals died and stayed dead. But here, the Servant dies and then sees. He lives again. The cross is not the end of the story.
Mark pressed the point further. “No animal sees offspring. No animal prolongs days. They die. They stay dead.” But not this Servant. “This Servant rises. This Servant lives.” That is the difference. The Servant does not remain in the grave. He sees His seed. He gathers a people. He continues His work. This is resurrection. Not symbolic. Not poetic. Real. Bodily. Certain. “The text requires resurrection. A dead sacrifice cannot see offspring.” Jesus is alive.
This truth meets you in the ordinary. Your days feel repetitive. Meetings. Deadlines. Responsibilities. Fatigue. But lift your eyes. “This Servant lives.” He is not distant. He is not silent. He is present. So speak to Him. Walk with Him. Depend on Him. Not later. Now. Not in theory. In real time. As Mark said, “The offering lives.” That means your Saviour is active today. He strengthens. He leads. He sustains.
Bring this into your home. Ask your children a simple question. Why does it matter that Jesus is alive? Help them see it. Because He listens when we pray. Because He helps us obey. Because He walks with us every day. Keep it clear. Keep it close. Mark reminded us, “This Servant rises. This Servant lives.” Your family needs to hear that often. Resurrection is not an event to remember. It is a reality to live in.
So answer honestly. Do you relate to Jesus as alive, or only as a past event? “He will see his seed, he will prolong his days.” That is present reality. That is ongoing life. The Servant who was crushed now lives and reigns. Walk with Him today.
Lord Jesus, You are not dead, You are alive. Help me to walk with You today. Teach me to depend on You in every moment. Let Your life shape mine. Amen.