• Advent Devotions

    Day 5 – The Suffering Servant

    Scriptures: Psalm 22, Isaiah 53, Hebrews 10:1-14, Ephesians 2:4-6 As the Son of David, Jesus fulfilled the prophecies of David, including that of the suffering servant in Psalm 22. This psalm begins with the very words Jesus cried out on the cross at his crucifixion, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Psalm 22:1). Was Jesus forsaken by God or was he quoting this psalm to indicate that he was prophetically fulfilling it? Verse 24 answers the question of verse 1, declaring that God “has not despised or scorned the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for…