Threefold Redemption
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Isaiah 53:4 says,
''Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem
Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.''
''Borne''- The Hebrew
word means ''to bear a burden'' for another. [ It is often spoken of the
bearing of sin], in the sense of substitution, to take upon the penalty for
another. Significantly, it means to ''bear on the body'', for another.
''Carried'' - The
Hebrew word means to ''carry away'' or ''remove''.
Both words are
synonymous in meaning, conveying, however, the separate ideas of substitution
(borne), and total removal (carried).
''Griefs''- This is
literally ''sicknesses'', or as the Masoretic text says, ''illnesses''. [i.e.,
literal physical sicknesses and diseases.]
''Sorrows''- This can
be translated as physical diseases, but 11 out of the 16 OT references have to
do with mental suffering and anguish. Metaphorically it is the pain of the soul
as opposed to the body or spirit. It can be literally translated as ''pain''.
Therefore,
''sorrows'' are pains of the mind, while ''griefs'' are pains of the body.
In Isaiah 53:12, the
word ''borne'' is used in the exact same semantic form, to state that, ''... He
bore the sin of many...'' and the root is used in verse 11 to say that, ''...
he shall bear their iniquities.'' The Messiah ''bore'' our sicknesses and
diseases, once for all, to the same degree that He ''bore'' our sins and
iniquities, once for all.
Jesus not only
delivered us from our sins, but in His death and resurrection delivered us from
mental anguish and physical sickness and disease in the body. In other words,
redemption is three fold; spirit (sin); soul (sorrows); and body (sickness).
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