Mission Accomplished: The Suffering Servant

God unveils his Servant who will be exalted, yet first marred beyond recognition, so startling that kings fall silent and nations are cleansed. He is despised and rejected, yet he bears our griefs and sins as a willing substitute, pierced and crushed for our iniquities, so that wandering sheep find peace and healing when the Lord lays on him the iniquity of us all. Though cut off in death and laid in a grave, the Lord makes his soul a guilt offering, prolongs his days, and the Servant sees his offspring, justifies many, and continues to bear and intercede for transgressors.