Isaiah 53:1
Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
The arm of the Lord is often associated with strength. Isaiah begins this section of his prophecy about the suffering servant with the question about who has believed and had the "arm of the Lord" revealed to them. the suffering servant sounds, and would appear, anything but strong. This seems like weakness. Who would believe it? But God's power is revealed in apparent weakness. The bruised, crushed, afflicted servant that Isaiah is about to describe is the greatest show of God's strength possible - God himself, become man to die in our place and destroy Satan, sin and death!
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