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(06-07-2025, 02:17 PM)JudaicChristian Wrote:The Hebrew word used for spoil in Isaiah 53:12 is something like shalal, and means something that is taken by force, usually in battle. I don't think the gift of life would fit that word.(06-07-2025, 01:08 AM)ThomasDGW Wrote:(05-26-2025, 04:36 PM)searchinmyroots Wrote:(05-26-2025, 02:16 PM)JudaicChristian Wrote: Verse 12 is the last verse.
12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,[g]
and he will divide the spoils with the strong,[h]
because he poured out his life unto death,
and was numbered with the transgressors.
For he bore the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors.
Thanks.
So if this pertains to the messiah as you say, when did this happen - " Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,
and he will divide the spoils with the strong"
What spoils did the messiah divide with the strong?
So, based on your understanding of the passage, if this pertains to Israel as you say, when did this happen, and what spoils did Israel divide with the strong?
On the other hand, it seems to me that the passages is saying that dividing the spoils with the strong is to come AFTER this servant poured out his soul unto death. Thus, there is no reason to expect that dividing the spoils has to have already happened. It seems to me that the Messiah will divide the spoils at the seventh trumpet, when he receives the kingdoms of this world, according to Revelation 11:15.
I think it is the gift of life through the New Covenant. No greater gift than life.