Prepare ye the way for the Lord, the Lord has risen!!

              

Who has believed our message

and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot,

and like a root out of dry ground.

He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,

nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.

3 He was despised and rejected by mankind,

a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.

Like one from whom people hide their faces

he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.

4 Surely he took up our pain

and bore our suffering,

yet we considered him punished by God,

stricken by him, and afflicted.

5 But he was pierced for our transgressions,

he was crushed for our iniquities;

the punishment that brought us peace was on him,

and by his wounds we are healed.

6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray,

each of us has turned to our own way;

and the Lord has laid on him

the iniquity of us all.

7 He was oppressed and afflicted,

yet he did not open his mouth;

he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,

and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,

so he did not open his mouth.

8 By oppression[a] and judgment he was taken away.

Yet who of his generation protested?

For he was cut off from the land of the living;

for the transgression of my people he was punished.[b]

9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked,

and with the rich in his death,

though he had done no violence,

nor was any deceit in his mouth.

10 Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer,

and though the Lord makes[c] his life an offering for sin,

he will see his offspring and prolong his days,

and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.

11 After he has suffered,

he will see the light of life[d] and be satisfied[e];

by his knowledge[f] my righteous servant will justify many,

and he will bear their iniquities.

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 transgressions.

Easter morning was a glorious one.Victory had been accomplished over the evil one and God won in overtime when Jesus overcame death. Just as the enemy was about to celebrate with his death God gave the victory shout as Jesus came back to life. The enemy was defeated.

 No more were the Jewish people obligated to the daily sacrifices because of what Jesus did death and resurrection.  Through his death Jesus died for you and me.Victory was won. Oh what a sweet victory it was! Freedom at last!  Jesus came and prepared the way for all of us.. 

 He demonstrated that even as we enter the storms of our lives He is with us. Better than an insurance policy because Jesus dwells in us and because he dwells in us he will guide us the way we should go.The pain in this life is only temporary. The journey through the desert may seem like a slow process, but in the end He will show us that it was all worthwhile.Only when we reach the end of whatever painful journey we may be on and  only when we see our journey reach it's climax will God reveal to us the purpose this suffering did for us. Jesus is risen. Jesus Is Risen! JESUS IS RISEN!