With His Stripes We are Healed

It is obvious that Isaiah is describing Jesus in the following Scriptures. He is not handsome, nothing about his
physical appearance made them desire him, he is despised and rejected. He was sorrowful and acquainted with
grief.
We placed no value on him (esteemed him not). We saw him stricken, smitten of God and afflicted and esteemed
him worthless because of these things.

Nevertheless, Isaiah prophesied Jesus would cover Five Bases for Us:
(1) He bore and carried our griefs and sorrows. (2) He was wounded for our transgressions. (3) He was bruised for
our iniquities. (4) The chastisement of our peace was upon him. (5) With his stripes we are healed.
"Griefs" and "sorrows" should be translated "infirmities" and "sicknesses." See Matthew
below.

Isaiah 53:2-5 KJV

(2) For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor
comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
(3) He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our
faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
(4) Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and
afflicted.
(5) But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace
was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

Matthew 8:16-17 KJV

(16) When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the
spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:
(17) That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and
bare our sicknesses.
Matthew said that they brought many to Him and He healed all that were sick. Matthew also said this was in
fulfillment of Isaiah 53:2-5. Furthermore, he interpreted Isaiah's words "grief and sorrows" with the words
"infirmities and sicknesses." In other words, Matthew shows that Isaiah's prophecy was fulfilled by Jesus himself; he
healed them all!

But Matthew left out the statement, "By His stripes, we are healed!" Why? See further down in this letter.

1 Peter 2:21-24 KJV

(21) For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should
follow his steps:
(22) Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
(23) Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to
him that judgeth righteously:
(24) Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto
righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
Remember that Isaiah said "with his stripes we are healed." Now Peter said "by whose stripes ye were healed.
What is the difference?
Isaiah meant that from the moment he spoke this prophecy, the promise of "we are healed "went into effect and
lasted until the time of Matthew and Peter. Then, Jesus fulfillment of it, changed the time of "we are healed" to
"we were healed" back in Isaiah's day and we are still healed now. The time element changed. They were
prophetically pronounced healed in the days of Isaiah. When they beat Jesus near to death even before the cross,
they became in reality what was prophesied about them.

Now we can determine why Matthew left out the expression, "with his stripes we are
healed."
When the above event occurred, Jesus was still alive. Consequently, the stripes (beating him till his flesh showed)
had not occurred yet so Matthew did not make recognition of it.
1 Peter was written after the death of Christ about 60 A. D. Consequently, Peter was emphatic about it: by whose
stripes ye were healed!
These words make up the language of God when sickness attacks. Now yell, in the face of your sickness, with His
stripes I am healed! With His stripes I am healed! With His sttripes, I am healed!
Repeat it over and over all day and all night long until the sickness is broken! This is the best method of healing I
know!
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