God Had a Plan

“my servant” used of Isaiah, Eliakim, David, Israel (Jacob)

Also a title for the Messiah

Revelation 13:8 (NASB) All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain.
Revelation 13:8 (KJV) And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

1 Peter 1:17-20 If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth; knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ. For He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has appeared in these last times for the sake of you


“My Servant” Came to Fulfill the Plan (1-4)

Called from the Womb (1-3)

10.5" class="scriptRef">Hebrews 10:5, 10 Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says, "SACRIFICE AND OFFERING YOU HAVE NOT DESIRED, BUT A BODY YOU HAVE PREPARED FOR ME:... By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
the reason God chose a nation
He had to come from somewhere
He is equated with the nation here

Rejected by Israel (4)
part of the plan
justice is with the Lord


The Plan is for Everyone (5-6)

Israel will be brought back

Genesis 12:1-3 Now the LORD said to Abram, "Go forth from your country, And from your relatives And from your father's house, To the land which I will show you; And I will make you a great nation, And I will bless you, And make your name great; And so you shall be a blessing; And I will bless those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed."

That’s much smaller than God’s plan

Romans 11:1-2a, 12 I say then, God has not rejected His people, has He? May it never be! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel? …Now if their transgression is riches for the world and their failure is riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their fulfillment be!


The Plan is Salvation, Help, Protection, Restoration, Inheritance, Freedom, Revelation, Satisfaction, Comfort, Gathering (7-12)

Rejoice for the Plan! (13)