经文：看哪，我的仆人必行事精明，且得亨通；祂必受尊崇，被高举，且成为至高。（赛五二13，另译）
基督作耶和华的仆人，启示于新约的经纶里
以赛亚五十二章十三节至五十三章十二节启示基督作耶和华的仆人，不是在旧约的经纶里，乃是在新约的经纶里。这段经文里所启示的基督不是伟大或有能力的。以赛亚五十三章二节说，祂生长如嫩芽，又像根出于干地。按照以赛亚在十四节诗意的写作，许多人因基督惊奇，因为祂的面貌和形容憔悴枯槁。他们惊奇，因为他们想不到像基督那样一位神的仆人，竟然面貌憔悴、受损毁。
祂必行事智慧，并且在耶和华所喜悦的事上亨通
从祂出来在这地上尽职那天起，主耶稣就行事智慧，并且在耶和华所喜悦的事上亨通。首先，父的喜悦乃是要子上十字架，为祂所拣选的人受死。主耶稣在客西马尼园祷告: “父阿，若是可能，就叫这杯离开我; 然而不要照我的意思，只要照你的意思。”（太二六39）。之后，当祂被捉时，祂告诉门徒说，“我父所给我的那杯，我岂可不喝？”（约十八11）。因着主耶稣在神所喜悦的事上亨通，所以父神能说，“这是我的爱子，我所喜悦的。”（太三17）。
基督进到死里，然后从死里起来进入复活。藉此，父神就生了许多儿子。这同样是父的喜悦，也是基督在祂的复活里所亨通的事。基督的复活不仅仅是祂从死里复起。在基督的复活里，神所拣选千万的人出生了。二千年前当基督复活时，虽然我们尚未出生，但我们都重生了。这是基督作耶和华的仆人行事所凭借的智慧。基督行事智慧，不是按照旧约的经纶，乃是按照新约的经纶。从祂头一天尽职，直到祂复活那天，主耶稣没有一事是照旧约经纶作的。反之，祂所作的每一件事，都是照着新约的经纶。
必使许多国民惊奇，君王要因祂闭口
许多人因祂惊奇，因为祂的面貌憔悴，受损毁，祂的形容也是枯槁的。在你的想法里，在你的想像里，耶稣是怎样的一个人呢？在基督教里，有所谓的耶稣像，把祂绘成很俊美的人。当我们看见主不是俊美，而是面容受损毁时，许多人会惊奇。耶稣要使许多国民惊奇，因为祂所是的，与他们所想像的完全不同。许多人会惊讶，君王也要因祂闭口。
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He Will Act Wisely and Will Prosper — Isa. 52:13
Isaiah 52:12 to 53:12 reveals Christ as the Servant of Jehovah not in the Old Testament economy but in the New Testament economy. The Christ who is revealed in these verses is not great or powerful. Isaiah 53:2 says that He grew up like a tender plant and like a root out of dry ground. However, according to Isaiah’s poetic writing in verse 14, many were astonished at Christ because His appearance and His form were marred. They were astonished because they did not expect a servant of God to be a marred one, a disfigured one, as Christ was.
Acting Wisely and Prospering in the Pleasure of Jehovah
From the day that He came out to minister on this earth, the Lord Jesus acted wisely and prospered in God’s pleasure. First, the Father’s pleasure was that the Son would go to the cross and die for His chosen people. In Gethsemane the Lord Jesus prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will” (Matt. 26:39). Later, as He was being arrested, He told His disciples, “The cup which the Father has given Me, shall I not drink it?” (John 18:11). Because the Lord Jesus prospered in God’s pleasure, God the Father could say, “This is My Son, the Beloved, in whom I have found My delight” (Matt. 3:17).
Christ entered into death and then rose up from death to enter into resurrection. Through this, God the Father begot many sons. This too is the Father’s pleasure, and it is also Christ’s prosperity in His resurrection. Christ’s resurrection was not only a matter of His rising out of death. In Christ’s resurrection millions of God’s chosen people were born. Although we were not yet born, we all were regenerated two thousand years ago, when Christ resurrected. This is the wisdom by which Christ as the Servant of Jehovah acted wisely. Christ acted wisely not according to the Old Testament economy but according to the New Testament economy. From the first day of His ministry until the day of His resurrection, the Lord Jesus did nothing according to the Old Testament economy. Rather, He did everything according to the New Testament economy.
Surprising Many Nations, Kings Shutting Their Mouths Because of Him
Many were astonished at Him because His visage was marred, or disfigured, and His form also was marred. In your thought, in your imagination, what kind of Jesus do you have? In Christianity there is a so-called picture of Jesus, portraying Him as a very handsome man. However, we might be astonished to see that instead of being handsome, the Lord was disfigured. Jesus will surprise many nations because what He is, is altogether different from what they imagined. Many will be shocked, and the kings will shut their mouths because of Him.