The Prosperity Of The Seed

Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. thou...: or, his soul shall make an offering - Isaiah 53:10

    The Word of God makes it remarkably evident that the work accomplished is solely his work. The Lord is positively referenced no less than a dozen times in this one verse. We also see the eternality of God’s purpose of grace in the redemptive work of Christ as the past, present and future is dissolved or fulfilled in the prosperity of the Seed (Christ) as to his pleasure accomplished. The purpose of God is wonderfully certain and successful in Christ’s hand as he cannot fail or be discouraged (Is 42:4). The certainty of the salvation of God’s loved ones revealed in this verse is undeniable. From the suffering, death and resurrection of Christ there springs forth from death and ever exists a multitude of redeemed ones which is innumerable. After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb (Rv 7:9-10).

    The church of the living God is secure and prosperous as promised by our Lord himself. And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this Rock (Christ is this Rock) I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it (Mt 16:18). Contrary to popular opinion, the prosperity or success of Christ and his church does not depend in any way, shape form or fashion upon man, his will or his inventions. The visible contemporary church seems to be desperate and competitive in its quest to make converts, while being completely oblivious to the glory of God in Christ in calling his elect to himself by the preaching of the Gospel; but the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.