king. Thus through the Servant, who is himself the “covenant for the people” (49:8; cf. 42:6), repentant believers become “servants” endowed with “righteousness” (54:17). God adds grace upon grace by incorporating them into the everlasting covenant established by David’s greater Son.15 At the Last Supper, when Jesus says to his disciples in the Upper Room that he will not drink wine again until he drinks it anew in the Father’s kingdom (Mt 26:29), he may be referring to the
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