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The Servant of the Lord and His Servant People: Tracing a Biblical Theme through the Canon is unavailable, but you can change that!

It is often recognized that the title ‘servant’ is applied to key figures throughout the Bible, culminating in Jesus Christ. Matthew Harmon carefully traces this theme from Genesis to Revelation with the intention of seeing how earlier ‘servants’ point forward to the ultimate Servant. While this servant theme certainly is significant in its own right throughout redemptive history, it also plays a...

nation, for the servant is restoring them (‘the preserved of Israel’ 49:6) as well. The servant, then, must be an individual, a person who as the servant embodies everything Israel was supposed to be but failed. No wonder Yahweh will display his glory in this servant!21 In verses 7–13 the Lord describes what this new individual servant will do. Despite being despised by the nations and their rulers, the servant will one day receive their homage (Isa. 49:7). Yahweh will preserve the servant and give
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