What is the fulfillment of Isaiah 42 5-7?

Answer 1

Answer

A focus of dispute between Jews and Christians lies in a series of verses known as the Servant Songs (Isaiah 42:1-4, 49:1-6,50:4-11, 52:13-53:12). In these passages, God promises to choose a servant who will teach his true way to the nations. In some verses, the servant appears to be a person, in others a group, in some a real figure and in others imaginary. The only time the 'servant' is named, the reference is to Israel. It is even possible that Second Isaiah is, in places, putting himself up as the servant. However, Christians have seen the Servant Songs as prophecies of Jesus.

Answer 2

Isaiah 42:5-7 was fulfilled by Jesus Christ: He Himself said so:-

Isa 42:5-7 KJV Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein: (v.6) I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles [See also Acts 13:47] ; (v.7) To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.

Luk 4:16-21 MKJV And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And, as His custom was, He went in to the synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up to read. (v.17) And the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And unrolling the book, He found the place where it was written, (v.18) "The Spirit of the Lord is on Me; because of this He has anointed Me to proclaim the Gospel to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and new sight to the blind, to set at liberty those having been crushed, (v.19) to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord." (v.20) And rolling up the book, returning it to the attendant, He sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on Him. (v.21) And He began to say to them, Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your ears.

Act 13:47 KJV For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.