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How many messiahs were to come?e
One, and in a double condition: first, as a humiliated Messiah, to save us and perfect our faith, then, as a Messiah in great power and honor, to reign with us.s
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What did Isaiah say about the humiliated Messiah?h
We thought of Him as being punished with sickness, beaten and tormented by God. But He was pierced for our crime, afflicted for our offenses. The penalty price for our peace fell upon Him, and by His wound we were healed.d
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What did Isaiah say about the glorified Messiah?h
I will give Him a share in the many. He will divide spoil with the powerful because He gave Himself up to death and was counted among criminals, even though He bore the sin of many and pleaded for the criminals.s
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What follows from all this?s
The Messiah has already come once because the Temple was destroyed long ago, and He cannot be other than Jesus of Nazareth, since only in Him are the rest of the prophecies fulfilled.d