Report

In the book of Isaiah in chapter 53 and in verse 1 we read this;

Isaiah 53:1  Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?

The word that jumped out at me was the word “report.” Here is what it means.

Report an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:

Isaiah was asking a question; has anyone believed our report? This was an important question for we read about it two times in the New Testament.

Joh 12:38  That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?

Rom 10:16  But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?

What was this account that is described in detail, an event?

Isa 53:2  For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.  

Isa 53:3  He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

Isa 53:4  Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

Isa 53:5  But he   was wounded for our transgressions, he   was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him;   and with his stripes we are healed.

Isa 53:6  All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Could it be that Isaiah was talking about the Lord Jesus Christ? How He would grow up just like a normal person. Then He would be despised and rejected of men, He would carry our sorrows and He would be chastised for each of us and the reason why; that we all have gone astray and turned to our own way. We just celebrated Easter and I am sure you heard these words sometime during that Easter Sunday “Why seek ye the living among the dead, he’s not here but risen.” The question do you believe the report? To believe is to accept something as true, genuine, or real to put complete trust in. Every day we accept something as true and we put complete trust in it. How many times have you examined a chair to see if it were capable of holding up your weight before you placed your total weight in it? Probably never; I know I haven’t. Do you believe that Jesus died for your sins? Do you believe that when you asked Him to forgive you of all your sins that He did just that? If so then you can say to Isaiah “Yes, I do believe in your report.”