Psalm 69:5

Psalm 69:5

The folly of Yeshua

Our modern usage of the word “fool” or “folly” usually relates to someone who has made wrong decisions or who is lacking in wisdom, knowledge or common sense! However, in Psalm 14:1 we discovered that the root Hebrew word for fool, in the Bible, is “nabal” and it describes a morally deficient person, one who justifies his actions by saying there is no God. In 1 Samuel 25 we read the story of Nabal whose wife Abigail told David, “His name means Fool, and folly goes with him.” Not one of this kind does good, in other words, once you have convinced yourself that God does not exist there is no good in you, even apparent goodness is probably driven by self-interest. As Isaiah 64:6 tells us, all our righteousness is as filthy rags unless it is motivated by faith in God. 

Although this Psalm was written by David and it reflects his personal experience, we have determined to view it as an expression of the anguish of Yeshua as He faced the suffering of the cross and separation from God, when He bore the sins of the world. This begs the question, how could the Perfect One say to God His Father, “You know my folly: my guilt is not hidden from you?” I will tell you how.

Do you recall these verses in Isaiah 53?  

·      Isaiah 53:4 tells us that, “He took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered Him punished by God, stricken by Him, and afflicted.”

·      Isaiah 53:5 says, “He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities, the punishment that brought us peace was on Him.” 

·      Isaiah 53:6 states, “The Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.” 

·      Isaiah 53:12 proclaims, “He poured out His life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.”

The Apostle Paul starkly writes in 2 Corinthians 5:21, “God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.”

The reasoning from these Scriptures is that people have mistakenly assumed that Yeshua was punished for His own sins, the pain and suffering were somehow deserved. But no! It was our sin, our guilt and our transgressions that He bore. He became sin for us to the point that our sin became His. Yes, God knew His folly and yes, God knew His guilt, for He had become so indentified with you and I it was as if He had committed those sins, and He therefore became the object of God’s judgement. In so doing the punishment that we deserve was heaped upon Him. We are free because God is a just God and He cannot punish the same sins twice! Yeshua did not just bear my sins; He was numbered with the transgressors. He became one of us. He became me! He bore my folly and my guilt as if they were His own!

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