Why was Jesus' visage marred more than any man according to Isaiah 52:14?
Isaiah 52:14 indicates His disfigurement exceeded any man's because it combined physical abuse at the hands of the Romans and the surrounding crowd with the spiritual weight of God laying mankind's sin upon Him, leaving Him severely distorted and almost not looking human.
Les teaches that the marring was not only the physical abuse. God was laying on Him all the sin of mankind, and that spiritual burden, coupled with the physical abuse at the hands of the Romans and the crowd around Him, produced this result. Isaiah 52:14 says His visage was so marred, distorted, more than any man, and His form more marred than the sons of men or anyone had ever experienced. Les points out this was the last picture His followers saw of Him as He hung on the cross, totally disfigured, almost not looking human.
As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:
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Why was Jesus so marred and disfigured on the cross according to Les?
Jesus' marred appearance was caused not simply by the physical abuse he suffered, but also by the spiritual weight of God laying all the sins of mankind on him.