Description

• Reading 1 – Isaiah 42:1-9 
• All age talk – Who is the servant? 
• The identity of the "servant" in Isaiah 42. 
• Initial understanding is that the servant is Jesus. 
• Uncertainty about the true identity of the servant. 
• The servant could be the nation of Israel. 
• The servant could be Jacob, whose nickname was Israel. 
• Isaiah wrote this passage before Jesus' birth.   
• Reading – Matthew 3:13-17