The Reigning Saviour

I. THE SAVIOUR’S REWARD

A. The Cause of His Reward

1. The identifying word—“Therefore”
a. A conjunctive adverb
b. Tying the present statements to the preceding statements and suggesting a specific relationship
2. The cause of the coming reward
a. He saw the travail of His soul.
b. He justified many.
c. He bore their iniquities.
3. This is the truth conveyed by Colossians 1:18. Christ is preeminent because of who He is. This also explains the phrase “in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings” (Hebrews 2:10).

B. The Nature of His Reward

1. A divided portion with the great
a. The cause of the divided portion—“Therefore”
b. The divider of the portion—“I”; likely a reference to God, the Father
c. The joint-heirs of the portion—“the great”; we share in the inheritance
2. A divided spoil with the strong
a. The concept of the spoil; given to those who won a battle and took the goods from the conquered enemy.
1.) Even though Christ won the battle, He is willing to divide the spoil with the strong.
2.) This reminds us of the “deal” offered by the Devil to give Christ all the kingdoms of the world.
3.) Christ triumphed over and spoiled the principalities and powers (Colossians 2:15).
4.) He will one-day step in to His spoil when He rules and reigns all the kingdoms of this world from Jerusalem.
5.) In grace, He will divide the spoil with the strong.
b. The divider of the spoil—“he”; likely a reference to God, the Son
c. The recipients of the spoil—“the strong”; we share in the victory

II. THE SAVIOUR’S WORK

A. The Nature of His Work

1. He poured out His soul; likely a reference to the garden (Matthew 26:38)
a. The voluntary nature of His sacrifice
1.) He was not guilty. He had done no wrong.
2.) Yet, He poured out His soul.
b. The completeness of His sacrifice—“he hath poured out his soul UNTO DEATH”
2. He was numbered with the transgressors; a reference to His rejection and sentence
a. He was counted among the thieves in His death (Mark 15:27-28).
b. He made His grave with the wicked (Isaiah 53:9).
3. He bare the sin of many; a reference to His sacrificial death on the cross
a. He bore our iniquities (Isaiah 53:11).
b. He bare the sins of many (Hebrews 9:28).
c. He bare our sins in His own body on the tree (1 Peter 2:24).
4. He made intercession for the transgressors; a reference to His intercessory work as the mediator
a. His work—He “made intercession” (1 Timothy 2:5-6; see also Romans 8:34; Hebrews 7:25-27)
b. His benefactors—“the transgressors”

B. The Fruit of His Work

1. He went “into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return” (Luke 19:12).
2. He is worthy to “receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing” (Revelation 5:12-13).
3. After the seventh angel sounds in Daniel’s Seventieth Week, “there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned” (Revelation 11:15-17).
4. This power was granted unto Him AFTER THE CROSS (Matthew 28:18) which should provide new appreciation for Christ’s victory in the wilderness temptation!
5. He will divide the spoil and get His portion!