Reply #8: This section of Isaiah is describing [View All]

some of the characteristics of the coming Messiah.

I will put my Spirit on him
(He will be filled with the Spirit of God)

and he will bring justice to the nations.
(Self-evident. This is the Messiah, now, not the US troops in Iraq)

2 He will not shout or cry out,
or raise his voice in the streets.

(what the Messiah will do will be done quietly and without foofarah)

3 A bruised reed he will not break,
and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.

(He will show Mercy to the wounded and dying)

In faithfulness he will bring forth justice;
he will not falter or be discouraged
till he establishes justice on earth.

(This one is tricky: The Messiah will establish justice. Does this mean Universal Justice established across the earth once and for all? Or is that the justice that Jesus taught and through the Holy Spirit, a Justice that we can all claim as we deal with others?)

In his law the islands will put their hope.”

(Now that I think about it, this one might answer the questions posed above.)

Isaiah 42:1 – 4

I am not a theologian, but I do know a little about the Bible. What I have stated above is certainly consonant with the core beliefs of mainstream Christianity.