Chapter XLII: Section XCIX: The Training and Mission of the True Servant of Jehovah

GENERAL QUESTIONS: 1. Describe the different characteristics of Jehovah's servant in Isaiah 49-53. 2. What was the prophet's purpose in presenting this vivid portrait of Jehovah's ideal servant? 3. Describe the class to whom the prophet appealed. 4. His interpretation of the task of the servant. 5. His training. 6. The different methods whereby he was to accomplish his mission. 7. Did the prophet have in mind an individual, a class, or simply an ideal character? 8. In what ways were his predictions fulfilled? 9. In what sense is his ideal of service of present-day application?

SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL RESEARCH: 1. The meaning and history of the different messianic titles. _St. O.T._, III, 39, 47; _En. Bib._, III, 3057-61. 2. Contents and unity of Isaiah 49-55. _St. O.T._, III, 28-30; Box, _Isaiah_, 238-83. 3. How far was Jesus influenced by the ideal of the suffering servant?