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“He was numbered with the transgressors.” — Isaiah 53:12 Of all the mysteries wrapped up in the person and work of Jesus Christ, few are as staggering as this: that the sinless One willingly allowed Himself to be enrolled among the guilty. The prophet Isaiah, peering through the corridors of time, saw the Suffering Servant not in the company of priests or kings, not standing among the righteous remnant, but bracketed with criminals, listed with lawbreakers, counted among the worst of men. It was a condescension so profound that it redefines our understanding of both holiness and love. Why did He do it? Why would the One whom heaven calls Holy, whom angels worship, consent to be identified with sinners? This was no mere pretense, no superficial association. It was a deliberate, costly, and glorious substitution—a voluntary enrollment in our shame so that we might be enrolled in His righteousness. This wonderful condescension was justified by many powerful reasons, each revealing a fac...