Jesus was Marginalized

The end of the book of Isaiah contains a number of prophecies concerning the suffering servant, which the New Testament interprets to apply to Jesus Christ. This servant is one who “had no form of majesty that we should look at him” (Isaiah 53:2). “He was despised and rejected by men” (53:3). “He was oppressed, and he was afflicted” (53:7). He was “deeply despised, abhorred by the nation” (49:7). This is an important part of Jesus’ earthly identity in the flesh. Jesus was an outcast, marginalized at various times of his ministry by various segments of society. Jesus was from a disrespected community. He was a friend to social outcasts that were rejected by society at large. In a time when certain Israelites spoke strongly against intermingling with non-Jews, Jesus was proudly remembered to be descended from ethnically mixed marriages. He was denied citizenship and was an oppressed minority in the Roman empire, part of an occupied nation. Simply put, Jesus was marginalized.

Jesus was marginalized. He was also God in the flesh, Lord, and Savior.