He Was Pleased?

There are many different translations of the Bible's ancient manuscripts. This can sometimes cause confusion. Here is one such example from the Book of Isaiah.

"Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the LORD makes his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the LORD will prosper in his hand." - Isaiah 53:10, NIV

Here's the same verse in the New King James Version:

"Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, And the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in His hand." - Isaiah 53:10, NKJV

I can understand it being God's will to "crush" Jesus for our sins (NIV). He is a just judge. But honestly, I struggle with the NKJV, saying it PLEASED God to do it.

Also, "crushed" vs. "bruised." Would you rather be crushed or bruised? Personally, I'd choose to be bruised rather than crushed, but that's just me.

Romans 6:23 says, "The wages of sin is death." That sounds more like "crushing" than "bruising."

Anyway . . . why would it PLEASE God to kill His only begotten Son? I have no idea.

One thing to consider is that Jesus is part of the Trinity. Jesus IS God. Jesus is LORD and LORD is the name used in the text, so really Jesus pleased Himself.

Look, God loves His children. He loves Israel and all of the Gentile believers who have been "grafted in." Yet every one of us is a sinner, doomed to destruction witbout Jesus and His sacrifice. Here's a thought.

What if Jesus, who assumed human form, lived a perfect life, offered Himself as a spotless sacrifice for all of mankind. Do you suppose THAT would please God the Father? Jesus sacrificing Himself so that we could live?

We, God's creation, would then receive eternal life and could commune with God, just like Adam did at the very beginning.

"And they heard the sound of the LORD God, walking in the garden in the cool of the day." - Genesis 3:8

And could "bruising" Jesus, rather than crushing Him, be equated with a temporary death? Because a "bruise" heals, and Jesus was resurrected. 🤔

I'm no biblical scholar. Maybe there's a perfect explanation for these differing translations. But I DO know this: God is perfect, His plan is perfect, and it doesn't really matter what we think. All things happen according  to His will. And I'm okay that.