114 Messiah is a Light to the Gentiles

Messiah, the Servant of Jehovah, is called "Israel That Glorifies God" because He will be the only Jew to completely and perfectly fulfill the Mosaic Law. This section ends with some discouragement from the Messiah regarding the rejection He will endure, from the time of His first Advent through the entire Church age and on to the Tribulation. The Servant, despite His perfection, will be rejected, and it is this which causes His sadness. Yet He still has hope: "my reward is with my God."

From a New Testament point of view, the only place in the life of Jesus where this can find fulfillment is in the Garden of Gethsemane. In the Gospels, one reason for His discouragement is His fear of experiencing spiritual death, and He prays that the cup of God's wrath might pass from Him (Matthew 26:38–39; Mark 14:34–36).