This lesson begins a close look at a climactic set of verses from Isaiah. Discussing the passage from Isaiah "These five matchless stanzas of the fourth Servant poem are the Mt. Everest of messianic prophecy.”So wrote Old Testament scholar Dr. Kyle M. Yates over fifty years ago, and his words still stand. This passage is at the heart of chapters 49–57, and its message is at the heart of the Gospel. Like Mt. Everest, Isaiah 53 stands out in beauty and grandeur, but only because it reveals Jesus Christ and takes us to Mt. Calvary."  Wiersbe, W. W. (1996). Be Comforted (p. 130). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.