The original Korean text: https://blog.naver.com/stevision/50025357456
It is a great honor to be born a human being when we think of animals and plants. Look at the cow or the pig. They are creatures that will be swallowed up into human bellies. From their point of view, how pitiful is this? But they don't have to feel pitiful because they die after they have lived for a while a joyful life enjoying something from other creatures. After all, all creatures are born and enjoy their life for a while by the grace of God who gives the sun and the rain, then die to be others' food or simply die. But the creatures that simply die become the food for microorganisms, therefore all have the same fate. Look at the mummies which have not become food for microbes. What a terrible appearance of them! It is fair and clear that a creature should be a food for other creatures after death if it has lived well eating other creatures.
By this, I'm saying that the world is not so unfair as it appears. God thought deeply how he would forgive humans having great sins. What is the best way for the best result of forgiveness? It seriously undermines God's justice if he forgives humans without any punishments. However, how could God be a God of grace if he punishes them as they deserve? Where is his mercy; where is his love? Then he is just a God of retribution. After a retribution, God and man are not reconciled, but only have hostile feelings against each other.
So this is the conclusion: God chose an innocent man and made him pay for the sins of others. The man whom God chose was beaten, and spit on, and dishonored for no reason. The righteous man didn't complain then, because he trusted in the sincere God. After God made the righteous man bear a lot of sins of others like this, he exalted him. He exalted him to a hero who had suffered on behalf of others and reconciled them with God. And God made it a rule that the sinners should call the righteous man their lord. Now the righteous man really has no reason to complain, because he suffered for a while but now is called 'the lord', which is not a loss to him. The sinners truly give thanks to God for giving them such a righteous man. Thus there was complete reconciliation between God and sinners. What a cool solution!
Who is God's servant these days? A man who suffers as a righteous person, who in such tribulations prays to God for others, thinking of their sins. It's not a matter of positions, such as pastor or jundosa (evangelist). Anyone who lives like a servant of God in Is 53 is a true servant of God.
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