The will of the LORD to crush him

I'm reading in Jeremiah right now....I just finished Isaiah recently. One thing I noticed in the 53rd chapter that I'd never put a lot of thought into was that "it was the will of the LORD to crush him; he has put him to grief." We often think of Jesus' death only in terms of the physical suffering he underwent. This chapter details that physical suffering in a way that is extremely humbling (stricken, wounded, crushed, afflicted, man of sorrows, grief, etc. are all words that are used), but in this verse we're reminded that the cross was more than humans killing Jesus--as horrific and evil as that was. The cross in a greater sense was God the Father pouring out His wrath on the Son. The Father wasn't just passively allowing suffering to take place (as we see in Job for example). No, he was actively punishing Christ for our sin. If all Jesus was doing was being killed by fellow human beings, this wouldn't atone for our sins. There was a far deeper struggle and agony that He went through--the punishment and abandonment of the Father, something we can not even comprehend. Maybe that is why in the gospels it says that he was more or less silent (and this silence is prophesied about in Isaiah 53 as well), other than Him crying out, asking the Father why He has forsaken him. I won't ramble, but thinking about the cross in this way just humbled me to a degree I've rarely felt before. I don't think I will ever understand what He bore in my place so that I could be forgiven and free to enjoy eternal life. What an awesome Savior I serve!