Jesus' life - Foreshadowing the Atonement

In Matthew 8, Matthew applies a verse we usually use to show what Jesus did in the Atonement to the act of healing someone.

16¶When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with ^adevils: and he cast out the ^bspirits with hisword, and ^chealed all that were sick:

17That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, ^aHimself took our ^binfirmities, and bare our^csicknesses.

In this instance Matthew says Jesus healed people to fulfill the prophecy of Isaiah from Isaiah 53. Jesus performed the Atonement to heal people, but it appears that he also showed during his life the things that the Atonement would help him perform for all people. Jesus can heal all of us, just as he healed those in this verse thanks to his Atonement. His life was in many ways a foreshadowing of all the things the Atonement would allow him to do for us, including provide us comfort, heal us, and bring us closer to God.

I love the new Testament which teaches us of Jesus.