Prophecy warns. God sent a warning message to those who were oppressing His people. Isaiah 9: 4 For you (God) will break the yoke of their slavery and lift the heavy burden from their shoulders. You will break the oppressor’s rod, just as you did when you destroyed the army of Midian. [1] God will destroy …
Jesus proclaimed that He had come to proclaim the time of the Lord’s favor when He quoted from Isaiah 61 in His teaching time. Luke 4: 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim that captives will …
After seven years of oppression by the Midianites the Israelites cried out to the Lord. You may ask, “What took them so long?” When we go down the path of sinfulness, we don’t want to let go of it because we are comfortable with our sin. In many ways, we are much like the slow …