The Israelites are given over to the hand of the Philistines because they are doing evil in the sight of the LORD again! Will they ever learn? They are pretty stubborn people, it seems. They are going to do what they want to do not matter what. Not so unlike the people of today... Will we ever learn?
The fact that the LORD sends a baby to deliver them tells us that the Israelites are not going to be delivered overnight. It's going to take a few years. The parents of this unborn deliverer know this, how? An angel of the LORD comes to tell them. Fast forward to a time when the LORD sends another deliver, our Saviour. How do these parents know? An angel of the LORD tells them. An angel appears to Mary. In a dream, the angel of the LORD appears to Joseph and tells him: "She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins." (Matt 1:21 NRSV)
The LORD in his mercy, has sent deliverers to this world, but, none like Jesus. Through the sacrifice of Jesus, we have been give freedom from our bondage to sin. We have been saved from our own propensity to turn away from God. Let us receive his merciful gift of life through Jesus Christ. Let us receive this abundant life in his presence, and turn and follow in his footsteps in the heavenly kingdom.
God's Peace be with you...
The fact that the LORD sends a baby to deliver them tells us that the Israelites are not going to be delivered overnight. It's going to take a few years. The parents of this unborn deliverer know this, how? An angel of the LORD comes to tell them. Fast forward to a time when the LORD sends another deliver, our Saviour. How do these parents know? An angel of the LORD tells them. An angel appears to Mary. In a dream, the angel of the LORD appears to Joseph and tells him: "She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins." (Matt 1:21 NRSV)
The LORD in his mercy, has sent deliverers to this world, but, none like Jesus. Through the sacrifice of Jesus, we have been give freedom from our bondage to sin. We have been saved from our own propensity to turn away from God. Let us receive his merciful gift of life through Jesus Christ. Let us receive this abundant life in his presence, and turn and follow in his footsteps in the heavenly kingdom.
God's Peace be with you...
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