{"id":5703,"date":"2014-08-19T00:05:57","date_gmt":"2014-08-19T07:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/?p=5703"},"modified":"2014-08-18T16:45:38","modified_gmt":"2014-08-18T23:45:38","slug":"deliverance-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/2014\/08\/19\/deliverance-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Deliverance"},"content":{"rendered":"

But thus says the LORD:
\n\u201cEven the captives of the mighty shall be taken away,
\nAnd the prey of the terrible be delivered;
\nFor I will contend with him who contends with you,
\nAnd I will save your children.
\nI will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh,
\nAnd they shall be drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine.
\nAll flesh shall know
\nThat I, the LORD, am your Savior,
\nAnd your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.\u201d (Isaiah 49:25-26)<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

God has more in mind than we do. His mind is bigger than ours. Israel wanted to be delivered from their enemies and God promised them that deliverance. God also told them that every human being would know that God was their savior, their redeemer and the mighty one of Israel.<\/p>\n

Why should everyone know of God\u2019s deliverance? God was not going to save only the people of Israel. God\u2019s goal was to rescue everyone. And the rescue was not just, or even primarily physical rescue. His concern was not just to send a captive people back home to their Promised Land. Rather, the physical rescue served as a parable for the real task that God had envisioned. The story of God\u2019s people was the story of salvation: God\u2019s ability to rescue his people from their physical trials was proof of his ability to save them from their spiritual trials: their bondage to sin could be broken just as easily as their physical chains. Bringing them to freedom in Christ mattered more to God than anything else.<\/p>\n

God loved his people and intended to rescue them. But God loved those who were not yet his people and intended to transform them from enemies into friends. He intends to deliver us all from our slavery.<\/p>\n

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