Text: For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian. For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire. (Isaiah 9:4-5)
Tweet: Two accompanying consequences to the Prophet Isaiah’s predicted coming Messiah were freedom and peace. How especially welcomed both would be in Galilee, a land long subjected to its enemies and often ravaged by war. The freedom predicted would prove to be liberation from the world’s most cruel taskmaster—sin. Though the Jews mistook it for the breaking of the yoke of the Gentiles, in particularly the yoke of the Romans during the days of Christ, the Light of the World would actually come to liberate men from sin.
Christ came to liberate us from both the penalty and power of sin. His liberating of us from sin’s penalty is called justification and His liberating of us from sin’s power is called sanctification. When He comes again, Christ will complete His work of salvation in us by finally freeing us from the very presence of sin. This final and future aspect of our salvation is called glorification.
Like the accompanying freedom, the Two accompanying consequences to the Prophet Isaiah’s predicted coming Light were freedom and peace. How especially welcomed both would be in Galilee, a land long subjected to its enemies and often ravaged by war.The freedom predicted would prove to be
liberation from the world’s most cruel taskmaster—sin. Though the Jews mistook it for the breaking of the yoke of the Gentiles, in particularly the yoke of the Romans during the days of Christ, the Light of the World would
actually come to liberate men from sin.
Christ came to liberate us from both the penalty and power of sin. His liberating of us from sin’s penalty is called justification and His liberating of us from sin’s power is called sanctification. When He comes again, Christ will complete His work of salvation in us by finally freeing us.