God's Story of Hope: Reversing the Curse

God's Story of Hope: Reversing the Curse

Micah 5:1-4 NKJV
1 Now gather yourself in troops, O daughter of troops; He has laid siege against us; They will strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek.
2 “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old, From everlasting.”
3 Therefore He shall give them up, Until the time that she who is in labor has given birth; Then the remnant of His brethren Shall return to the children of Israel.
4And He shall stand and feed His flock In the strength of the Lord, In the majesty of the name of the Lord His God; And they shall abide, For now He shall be great To the ends of the earth; 5 And this One shall be peace.

1.      Babylonian Exile
  a.       Two Seeds: Woman and Serpent
  b.      Judges and Plunderers: Who's Who?
 
2.      Return from Exile as Child Birth
  a.       Daughter Zion
  b.      John 16
 
3.      The Ruler
  a.       Bethlehem Ephratha
  b.      Death Pains and Birth Pains
 
4.      The True Exile and Return
  a.       Cross and Resurrection
  b.      Role Reversals