Lesson 6: Come and See Jesus’ Mission of Rescue from Darkness
Question 1
Dear friend, welcome back to the course, it’s good to have you here.
In recent lessons we’ve been examining this passage that Jesus quoted when He preached His first sermon:
"The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, (2) to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, (3) and provide for those who grieve in Zion— to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendor."
Isaiah 61:1-3 NIV
So far, we have considered how Jesus came to bind up the brokenhearted, proclaim freedom for captives, and then yesterday we saw that He came to “proclaim release from darkness for the prisoners.”
We rejoiced that Jesus came to this earth to enter the darkness and to rescue us out of it (Colossians 1:13). He did this through His death and resurrection.
Today, we will look at an illustration of this very thing, for sometimes seeing a story helps us understand what really took place at the cross where Jesus died to free us from darkness.
The story we will read is about a group of kings from long ago that came and ransacked the towns of Sodom and Gomorrah, and about the events that followed.
Please read the following passage and then answer the questions below:
"The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food; then they went away. (12) They also carried off Abram's nephew Lot and his possessions, since he was living in Sodom. (13) A man who had escaped came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the great trees of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshkol and Aner, all of whom were allied with Abram. (14) When Abram heard that his relative had been taken captive, he called out the 318 trained men born in his household and went in pursuit as far as Dan. (15) During the night Abram divided his men to attack them and he routed them, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus. (16) He recovered all the goods and brought back his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the other people."
Genesis 14:11-16 NIV
Question 1. According to Genesis 14:11-12, what happened to Abraham’s nephew, Lot, and all that he owned?
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