The painful birth of the new Jerusalem

Sunday 27th November 2022
Read: Matthew 21:1-17; Micah 4:1-13

Sermon: Micah 4:1-13

Micah 1-3 Yhwh’s Spirit exposing sin

Micah 4:1-5 An ideal new Jerusalem

Micah 4:6-7 The people gathered to the new Jerusalem

Micah 4:8-5:1 The painful birthing of the new Jerusalem
Micah 4:8 from little things, big things grow

Micah 4:9-10 birth through the pain of exile

Micah 4:11-13 delighting in Zion’s defilement leads to a threshing

Micah 5:1 striking Israel’s judge in judgment

Matthew 21 The return of the king to Jerusalem