Micah 2:13

¹³ He who opens the breach goes up before them;
they break through and pass the gate, going out by it.
Their king passes on before them, the Lord at their head.

The Story: This passage points to the coming Messiah who will open a breach in Israel’s captivity. Jesus has opened a breach in the dark gates of Satan’s domain which have held us in bondage (see Col. 1:13-14) and “transferred us” to His kingdom. Jesus, the exalted Christ, is our King and He goes before us as our “head,” our leader. Not even the “gates of hell” can stand against the purposes of God and His Christ.

The Structure: Old Testament prophecy invariably alternates between condemnation and comfort. Micah 2:12-13 is a comfort passage following the condemnation passage of 2:1-11. This future promise of salvation, however, is not merely parochial, restricted only to the remnant of Israel, but universal, in that it extends to all who hold steadfast to the Lord Jesus Christ. The declaration of judgment had as its purpose the expression of God’s desire to see His people repent so that they might, in turn, receive the comfort of forgiveness and restoration.

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