A vivid picture of the Lord’s triumph over evil both reassures us that there is cosmic justice and also points us toward our need for atonement.

God has made promises to his people and, if these are true, then we should respond by praying, hoping, and working.

The Spirit-empowered Anointed One brings good news to the poor, binds up the broken-hearted, sets the captives free, and comforts those who mourn.

God gives his people a vision of Zion shining with the glory of God. In response, we should arise and shine, and lift up our eyes and see with faith.

In a world plagued by injustice, God announces that he will come as the Divine Warrior to set things right and establish justice.

God isn’t interested in hollow religion. He desires for our hearts to be changed so that we work for justice, express compassion, and show mercy.

God dwells in a high and holy place. Yet he also dwells with those who are contrite and lowly in spirit.

All of us are prone to care about ourselves before others, but the Lord invites us to take refuge in him as not only the source of our renewal but also the way forward as a community.

In the aftermath of the exile, the Lord calls his people back to the covenant and to a vision of his covenant expanding outward to welcome the outcasts and rejected, and to cross all racial, ethnic, and national lines, so that the temple becomes a house of prayer for all peoples.