Prisoner

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Prisoners
of
HOPE
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Prisoner
What does it mean?
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Prisoner
One who is under arrest or restraint by another
person or power.
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Prisoners?

• Of War
• Of the King
• Of Sin Luke 418
• Of the Lord
• Of Christ Jesus
• Of Hope!

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Zechariah 99

• 9Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O
  daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is
  coming to rescue you He is just and He brings
  salvation with Him....

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Zechariah 910

• 10 The Lord says, I will cut off the chariot
  from Ephraim and the war horse from Jerusalem
  The battle bow shall cease.
• He shall speak peace to the nations His dominion
  shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to
  the ends of the earth.

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Zechariah 911

• 11And as for you because of My blood covenant
  with you
• I will rescue every prisoner from the dry,
  parched pits.

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Zechariah 912

• 12 Return to your place of refuge, you PRISONERS
  OF HOPE.

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Prisoner
One who is under arrest or restraint by another
person or power.
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Prisoner

• Strongs H615
• Asiyr aw-sere
• One who is
• Bound,
• Captive to, or
• Captivated by
• someone or something.
• From Strongs H631

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Prisoner

• From Strongs H631
• asar aw-sar
• A primitive root meaning to be yoked, hitched or
  fastened to something
• or to be joined together (in battle).

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Servants were often joined in battle with their
masters to keep them from fleeing the battlefield!
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Prisoner

• From Strongs H631
• asar aw-sar
• Translated as
• to bind, fasten, gird, harness, hold, keep, make
  ready, order, prepare, put in bonds, set in
  array, tie securely together or imprison.

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Zechariah 912

• PRISONERS
• OF HOPE
• Those fastened, tied securely, and bound to
  hope!

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So that we wont break and run before the
battle has been won!
Why are we bound to hope?
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Prisoner
One who is under arrest or restraint by another
person or power.
HOPE!
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What is it?
HOPE?
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HOPE

• H8615 tik-vaw
• From H6960 literally a cord that attaches (as
  an umbilical cord).

Thus, an earnest expectation or a future
reality waited for longingly.
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1 Peter 13-4

• 3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord
  Jesus Christ. In Gods great mercy He has caused
  us to be born again into a living hope, because
  Jesus Christ rose from the dead. 4Now we also
  hope for the blessings God has promised His
  children.

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HOPE has a life of its own!
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Zechariah 912

• 12 Return to your place of refuge, you PRISONERS
  OF HOPE.

• Those nurturing
• hope within!

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Hope might give you morning sickness!
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Zechariah 912

• 12 Return to your place of refuge, you PRISONERS
  OF HOPE.

• Those yoked to hope!

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HOPE will make ya sweat a little!
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Zechariah 912

• 12 Return to your place of refuge, you PRISONERS
  OF HOPE.

• Those joined in battle
• with hope!

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HOPE will drag you into battle!
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Zechariah 912

• 12 Return to your place of refuge, you PRISONERS
  OF HOPE.

• Those captivated
• by hope!

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HOPE will take you captive wont let you go!
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Psalm 10517-18

• 17The Lord sent someone to Egypt ahead of His
  peopleJoseph, who was sold as a slave. 18There
  in prison, they bruised his feet with fetters and
  placed his neck in an iron collar.

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Psalm 10519

• 19 Until the time came for his promise to be
  fulfilled, the LORD tested Josephs character.

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Ps. 10519

• 19 Until the NOW of his promise came, the
  promise itself tested Joseph.

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Zechariah 912

• 12 Return to your place of refuge, you PRISONERS
  OF HOPE.

• Those tested and
• made ready by hope!

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• Like Joseph, were all

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Psalm 10520-21

• 20 Then Pharaoh sent for him and set him free
  the ruler of the nation opened his prison door.
  21 Joseph was put in charge of all the kings
  household Then he became ruler over all the
  kings possessions.

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Zechariah 912

• PRISONERS OF HOPE

• Those pregnant with hope!
• Those yoked to hope!
• Those joined in battle w/ hope!
• Those captivated by hope!
• Those made ready by hope!

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Job 1615-16

• 15Here I sit in complete humility. I have
  surrendered, and I sit in the dust. 16My eyes are
  red with weeping darkness is all around me.

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Job 171

• My spirit is broken.

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Job 147-9

• Yet there is hope, even for a tree that has been
  cut down and its stump is decaying in the ground.
  Still, by the scent of water spirit of
  refreshing it can live again, and bear fruit and
  flourish!

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Hosea 213-15

• 15 I will make the
• Valley of Trouble
• into a
• Door of Hope.

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Zechariah 99

• 9Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O
  daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is
  coming to rescue you He is just and He brings
  salvation with Him....

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Zechariah 910

• 10 The Lord says, I will cut off the chariot
  from Ephraim and the war horse from Jerusalem
  The battle bow shall cease.
• He shall speak peace to the nations His dominion
  shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to
  the ends of the earth.

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Zechariah 911

• 11And as for you because of My blood covenant
  with you
• I will rescue every prisoner from the dry,
  parched pits.

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Zechariah 912

• 12 Return to your place of refuge, you PRISONERS
  OF HOPE.

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Zechariah 912

• 12 For today I promise that I will restore to
  you twice as much as you have hoped for!

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Prisoners
of
HOPE