The Daughter of Troops

Q: What does the Bible say about the love of Christ for His people?

The Bible reveals that the love of Christ for His people exceeds all knowledge and understanding. In Ephesians 3:17-19, the Apostle Paul writes about the depth and breadth of Christ's love for His church, stating that it surpasses all knowledge. This divine love is foundational for our relationship with Christ; we love Him because He first loved us. It is not our love for Him that drives us, but His overwhelming love for us, which constrains us to respond with love and devotion. Furthermore, understanding this love can alleviate our fears and anxieties, as we find peace and rest in knowing that His love is sufficient for our spiritual needs.

Q: Why is it important for Christians to gather together?

Gathering together is crucial for believers as it fosters fellowship and spiritual nourishment. In Hebrews 10:24-25, we are encouraged not to neglect meeting together. Gathering as 'the daughter of troops' ensures that we are spiritually nourished and supported in our faith. The world besieges us, cutting off the spiritual supplies we need. By coming together, we find strength and safety, akin to sheep gathering around their shepherd. It is within this community that we experience the fullness of Christ's love, encouragement, and the teaching of the Word. The early church exemplified this in Acts 2:42, where believers devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching, fellowship, breaking of bread, and prayer.

Q: How do we know that Jesus is the prophesied ruler in Israel?

Jesus fulfills the prophecy of being the ruler in Israel as foretold in Micah 5:2. Micah 5:2 prophesies that out of Bethlehem, Ephratah, a ruler will come forth who is from old, from everlasting. This prophecy is fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who was born in Bethlehem and is recognized as the eternal King. His life and ministry demonstrated His authority and fulfillment of the prophetic word. Additionally, the New Testament confirms this fulfillment (Matthew 2:6), emphasizing that Jesus is not only the king of Israel but also the Savior for all humanity. His incarnation and work perfectly align with the expectations set forth in the Old Testament scriptures.

Q: What does 'daughter of troops' signify in the Bible?

'Daughter of troops' signifies God's special affection and protective care for His church. 'Daughter of troops' as found in Micah 5:1 reflects the tenderness and care that God has for His people. This term illustrates the intimate relationship between God and His church. Just as a father has a special affection for his daughter, so God nurtures and protects His church, urging believers to gather together for strength and support. It emphasizes the idea of community among God's people, who, amidst a besieged world, must rely on their collective strength and the love of Christ to persevere in faith and obedience.

Q: Why is it significant that Christ was born in Bethlehem?

Christ's birth in Bethlehem fulfills the prophecy of the 'house of bread' and signifies spiritual nourishment. Bethlehem, known as the house of bread, is significant because it symbolizes Christ as the Bread of Life. In Micah 5:2, the prophecy indicates that from this humble town, the Savior would come. This not only points to Jesus' literal birthplace but also metaphorically highlights how His coming brings spiritual sustenance. Just as the bread sustains physical life, Christ sustains spiritual life. In John 6:35, Jesus identifies Himself as the Bread of Life, connecting the prophecy to His mission of providing eternal nourishment for our souls and fulfilling the spiritual hunger of humanity.

We're going to be in Micah chapter 5 tonight, but I want to read a few verses out of Ephesians chapter 3 if you'll turn there with me. Ephesians chapter 3. This is always our hope when we gather together for worship, but tonight I want us to look at these verses that describe, as we just read in Zephaniah, the Lord's affection for his people, for his children, for his wife, for his bride. And as we're going to see tonight, the Lord speaks of his children as his daughter. what tenderness, what care and affection a father has for a daughter.

If the Lord enables us to have any understanding at all of his love for us, our response will be to love him. We love him because he first loved us. And it is the love of Christ, the love of Christ, not my love for Christ, the love of Christ that constraineth us, moves our hearts and keeps us looking to Christ. It's his love for us. Ephesians chapter three, verse 17, that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith that you being rooted and grounded in love may be able to comprehend with all the Saints what is the breath and the length and the depth and the height and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge Now this is kind of like that verse in Philippians that speaks of passing knowledge. The word passeth here means it exceeds, it's better than.

We live our lives often fretting things because we don't understand them. If we just had more knowledge, Knowledge is power. If we had more knowledge of what was going on or what might happen, we would feel more in control. And our need for knowledge oftentimes drives us to be in control. And what the Lord's telling us here is that his love for us is better than knowledge. If we could just pursue and comprehend and seek to understand better how much he loves us and what he's done to prove that love to us, then we would not be so consumed with our need for knowledge.

We would be able to rest in knowing that his love for us is enough. and to know the love of Christ, verse 19, which exceeds knowledge, that you might be filled with all the fullness of God. Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us. That's the power of God, work of the Holy Spirit, the presence of Christ. Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end.

All right, if you'll turn back with me now to Micah chapter 5. Micah Chapter 5. I've titled this message, The Daughter of Troops. The Daughter of Troops. Strange title, I know, but here it is. Chapter 5, verse 1. Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops. he hath laid siege against us, and they shall smite the judges of Israel with a rod upon the cheek of the judge of Israel."

Having a daughter, a granddaughter, and now a great-granddaughter, have a little understanding of the affection that a father has for that person in their life. We raise our sons to be men, to be independent, and boys can kind of get by, I guess, in a lot of ways in this world. But a father, a daughter is always his little girl. There's a special There's a special care of providing and protecting and a special affection and tenderness that a father has for a daughter.

And what a beautiful thing it is that the Lord would refer to his church. He calls us by many family names. He calls us the children of God. We're called his sister in the song of Solomon, we're referred to as his wife, and he says of us there, he says, one look from one of your eyes ravishes my heart. It's a special affection that Christ has for his bride as his wife. He calls us his brother. There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. There's a, yes, there's a friend that sticketh closer than a brother, that's Christ. What a brother he is, what a friend he is. And he calls us friends. But there's something very special here about daughter.

Turn with me to Acts chapter two. Acts chapter two. This was after Pentecost when the 3000 were converted and verse 41 says and they that gladly received the word were baptized in the same day they were added unto them about 3000 souls and they continued steadfastly in the apostles doctrine in fellowship in the breaking of bread and in prayer. There's a a passage in here where he calls Jerusalem the virgin daughter of Zion. And I thought it was there in Acts chapter 2, but that's not it. But the Lord refers to his church as the virgin daughter of Zion. Again, his affection for his people Go back with me to Micah chapter five.

This word troop is very similar to the word translated church in the New Testament. The word church means to be called out to an assembly. We often hear the word church being defined as the called out ones. But it's not just being called out of darkness into his light. It's not just being called out of unbelief into Christ. It is being called out to an assembly. And when the Lord when the Lord makes an effectual call to the heart, he puts in our hearts a desire to gather together.

We don't gather together because we are forced to, because the law demands us to. We come together because of the affection that we have for one another, the need that we have to be together. We're like We're like sheep. There's safety in numbers, isn't there, when sheep gather together in a flock? And they gather together where the shepherd is.

And so when the Lord calls to his church and says, oh, my daughter, you are the daughter of troops. Come out and gather yourself together. This is where I will be. and this is where I will meet with you. Gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops, for he hath laid siege on thee.

I was curious as to who the he was and found out actually in the text that there is no pronoun in the original language. It's just you've been besieged. You've been besieged. I don't know whose phone that is or whatever. And I thought, well, it sort of relates both to how the Lord has besieged us and brought us to himself, but it's also a reference to how we have been besieged by the world.

We cannot receive from this world in which we live the things that we need. We must gather together. The world has nothing to provide for the spiritual needs of our soul. If we're going to be fed, you think about a besiegement, cutting off the supply line to a people, and how the world has done that. We have nothing in common with them, spiritually speaking, and they have nothing in common with us.

And so here the Lord says, he hath laid siege upon us. And now I'm certain that the latter part of this verse is speaking of the world smiting the cheek of the judge of Israel. Of course, We can't read that without considering what those Roman soldiers did on the night before our Lord's crucifixion when they smote him and covered his face and mocked him by demanding that he prophesy and tell them which one of them actually smote him. This is the world's hatred for Christ.

But it's also part of the besiegement that we are experiencing as the daughters of troops, the daughters of Christ gathering together to meet with him and to hear from him and to fellowship with him and with one another. The early believers, as we just read in Acts chapter 2, continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and in fellowship and in the breaking of bread and in prayers. What a blessed experience it is to be able to come out from among the world and have these experiences where we eat together a meal We feast on the bread of life. We are, even as we worship now, asking the Lord to speak and to meet with us and to reveal himself. We are remaining, as the Lord enables us, faithful to the same doctrine, the same gospel that the apostles preached. and we are rejoicing in the fellowship that the Lord has with us and that we're able to have with one another to encourage one another in him. Gather yourself together in troops. Oh, daughter of troops. We have been besieged. We've been cut off from the world, and we've been And we've been circled, if you will, by his mercy and by his grace. And they, they will smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek. There's a curious story in First Kings chapter 22. It happened about a hundred years before Micah.

The king of Israel, Ahab, a very wicked king of the northern kingdom, wanted to attack Syria. And so he went down to Jehoshaphat, who was the king of Judah, the southern kingdom, and said, will you join me against my campaign against Syria?

And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, to Ahab, have you consulted the prophets? Well, he had. He had consulted 400 prophets. And they all told him what he wanted to hear. And so Jehoshaphat asked the king of Israel, Ahab, he said, He said, is there not a prophet in Israel that'll tell you the truth? And the King of Israel said this, he said, yeah, there is.

And curious, the reason I say it's a curious story is because the prophet that the King of Israel and Jehoshaphat end up consulting, his name is Micaiah, the same name as Micah, just a different spelling. It's Micah. And it's almost as if when Micah writes these, he's thinking back on that event that took place a hundred years earlier because the King of Israel said, yeah, there's a prophet, but I hate him because he won't ever tell me what I want to hear. And Jehoshaphat said, we need to find out what he says. And Micah or Micaiah came and said, God has put a lying spirit in the mouths of those 400 men.

Here's the truth. You go to battle against Syria, you're not coming back. You're going to die. And one of the prophets smoked Micaiah on the mouth and mocked him in the same fashion that Micah is referring to here and mocked him in the same fashion that the Roman soldiers mocked the Lord when they smote him on the cheek and said, who hit you? If you're a prophet, tell us. When this false prophet mocked Micaiah in 1 Kings chapter 22, he said, if there's a lying spirit, where did he go? Tell us where he's at now.

I saw in this what the world does to everything that we believe and what we preach. And we stand for the gospel. There's a mocking that takes place. They refuse to bow to a God who is sovereign. They continue to hold to a message of salvation that depends upon their good works or their free will and will not come to gather together with the daughter of troops.

But they will smite men who speak the truth on the cheek. They shall smite the judge of Israel. Those who speak the truth in judgment, they will smite him upon the cheek. They will hate him. Why? For the same reason that the king of Israel hated Micaiah. I hate him because he never tells me what I want to hear.

Turn with me to John chapter 17. When the daughters of the troops gather together, they're not like that wicked king of Israel. They want to hear the truth. They want to know what the Lord says. Lord, don't deceive me, don't leave me with any wiggle room. Just tell me, thus saith the Lord, tell me exactly what God says, and don't leave it up to my interpretation.

You know, men love political speech because it gives them an opportunity to attach the definition that they want to attach to it. And when a man speaks plainly and simply and clearly, they're hating for it. We don't leave room for interpretation. We tell them exactly what we mean by what we say.

In John chapter 17, we'll begin reading in verse 14. Here's our Lord praying for the daughter of Zion, his daughter. the one that he's committed to protect and provide, his little girl, if you will. In verse 14, he says to his heavenly father, I have given them thy word and the world has hated them because they are not of the world even as I am not of the world. This goes back to our text in Micah chapter five. gather together the daughter of troops.

You're going to be besieged by the world. You're gonna be in the world, but you're not gonna be of the world. Spiritually speaking, you'll have nothing in common with them, and they'll have nothing in common with you. And they'll hate you, as they did Micaiah, when you speak the truth, and they'll gather together themselves false prophets that will tell them what they wanna hear. They'll have itching ears, that will just listen to peace, peace, when in fact there is no peace.

But Father, I've given them the truth, and they believed it, and the world has hated them, even as the world has hated me. I pray not that thou should take them out of the world, but that thou should keep them from the evil. Father, they're gonna, they're gonna, experience a lot of affliction in this world as a result of them knowing the truth and not being able to compromise the truth. Keep them, Lord. Keep them from the evil one. They are, verse 16, they are not of the world even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth. Thy word is truth. As thou hast sent me into the world, Even so, have I also sent them into the world.

Our Lord's affection for the daughter of Zion. He prayed to his father and continues to intercede for us. He ever lives to make intercession for us. He's given us the truth and we must, whatever the world has to say about it, however they choose to smite us with a rod upon the cheek to try to shut us up, we cannot. We cannot compromise the truth of the gospel. The gospel is our life. Look at verse two.

Even though this will be your experience in this world, but thou Bethlehem. Now you know what Bethlehem translated means, Bethlehem, the city of David, the city that the Lord Jesus, that little village actually, it wasn't a city, it was a village. that the Lord Jesus was born into this world in Bethlehem. It's called, the name translated means the city of bread. The house, literally, the house of bread. Beth, the house of bread.

You remember the story of Ruth? And Elimelech, her husband, Naomi. The book of Ruth begins with Elimelech and Naomi. And they live in Bethlehem. But there's a famine in the land. And so they leave. Elimelech says, there's better opportunities over in Moab for me and for my family. And so he leaves the house of bread and he goes to Moab He dies in Moab, his sons die in Moab, his wife comes back to Bethlehem. And there Ruth meets Boaz and what a glorious story of salvation we have with that kinsman redeemer. This is what happens in Bethlehem. We don't do like Elimelech. We don't look for greener pastures. There are no greener pastures than that pasture that our good shepherd feeds his sheep at. He provides his sheep with the bread of life in Bethlehem.

And Bethlehem also here is called Ephratah. It's the same. The same city, but it's a different meaning. Ephratah means fruitful, fruitful. So Bethlehem, the house of bread, a fruitful place. This is the place where the spirit of God bears the fruit of salvation in the hearts of God's people. This is the place where the fruits of the spirit. love and joy and peace and long-suffering and temperance and patience, all those things that the Spirit of God puts in the hearts of God's people. This is the fruit that the Lord said would remain. It's not a fruit that will rot. It's not a fruit that is temporary. It is a fruit that will remain forever.

And so the Lord says, but thou, he's still speaking to his church, his children, his daughter, his daughter, but thou Bethlehem, Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me, that is to be ruler in Israel, whose going forth have been from of old from everlasting.

What a glorious prophecy of the birth of Christ coming into this world. God being made flesh and dwelling among us. What the Lord told those, what the angels told those shepherds on that night when our Lord was born in Bethlehem unto you. unto you is born this day in the city of David, a savior, which is Christ the Lord. So this prophecy was fulfilled historically 2000 years ago. But as we think about it, spiritually speaking, it is continually to be fulfilled.

Paul said, Paul said of himself, he said, I travail in childbirth until Christ be formed in you. He likened the preaching of the gospel in Bethlehem, Ephrathah, among the daughter of the troops. He likened it to a childbirth. And he said, we're continuing to labor with the gospel until Christ be formed in you. He wasn't talking about just the original new birth of Christ taking residence in us. He was talking about the fullness of Christ being formed.

It's a picture of not just the conception of a child in the womb, but the full maturity of that baby until it's birthed into heaven. And so there's the picture that Paul's saying, I continue to labor until Christ be completely formed in you. And you be not just birthed spiritually into the kingdom of God, but you be born, you be birthed eternally as you enter into glory. This is such an encouraging word to us to know that the Daughters of Troops, the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, historically and contemporarily is made up of generally very small groups of people, scattered few. and far between.

And we have no significance to this world. They don't know we're here. They don't care. We have no political clout. We have no religious influence. And yet, what they don't know is that the only reason that they exist, the only reason that they remain alive in this world is because we're here. They don't know that.

They go about their lives not knowing that as soon as the Lord is pleased to form Christ completely in all of his daughters, that they will no longer be needed. They'll no longer have reason to enjoy the creation of God in this world. though thou be little, verse two, among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall come forth unto me, that one who is to be the ruler in Israel.

Now, the Lord Jesus came into this world to fulfill his promise to his heavenly father. On the cross of Calvary, God was doing business with God. The Lord Jesus Christ was not offering himself to man to be accepted or rejected by our free will. He made himself an offering to his heavenly father to satisfy God's justice for his people.

And so that's what he's saying. Yet out of thee shall come forth unto me, that one that is to be the ruler in Israel, whose going forth has been from old and from even everlasting." Not just from, you know, a hundred years or not just from the time of Abraham. No, not just even from the creation of the world, but before the creation of the world. He's speaking of the covenant of grace. The promise that the son made to his father to come in the fullness of time and work out the redemption of his people. And that's what Micah is saying. That's what Micah is prophesying will happen. And we know that exactly what Micah said under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit was fulfilled in the Lord Jesus at Bethlehem and at Mount Calvary.

But here's our encouragement, brethren. This is for us right now. Yes, we look back to the promise of God being fulfilled, and we rest the hope of our salvation in the accomplished work of the Lord Jesus Christ, having fulfilled all righteousness, having satisfied divine justice, having fulfilled the law. There's our hope. We look to Christ for that. But The reality of this is continuing to happen among God's people as Christ is being formed in us.

And as we, though little among the thousands of Judah of the world, this is the place, this is the place where the Lord is pleased to manifest his grace and his glory, to show forth his love for his daughters. to provide for them and to protect them and to grow them in his grace and to birth them into the kingdom of God. And that leads us to the next verse. Look, verse three, therefore he will give them up until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth and the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children."

This word, give them up, it's actually the word Nathan. Nathan's name means giver, means giver. Is there some reference here to the Lord sending his children into Babylonian captivity? Micah was prophesying that, yes. He will give them up over to their afflictions and then they'll come back. But I think also there's a message of hope for us that in Babylon, In Babylon, our Lord gives. He continues to provide for his people, even though they are gonna spend 70 years in Babylon. They're gonna live their whole life in this world of Babel. Yet, even there, he will provide for them all that they need in this world and in the world to come. but it's gonna happen as they gather together in troops. These promises are gonna be fulfilled.

Turn with me to Revelation chapter 12. Revelation chapter 12. In our text there in Micah, the Lord says, I will give them, in their travail as they're brought forth until the remnant, the entire remnant, and there's another reference to the church, the remnant of God's people, until they all come forth, until they're all saved. And it's gonna happen in a place where they're going to feel exiled, but even there, even there in Babylon, I will provide for them. Brethren, look with me at Revelation chapter 12, because that's exactly what the Lord is telling us.

Verse 14, the woman, that's the church. That's another reference to the bride of Christ, the brother of Christ, the sister of Christ, the daughter of Christ. Here she's called the woman. And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time."

That's two and a half years, or three and a half years. That's prophetic language speaking of that period of time between the first and second coming of Christ. This is the time in which we live right now. So this prophecy is of the church being cast into the wilderness. It's also referred to as a thousand years, but it's that whole period of tribulation. It's the end times that we live in.

And she's gonna be cast into the wilderness for this time, but she's going to be given two wings of a great eagle. What are the two wings of a great eagle that the Lord provides for this woman who is now living in Babylon? She's now living in the wilderness.

What's the same as the two witnesses that are left dead in the streets of Jerusalem? in Revelation. What are the two witnesses? What are the two wings? The streets of Jerusalem, that's the false church. The Jerusalem that is from the earth, that's not the new Jerusalem.

It's the spirit of God and the word of God. That's what it is. It's the word of God, and it's the spirit of God. And that's how the Lord sustains his people in this wilderness. And so he says, she's going to be sent into the wilderness, but there's going to be two wings of a great eagle that will enable her to fly, to live above, if you will, the world. And we do, spiritually speaking, we live above this world.

In verse 15, and the serpent will cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood. And the earth helped the woman and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed up the flood, which the dragon cast out of his mouth. And the dragon was wroth with the woman and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which kept the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ."

Satan will pursue her. He will be the accuser of the brethren. He will be that one that will give her so much trouble in this wilderness. But even as he tries to overwhelm her with the flood of doubt and discouragement and despair and the lack of understanding, the earth will open up and the floods will not overcome her. The Lord will provide for her. And how is he going to provide?

This two-winged eagle, the Spirit of God. and the Word of God. That's his provision for us in this Christ-hating world in which we live. Now, let's go back to our text real quick. Daughter of troops. What an affection. what tenderness, what care, what provisions, what protection our Lord provides for his daughter. And he calls on her to gather herself together in troops.

And he says, they're gonna cut you off, And they're gonna smite those who speak the truth like King Ahab did with Micaiah back there in 1 Kings chapter 22. They're gonna hate you because you speak the truth. And they're going to be prayed for as the Lord prayed for us in John chapter 17. Father, the world's gonna hate them because it first hated me. but I'm gonna provide for her.

Bethlehem, that's your house of bread. Ephratah, that's the fruit that the spirit will bring through faith in your hearts and among you. Don't be discouraged that you're little among the thousands, for one will come out from among you that will be the leader in Israel. He's gonna be birthed He was birthed physically and through the womb of a virgin Mary, but he will be birthed spiritually through the preaching of the gospel and by the power of the Holy Spirit as the church gathers herself together. And they will travail, but the remnant will be saved. I look at verse four. and he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord. He's gonna feed her. Peter, do you love me? Feed my sheep. We do love him.

We can't compare our love for him to his love for us. any more than we can compare the voice of a man to the voice of God. Though we speak the truth, though we seek to be faithful, to just say what God has said and tell the truth about Christ, we know, we know that it's the Lord that must feed us. It's the Lord that must make this bread. Paul said, I planted, Apollos watered, God gave the increase. All we can do is plant and water. All we can do is speak the truth. God has to give the increase, but here's his promise. Here's his promise. When the daughter of troops gather together, he, the Lord Jesus, shall stand.

You know what else I thought about when I thought about him standing? We think about the Lord Jesus seated at the right hand of God, ever living to make intercession for us, as the scripture describes him, having finished his work. But how did Stephen see Christ? You remember when Stephen was being stoned there in Acts chapter seven? And Stephen looked up into the heavens and he saw the Lord Jesus Christ standing, standing.

He's seated as our high priest, having finished the work of redemption. But when we are received into glory, he stands. He stands as our advocate. He stands to receive us unto himself. He stands like our comforter. pleading our case and receiving us into glory.

And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord, his God, and they shall abide. For now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth. What a precious prophecy, a precious promise, words of life. This is God's word that we might we might see in these in these verses how much he loves his daughter and how committed he is to provide for her every need. Tom. Inside cover of the Spiral Hymnal. Let's stand together.

The Daughter of Troops

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What does the Bible say about the love of Christ for His people?

Why is it important for Christians to gather together?

How do we know that Jesus is the prophesied ruler in Israel?

What does 'daughter of troops' signify in the Bible?

Why is it significant that Christ was born in Bethlehem?

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The Daughter of Troops

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What does the Bible say about the love of Christ for His people?

Why is it important for Christians to gather together?

How do we know that Jesus is the prophesied ruler in Israel?

What does 'daughter of troops' signify in the Bible?

Why is it significant that Christ was born in Bethlehem?

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