Juneteenth
Juneteenth is Monday, June 19.
On this day, we remember when emancipation was proclaimed to the enslaved people of west Texas two years after it was declared by law.
God is a freeing and delivering God, and as image bearers (or bearers of the Imago Dei), we are called to bring freedom to the oppressed in our day. This was God’s message through the prophet Isaiah in Isaiah 61:1-3 (ESV): “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound...”
Jesus quotes this in Luke 4:18 when stating His purpose, and today it’s our calling as His church to deliver his message of freedom for all people. We reflect God’s image by how we view and relate to one another in playing our part in God’s redeeming mission (Missio Dei). We are all one family under God and are all equal recipients of His divine image.
On this day, we remember when emancipation was proclaimed to the enslaved people of west Texas two years after it was declared by law.
God is a freeing and delivering God, and as image bearers (or bearers of the Imago Dei), we are called to bring freedom to the oppressed in our day. This was God’s message through the prophet Isaiah in Isaiah 61:1-3 (ESV): “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound...”
Jesus quotes this in Luke 4:18 when stating His purpose, and today it’s our calling as His church to deliver his message of freedom for all people. We reflect God’s image by how we view and relate to one another in playing our part in God’s redeeming mission (Missio Dei). We are all one family under God and are all equal recipients of His divine image.
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