The Breaker
T. Hannam. Micah 2:13 The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it… I. IN WHAT RESPECTS MAY JESUS CHRIST BE CALLED A BREAKER? Because of the great opposition He had to break through in the work of our redemption. Because He breaks up a new and living way, by which we may have access to God and glory. Because He breaks the enmity of our hearts against Him. Because of the breaking judgments He brings on the world, and the breaking trials on His people. II. IN WHAT RESPECTS MAY HE BE SAID TO "COME UP"? When our first parents sinned, He came up in the promise. He came up really and personally in the incarnation, etc. In the chariots of a preached Gospel. In every display of His grace and love to such as believe. III. WHAT MAY BE IMPLIED IN HIS COMING UP BEFORE THEM? He comes before them as a Shepherd, as a General, as a King. It imports that the way to heaven is patent. IV. THE ESCAPE OF THE RANSOMED BY THIS WAY. They have broken up, etc., out of darkness into light, out of bond age into liberty. They have passed through the law gate of conviction, and the gospel-gate of conversion. (T. Hannam.) Parallel Verses KJV: The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them. WEB: He who breaks open the way goes up before them. They break through the gate, and go out. And their king passes on before them, with Yahweh at their head.