Kat, here is some more scripture that maybe can give us a better understanding:
(Isa 61:1 LITV) The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is on Me, because Jehovah has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the meek. He has sent Me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to captives, and complete opening to the bound ones;
(Isa 61:2 LITV) to proclaim the acceptable year of Jehovah, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn;
(Isa 61:3 LITV) to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, the mantle of praise instead of the spirit of infirmity, so that one calls them trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, in order to beautify Himself.
Those verses in Isiah are interesting, because we all know the righteous live by faith, and there is freedom or liberty in Christ, especially since the new covenant.
(Eze 34:25 LITV) And I will cut a covenant of peace with them and make evil beasts cease out of the land. And they shall live in the wilderness securely and sleep in the forests.
(Eze 34:26 LITV) And I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. And I will bring down the shower in its season, there shall be showers of blessing.
(Eze 34:27 LITV) And the tree of the field shall give its fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase. And they shall be securely on their land. And they shall know that I am Jehovah when I have broken the staffs of their yoke, and have rescued them from the hand of those who enslaved them.
(Eze 34:28 LITV) And they shall not any more be a prey to the nations, and the beast of the land shall not eat them. But they shall live securely, and no one shall terrify them.
(Eze 34:29 LITV) And I will raise up for them a noted planting place, and they shall not any more be of those gathered by famine in the land. And they shall not any more bear the shame of the nations.
(Eze 34:30 LITV) And they shall know that I, Jehovah their God, am with them, and they are My people, the house of Israel, declares the Lord Jehovah.
(Eze 34:31 LITV) And you, My sheep, the sheep of My pasture, you are men. I am your God, declares the Lord Jehovah.
These are comforting words from God to those who are not longer enslaved by the law the nations look to, but who live by faith, because the famine of the land, no longer effects us, because our bread is the word of God.
(Hos 6:1 LITV) Come and let us return to Jehovah. For He has torn, and He will heal us. He has stricken, and He will bind us up.
(Hos 6:2 LITV) After two days He will bring us to life. In the third day He will raise us up, and we shall live before Him.
(Hos 6:3 LITV) Then we shall know, we who follow on to know Jehovah. His going forth is established as the dawn. And He shall come to us as the rain, as the latter and former rain to the earth.
The third day, here we are raised (spiritually) with Him and live and follow on to know God. We are set free with that faith, which His gift to us.
(Act 12:5 LITV) Then Peter was indeed kept in the prison, but fervent prayer was made by the assembly to God on his behalf.
(Act 12:6 LITV) But when Herod was about to bring him out, in that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, being bound with two chains, also guards were keeping the prison before the door.
(Act 12:7 LITV) And, behold! An angel of the Lord stood by, and a light shone in the building. And striking Peter's side, he raised him up, saying, Rise up in haste! And the chains fell off from his hands.
(Act 12:8 LITV) And the angel said to him, Gird yourself, and bind on your sandals. And he did so. And he said to him, Throw around your garment and follow me.
(Act 12:9 LITV) And going out, he followed him, and did not know that this happening through the angel was real, but he thought he saw a vision.
(Act 12:10 LITV) And going through a first and a second guard, they came on the iron gate leading into the city, which opened to them of itself. And going out, they went on one street; and instantly the angel withdrew from him.
(Act 12:11 LITV) And having come, Peter said within himself, Now I know truly that the Lord sent out His angel and plucked me out of Herod's hand, and out of all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
This is a cool story, even when only seen of the miraculous escape of Peter, but looked at spiritually, maybe there is something deeper here. Notice he was bound in chains, and miraculously freed and plucked out of Herods hand, and importantly he was also freed out of all the expectation of the people of the Jews. At that time the expectation of the Jews is the law of Moses. Now he is free of it, and into the faith of God, because he was led out of the city. Now we look for the new Jerusalem.
The story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, is interesting for this thread. It is in Dan.3:4-30. It is a good read, a great story of faith.
(Dan 3:25 LITV) He answered and said, Behold! I see four men loose, walking in the middle of the fire, and there is no harm among them. And the form of the fourth is like a son of the gods.
I am very thankful for God releasing His faith towards us, and setting us free and having hope in faith instead of actual physical laws. Hope is let loose through faith, the law is bound, no longer having power over us.
God bless,
Gary