Jesus’ ministry to the indigenous is to bind them up (a hebrew term used for bandaging a wound), proclaim freedom, and to release them. The emotional baggage of their past will be dealt with and healed. Further, Jesus will “bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair” (3). But does the gospel stop there; does it end at what the Messiah will do for the broken, the poor and the despised?
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