Mighty God Brings Hope

HOPE

Advent Intro

Advent - arrival/coming

Anticipation and Preparation

The importance of tradition

Start of the calendar

Limits - not a requirement, a thought through reminder

Circle - like a clock waiting

Colors

Purple - royalty

Pink - celebration

White - purity

Candles

Hope - looking back and looking forward

Peace - the promise that God will bring peace through the Messiah

Joy (pink) - Light breaking through the darkness

Love - That Jesus shows by coming into the world

White - Jesus the fulfillment

Devotionals - do what you can

Today is about Hope.

The prophet - calls for repentance and declares hope for the future

Judgement & Hope

for Isaiah - 6

Judah - 7

Israel - 9-11

Isaiah 9:6 ESV

6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

The new king will bring freedom from oppression

A Handbook on Isaiah, Volumes 1 & 2 9:6

The phrase upon his shoulder denotes carrying a burden of responsibility

Government - a group of people to make everyone existence better

2 nouns bound together; literally “wonder of counselor, god of power, father forever, prince of peace.”

Wonderful Counselor - advice is amazing and marvelous

They don’t just tell you want you want. They change your life.

Counseling good and bad

THEIR HOPE WAS SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTOOD

Mighty God - Power and strength to the max

Yet an infant who can’t eat

All the power yet not for him

OUR HOPE IS FOR MAX POWER UNDER CONTROL

Everlasting Father - Care that is never ending

Protect and care

HOPE THAT LOVE WILL WIN

Prince of Peace - Prince who brings about peace

Ukraine

Uses his authority to bring peace

HOPE THAT PEACE WILL RULE

CONCLUSION

God’s government is something we can be apart of

not laws but transformation

Peace with Jesus we have ultimate peace we are waiting for.

We are anticipating and preparing for Jesus’ second coming with Hope.