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Advent 1: The Promise of Jesus is Our Hope
Come Thou Long Expected Jesus and Light Of The World.
Advent 2: Resting in Jesus is Our Peace!
Jesus and Here I Am to Worship.
Advent 3: The Light of Jesus is Our Joy
Now let’s sing: Joy Has Dawned, O Come All Ye Faithful, and Angel’s We Have Heard On High
Advent 4: Jesus is Our Love Come Down
Hark the Herald Angel Sing!
The Christ Candle:
Away In A Manger and What Child Is This?
I Mean To Give Him The Same Chance Every Year! (Isaiah 9:1-7)
The Promise: There Will Be No More Gloom!
People in anguish
hemmed in creating compulsion or forced behavior
what do you feel enslaved to?
Contempt
cursed - specifically the land, but includes the people and a reference to the Assyrian invasion.
punishment for disobedience
ever felt cursed?
later it will be made glorious - given honor
The People Who Walk In Darkness Will See A Great Light
In the beginning - darkness covered the face of the deep, and He said, “Let there be light.”
Those Who Live In A Dark Land The Light Will Shine On Them.
“dark land” - shadow of death...
It’s a shadow because a cloud is in between you and the sun.
God’s going to part the cloud and shine His light on you.
Promise...Fulfilled by Jesus
The Promise: The Nation Will Multiply
Nation - God’s people
Gladness Increased
in God’s presence
Prosperity
as with joy over the harvest - farmer
as when rejoicing Over The Dividing Of Spoils - soldier
Truth is I don’t always feel that abundant life, now.
But...
Promise…Fulfilled by Jesus AND WILL BE FULFILLED by Jesus
The Promise: The yoke on their shoulders will be Broken
Yoke/Burden - slavery/hardship
Oppression - crushed/bruised - connected to “bind up the broken hearted” in Isaiah 61:1
Promise…Fulfilled by Jesus
The Day Of Midian’s Defeat
Gideon - past allusion - large enemy for both; giving of a sign-fleece/virgin with child; small army/small child; angel appearance in both; miraculous salvation/miraculous birth
Assyria - the immediate threat - Isaiah 8:7-8
Egypt - the basis of comparison - because of word choice - yoke, burden, shoulders, and oppressors, Egypt automatically comes to the Hebrew mind.
Boots/cloaks fuel for the fire - done, defeated
Midian’s defeat tied into making Zebulun and Naphtali glorious.
Promise…Fulfilled by Jesus
The Promise/Sign: A Child Will Be Born For Us
For…all of this is only possible because...
Promise…Fulfilled by Jesus
The Government will rest on His shoulders
vs. yoke on ours
His name will be called - these 4 titles
Wonderful Counselor - divine wisdom
exceptional/extraordinary
supernatural/miraculous
Counselor - based on truth and righteousness
Mighty God - divine power
He is able to accomplish what He decrees.
If He says He will do it, it will be done.
The mighty, mighty one, the God of gods, the Lord of lords, King of kings.
nuance of hero
Eternal Father
human fatherly care and concern
in place - God’s dwelling
in duration - never cease
in quality - benevolence bestowing respect and honor
Prince of Peace
the noun is always used of human leaders/royalty
God would accomplish this through a human.
Four terms taken together give us the one who is Fully human and fully divine.
the unique, wise and powerful God/Man who cares for his subjects, sets them free, and allows them to live in peace
He sets them free from being harrassed, distressed, dispirited, thrown down again and again, scattered, thrown aside.
Promise…Fulfilled by Jesus
The Promise: No End To The Increase Of His Government
increase
greater in scope than even the Davidic kingdom
consume all
over all
never decline
of peace
of righteousness
of justice
On the throne of David - over his kingdom - fulfilling God’s promise to David the Davidic covenant.
Established and upheld
justice
righteousness
forever
Promise…WILL BE FULFILLED by Jesus!
The Promise: The Zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this
Promise…WILL BE FULFILLED by Jesus!
Someday, it will be time to fulfill these promises completely.
His day of justice and righteousness will arrive, which includes the punishment of the wicked and unbelievers.
But once that final day of reckoning comes, there will be no end to the increase of His government and peace.
When that final day of rest and peace comes, and Midian’s boots and war tunics are being burned as fuel for the fire, we will experience another promise fulfilled.
No more Russia.
No more North Korean threats.
No more Chinese spy ware.
No more Wuhan labs.
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