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Intro: Excitement Around Christmas
Some people, maybe it you, get so excited for the Christmas season.
Some of you would put up lights, a tree, and blast Christmas music from October through February if it was socially acceptable.
Some of you do that even though it’s not socially acceptable.
I love the decorations and the music, but only after Thanksgiving!
I also love Christmas because it seems like people are nicer and their friendlier the closer we get to Christmas.
I also love Christmas because at least this year, my brother who is in the military will get to come home.
Because of all of this: the vibe, the weather, the music, the decorations, the family, I begin to look forward to Christmas every year.
Advent: A Season of Preparation and Expectation
As it turns out thats exactly how we’re supposed to feel at Christmas.
Every single year we are wired to feel a ramp up in excitement and energy as we get closer to Christmas.
Maybe you’ve heard the word Advent around Christmas, but you might not know what it means.
Advent is a season in the church calendar and it started last Sunday.
We don’t generally follow the church calendar here at Grace, but I think understanding the season of advent is incredibly important.
Advent means a new beginning.
It’s a season of preparation and expectation.
But we’re not supposed to prepare for and expect the gifts, and the decorations, and the music.
We’re supposed to prepare and look forward in expectation towards the birth of Jesus.
Every single year, we look forward again to the birth of Jesus.
The hard part is, Christmas seems the same every year.
You’ve probably heard the Christmas story read out of every year at the Christmas Eve service.
It can be hard to see it in a fresh way each year.
But that’s what I want to try and do for the next couple weeks.
I want to try and look at Christmas from a couple different perspectives.
This week, I want to look at what is happening on Earth when Jesus was born, and then next week, we’ll look at what happened in Heaven when Jesus was born.
Who were the people expecting?:
The Story:
God created.
(Adam and Eve)
Humanity falls.
Prophecy of the Snake Crusher:
God chooses a people.
(Abraham and Judah)
Prophecy of the King:
The line of Kings.
(David…)
The Kingdom destroyed.
All hope seems lost.
The OT ends.
So then after 400 years the New Testament begins.
The Roman Empire has conquered most of the world, including Israel.
and the hope of God sending a Snake Crushing King is still there...but who knows when it will happen.
The people are expecting a warrior, a king, someone to overthrow the Romans and reestablish the Kingdom of Israel.
The people are expecting a warrior, a king, someone to overthrow the Romans and reestablish the Kingdom of Israel.
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The people are expecting a might warrior, a military general who can wage war on Rome and overthrow the Empire.
But we don’t get a warrior, we don’t get a powerful wealthy king, we get a baby in a manger.
They expected a warrior.
They expected a king.
They wanted the messiah, to be one who would overthrow Roman oppression and reestablish David’s throne over Israel.
They wanted political and military revolution.
The people are expecting a wealthy and powerful king, someone to rule a kingdom as mighty and grand as David’s kingdom.
Who is Jesus?
Who is Jesus?
But what they got was a baby in a manger.
They got a carpenter born into a poor family.
But Jesus is all those things the Jews were expecting, he’s always been all those things, but not yet.
Jesus came to establish a new kingdom not an old one.
He came preaching love not violent revolution.
So, let’s answer the question.
What is happening on Earth when Jesus is born?
He came for us.
He lived the life that you and I could never live.
A life of perfect obedience to God.
And he died a sacrificial death.
Death you and I deserved.
But he didn’t stay dead.
He rose from the grave conquering sin and death forever.
So this Christmas season.
This Advent season.
As we look at what what happened on earth, we see that the Snake Crushing King came to complete the story that God began when he created the world.
Christmas is all about the Messiah being born.
Finally.
After thousands of years, the Messiah.
God’s chosen one, the Snake Crusher, the King, came to complete the story God began when he created the world.
He didn’t look the way people thought he would.
We don’t get a mighty warrior, we don’t get a powerful wealthy king.
They wanted the messiah to be one who would overthrow Roman oppression and reestablish David’s throne over Israel.
They wanted political and military revolution.
But what they got was a baby in a manger.
They got a carpenter born into a poor family.
But what they didn’t realize is that Jesus is all those things they were expecting, he’s always been all those things, but not yet.
Jesus came to establish a new kingdom not an old one.
He came preaching love not violent revolution.
He came for us.
He lived the life that you and I could never live.
A life of perfect obedience to God.
And he died a sacrificial death.
Death you and I deserved.
But he didn’t stay dead.
He rose from the grave conquering sin and death forever.
So this Christmas season.
This Advent season.
As we look at what happened on earth, we see that the Snake Crushing King came to complete the story that God began when he created the world.
Christmas is all about the Messiah being born.
So what?
So what does this mean for you and for me?
Do you know The Story?
Can you see what God has been doing this whole time?
Since the beginning of the World, God has been weaving a story that culminates in Jesus.
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