Advent
Series: Jesus - Fulfillment of the Prophecy (Matthew)
This Advent season, we turn to Matthew's gospel and to the prophetic
testimony he uses to show that Jesus was indeed the long-awaited Messiah.
We will focus primarily on Isaiah, a prophet from the south who lived during
the civil war between Israel and Judah and saw Assyria crush the Northern
Kingdom in 722 B.C. In spite of the hopelessness of his time, Isaiah
stands as one of the most hopeful prophets ("They that wait on the Lord will
renew their strength" - Isaiah 40:31).As we wait on
the Lord this Advent, we will gather around the ancient words of a prophet
content to wait for seven centuries before the dawning of Christ in human
history. Matthew saw in the ancient testimony a key to understanding
the miracle of Jesus in their very midst, but even he and the other
followers of Jesus did not fully understand until after Jesus' death and
resurrection. Perhaps we can discover too that what we wait for is
already among us.
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