What is the chief end of man? Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him forever. -Westminster Shorter Catechism, Question 1, 1647 Most advent studies end on December 24th, but I wanted us to even do one for Christmas day because now I want us to be …
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Advent Day 23: A Call to the Unlikely
Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. And he came …
Read More »Advent Day 21: Silence
And then there was silence… 400+ years of silence. That’s hard to fathom. We read about the Old Testament and how it’s all pointing to Christ, the One that will come to save mankind from their sins, to rule as the true King, and to make all wrong things right. …
Read More »Advent Day 19: The New Covenant Part 2
“Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the LORD God: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations to which you came. And I will vindicate the holiness of my …
Read More »Advent Day 18: The New Covenant Part 1
“Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, …
Read More »Advent Day 16: The Servant
Behold, my servant shall act wisely; he shall be high and lifted up, and shall be exalted. As many were astonished at you— his appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance, and his form beyond that of the children of mankind—so shall he sprinkle many nations. Kings shall shut their mouths because of him, for that which has not been told them they see, and that …
Read More »Advent Day 14: No King in Sight
“Therefore my people go into exile…” Isaiah 5:13 ESV Picking up where we left off in the last article, we observed the Davidic Covenant, in which, God promises to have a King that will come from the lineage of King David that will rule forever. Most would have thought that Solomon …
Read More »Advent Day 12: Atonement
But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, …
Read More »Advent Day 11: Passover
Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats, and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill their lambs at twilight… Then Moses …
Read More »Advent Day 9: Lion of Judah
Judah is a lion’s cub; from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down; he crouched as a lion and as a lioness; who dares rouse him? The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him; and to him …
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