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Making Connections: December 17 Isaiah 49:6-10, Acts 13:44-49, Revelation 7:14-17   Making Connections:   Perhaps because Jesus arrived without the glory & fanfare that the Jewish people expected, He was not recognized as Messiah before & rejected even after the resurrection. Though Jesus will be worshiped, In Isaiah 49:7 it also says that He will be despised, and Acts 13 shows a piece of this fulfillment: even as the Jews despised Jesus & the Gospel, God opened the way for the Gentiles.   Though we have seen that Jesus fulfilled so many specific prophecies, He was also in many ways not what the Jewish people expected. So many promises of a king, and yet Jesus in His incarnation did not seem royal. They hoped for a king to restore Israel & overthrow Rome, yet Jesus was not political & did not engage in even remote talk of government takeover.   Yet, look at the sweet promises available for Jews & Gentiles alike: He will bring people out of

Making Connections: December 16 Isaiah 42:1-10, Matthew 12:9-21   Making Connections:   If you were to create a plan for a world takeover, how would you start? Maybe something attention grabbing first - an explosion or an interruption of all television broadcasts everywhere. If you want power, you need to make your name & presence known by something large.   To redeem the world, how did Jesus' earthly ministry look? Was it packed stadiums & a great marketing campaign, teaching in the biggest cities & performing miracles in the temple of Jerusalem? The way Jesus ran His ministry would probably baffle those familiar with business or political strategies today. Yes, He attracts crowds & did miracles. But He spoke mostly in smaller cities & towns, often retreating to lonely places when He began attracting too much attention. Sometimes He even told those whom He had healed that they should keep quiet.   Isaiah 42 speaks of the great works tha

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December 15 (Third Sunday of Advent = Joy) Isaiah 11:1-10, Jeremiah 23:1-6, John 15:1-8   Making Connections:   Whether you have a green thumb or a black thumb, we can all understand some of the basics of plant-growing: good soil, good roots, sunlight & water. Some kinds of plants & vines can grow from a clipping, but most branches must stay connected to the whole system to grow. Taken away, they wither & die.   Isaiah speaks of the Messiah as a branch shooting forth from the stump of Jesse, an image indicating that the Davidic line of kings has died out or been cut down. The Messiah will be new growth of a kingly line that otherwise was nothing but a stump. This Messiah branch will grow a kingdom with such peace that the lion & the lamb will lie down together and the child may play with the cobra. Jeremiah affirms this idea of a branch coming from David's line who will bring peace & govern Israel with righteousness.   The New Testament has

Making Connections Review December 14 Isaiah 9:1-7, John 10:29-39   Making Connections:   Though today's market is flooded with baby name books, the importance of name & character has really been lost in today's western culture. While trends range from classic or family names to unique names, they rarely seem related to character.  In Biblical times, children received names based on their parents' hopes for them or because of something distinctive in & around their birth. God's names reflect His character as well: Jehovah Jireh - The Lord Will Provide; El Elyon - The Most High God; El Shaddai - Lord God Almighty; Jehovah Rapha - The Lord That Heals.   Isaiah 9 gives some names that certainly don't seem fitting for an ordinary baby, most especially one born in a stable: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father,  Prince of Peace . Can you imagine bigger names to live up to? They reveal that Jesus is not an ordinary baby, but God in

December 13 Isaiah  7:14 , Matthew 1:18-25, Philippians 2:5-10, Hebrews 2:17   Making Connections:   Imagine: You are engaged & some months before the wedding, your fiance comes to you & says she is pregnant. You know the child is not yours, but can you believe her story that the child is somehow from the Holy Spirit, and that your future bride is still a virgin? Or on the flip side - you are engaged to be married when an angel visits you & tells you that the Holy Spirit will overshadow you, creating within you a child. Though yet a virgin, you will be a mother. And you must tell your fiance... if he doesn't believe your story, he might have you stoned for adultery. Meanwhile, you can see & feel the evidence of this child growing within your own body.   The wonder & the scandal of the virgin birth is sometimes lost through our familiarity with the story. We can speak of it without really thinking about what it means, or what this might have been