We will focus in this third meditation on Isaiah 53. This is a chapter which we normally associate with the Easter season, but the imagery of vs 2 comes from the Christmas promise made in Isaiah 11. There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall [...]
Archive for December, 2010
9 Dec
The Glory of the Son with the Government on His Shoulder
This is the second in a series of three meditations on the ways that Christ came to fulfill the Prophets (see Matt. 5:17). We turn from the Immanuel prophecy of Isaiah 7:14 to the wonderful promise of Isaiah 9:6. The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwell in a [...]
7 Dec
God is With Us, Now to Bless!
Seven Hundred years before Joseph was visited by an angel and told that his betrothed had conceived by the Holy Spirit, Isaiah prophesied these amazing words: Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel (Isaiah 7:14). In the first [...]
6 Dec
Christ Came to Fulfill the Prophets
There is a common theme in Christmas media of all kinds. We hear it in songs, read it in poems, and see it maybe most clearly in the movies. The theme is this: the antagonist in the story is precisely that because they suffer from a blindness to the true meaning of Christmas (however that [...]
