Celebrating Advent

Old Testament prophecies told God’s people about Jesus hundreds of years before His birth. The Suffering Servant “He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground.  He had no beauty or majesty … he was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering … He was pierced for our transgressions … and by His wounds we are healed … We all like sheep have gone astray … and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.” Isaiah

Old Testament prophecies told God’s people about Jesus hundreds of years before His birth. The Message “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. ‘” Isaiah 40:3 “John the Baptist came preaching … and saying, ‘Repent, for the Kingdom of heaven is near, ‘This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah, a voice calling in the desert, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for H

Old Testament prophecies told God’s people about Jesus hundreds of years before His birth. The Branch “A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse: from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.  The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him — the Spirit of wisdom and understanding: the Spirit of counsel and of power; the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord — and he will delight in the fear of the Lord.” Isaiah 11:1-2 The prophecy details a portion of Jesus’ lineage that would