Lineage of Hope by ems 11/30/21
Week 1: Hope (or promise) ~ Light 1 purple candle
4th Day of Advent
Advent Hymn: 🎼Once in Royal David’s City 🎶
A poem written by Cecil Frances Alexander and published in 1848 in her Hymns for Little Children, was set to music by organist John Gauntlett. The same hymnal includes her poem All Things Bright and Beautiful.
Verse 1:
Once in royal David’s city
Stood a lowly cattle shed,
Where a mother laid her baby
In a manger for his bed:
Mary was that Mother mild,
Jesus Christ her little Child.
Verse 4:
And our eyes, at last, shall see him
Through his own redeeming love,
For that Child so dear and gentle,
Is our Lord in heaven above:
And he leads his children on
To the place where he is gone.
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“1Out of the stump of David’s family will grow a shoot—
yes, a new Branch bearing fruit from the old root.
2 And the Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—
the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and might,
the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
3 He will delight in obeying the Lord.
He will not judge by appearance
nor make a decision based on hearsay.” ~ Isaiah 11:1-3
From the dawn of time, the family has been God’s idea of community, blessing and hope.
In Psalm 16 David wrote,
“5 The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup;
you hold my lot.
6 The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.” Psalm 16:5-6
To substantiate the importance and verity of Jesus’ heritage scripture records His lineage in two different passages. These prove not only Jesus’ fulfillment of promise but also the evidence that God always keeps His promises throughout the ages.
He is faithful and true Who has called us to Himself; we therefore must live godly lives that reflect gratefulness for His indescribable gift, Jesus!
Enjoy today’s Advent devotional.
Lineage of Hope by ems 11/30/21
Family matters to God, therefore so many pages of the Bible list detailed genealogies. Two such genealogies link Jesus Christ with the line of David. Few of us can name people more than 3 generations before us, so why do we need to know from where Jesus came?
A Biblical genealogy displays God’s faithfulness to His promises.
God promised David to establish his throne forever as recorded in 2 Samuel 7:16 and Psalm 89:3-4. David, a man after God’s own heart, though he sinned, humbly confessed his transgression and received God’s forgiveness. The hope of an eternal relationship with God was realized 28 generations later through his descendant, Jesus Christ as listed in Matthew 1:17.
From King David’s Jerusalem throne to God’s forever throne, the King of kings reigns over every nation forever.
“ Of the greatness of his government and peace, there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the LORD Almighty will accomplish this.
~ Isaiah 9:7
Through faith in God’s gift, Jesus, we too, can be forgiven and grafted into God’s family line for all eternity.
Prayer:
Lord, I am in awe of Your eternal plan of forgiveness freely offered through Your only, sinless Son. I have never seen You, nor Jesus, yet I can live in hope because of the recorded promises in Your Word.
Transform me through the ongoing living hope of a relationship with You both now and for all of eternity when I will behold Your face.
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