Our God Comes In Glory. The Third Sunday in Advent. Worship: December 11, 2021

John the Baptist was a strong and confident man, loudly proclaiming that the Savior of the world had come. But then John was thrown in prison. Challenged and tested by that circumstance John asked for reassurance that indeed Jesus was the one they had been waiting for. Jesus sent John a message of hope and confidence that echoed back to the words of Isaiah the Prophet spoken 800 years earlier. Isaiah proclaims, “Our God comes in glory, He comes to save you.”  God speaks this hope to us even now. He comes in glory for us to see.

The week’s Audio Service is a Repost from December 12, 2021.

Some people are preparing for one day of celebration on Christmas. But we are preparing for an eternity of celebration and rejoicing. The Creator of the whole universe heard our deepest yearning and desire and came himself to answer us. Perhaps the whole season of Advent is embodied in the hymn "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel."  Since the seventh century these prayers have been sung in the days of Advent.  They recount the promises God gave to His people before the coming of the Savior Messiah. They propel us forward to the day of Jesus' coming in glory on the Last Day. In this service we will pray these O Antiphons as our prayer for the day.  In this we rejoice today and forever!