<iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowfullscreen="" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/306939306?app_id=122963&wmode=opaque" width="480" frameborder="0" title="Advent - O Come!" height="360"></iframe><p><strong>Advent - O Come!</strong></p><p>A Light of revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of Your people Israel. <em>Luke 2:25-32</em></p><p>O come, O come, Immanuel, <br> and ransom captive Israel<br> that mourns in lonely exile here<br> until the Son of God appear.</p><p>Refrain:<br> Rejoice! Rejoice! Immanuel<br> shall come to you, O Israel</p><p><strong>Immanuel Has Come</strong></p><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p><em>Romans 8:23</em> — We still “groan within ourselves”</p></li><li><p><em>1 Corinthians 1:7</em>— We still “wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ”</p></li><li><p><em>1 Thessalonians 1:10</em> — We still wait for final deliverance “from the wrath to come”</p></li><li><p><em>Galatians 5:5</em> — We still “wait for the hope of righteousness”</p></li></ul><p><strong>Already and Not Yet!</strong></p><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p><em>Ephesians 1:7-8; 4:30</em></p></li><li><p><em>2 Corinthians 6:2-10</em></p></li><li><p>“The Christian life oscillates between these two poles: the overflowing joy of the “already” redeemed and the tearful yearning of the “not-yet” redeemed. Not that we ever leave the one or the other in this life. We are “sorrowful, yet always rejoicing” – John Piper –</p></li></ul><p>Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel. <em>Isaiah 7:14</em></p><p><strong>The Messianic Titles <Latin></strong></p><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p>O Sapentia (Wisdom)</p></li><li><p>O Adonai (God)</p></li><li><p>O Radix Jesse (Stem or root of Jesse)</p></li><li><p>O Clavis David (Key of David)</p></li><li><p>O Oriens (Dayspring)</p></li><li><p>O Rex genitium (King of the Gentiles)</p></li><li><p>O Emmanuel (God with us)</p></li><li><p>This Latin acronym S.A.R.C.O.R.E.</p><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p>Read in reverse is ERO CRAS = “I will be with you tomorrow”</p></li></ul></li></ul><p>O come, O come, Immanuel, <br> and ransom captive Israel<br> that mourns in lonely exile here<br> until the Son of God appear.<br> <br> <em>Refrain:<br> </em>Rejoice! Rejoice! Immanuel<br> shall come to you, O Israel.</p><p>O come, O Wisdom from on high,<br> who ordered all things mightily;<br> to us the path of knowledge show<br> and teach us in its ways to go.</p><p>O come, O come, great Lord of might,<br> who to your tribes on Sinai's height<br> in ancient times did give the law<br> in cloud and majesty and awe.</p><p>O come, O Branch of Jesse's stem,<br> unto your own and rescue them! <br> From depths of hell your people save,<br> and give them victory o'er the grave.</p><p>O come, O Key of David, come <br> and open wide our heavenly home.<br> Make safe for us the heavenward road<br> and bar the way to death's abode.</p><p>O come, O Bright and Morning Star,<br> and bring us comfort from afar!<br> Dispel the shadows of the night<br> and turn our darkness into light.</p><p>O come, O King of nations,<br> bind in one the hearts of all mankind.<br> Bid all our sad divisions cease<br> and be yourself our King of Peace.</p><p>The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. <em>John 1:5</em></p><p><strong>Advent Candles - The Light has come</strong></p><p>1st Prophecy – Hope</p><p>2nd Bethlehem – Faith</p><p>3rd Shepherd – Joy </p><p>4th Angel – Love</p><p>5th The Christ – Anointed</p>
