Second Week of Advent – Annunciation
December 10 – 16, 2023
Isaiah proclaimed with joy the prophetic promise to God’s people: from the ancestry and lineage of Jesse would come a branch from his roots, one who would be filled with the Spirit of the Lord, and would delight in God’s fear, and judge with justice and fairness.
With righteousness he will judge the poor and pronounce an equitable sentence for the meek and vulnerable. God will transform all creation, and the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
Jesus is this ruler from David’s line who will reign forever as Lord and King over God’s Kingdom. Let us prepare our hearts for the righteous reign of the Branch, the soon coming King and Kingdom of God revealed at the coming of Jesus Christ.
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Sunday’s Reflection
Scripture for the Day:
Affirmation:
Let us affirm the soon-and-coming righteous reign of the Branch, the Messiah from Jesse’s lineage, God’s true King.
Monday’s Reflection
Scripture for the Day:
Affirmation:
The prophets foretold that a Messiah would come from the ancestry and lineage of Jesse.
Tuesday’s Reflection
Scripture for the Day:
Affirmation:
The Messiah will be filled with the Spirit of the Lord.
Wednesday’s Reflection
Scripture for the Day:
Affirmation:
The prophets declared that the Messiah to come would delight in God’s fear, and judge with both justice and fairness.
Thursday’s Reflection
Scripture for the Day:
Affirmation:
With righteousness the Messiah to come will judge the poor and pronounce an equitable sentence for the meek and vulnerable.
Friday’s Reflection
Scripture for the Day:
Affirmation:
The Messiah will transform all creation so that the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
Saturday’s Reflection
Scripture for the Day:
Affirmation:
Jesus is the Messiah, the ruler from David’s line who will reign forever as Lord and King over God’s Kingdom.
Time for Reflection
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. Our God shall come. Gather my saints together unto Me, those that have a covenant with me by sacrifice. Alleluia! Alleluia! The powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. Alleluia!
~ Fred H. Lindemann. The Sermon and the Propers: Volume I, Advent and Epiphany. St. Louis, MO: Concordia Publishing House, 1958. p. 42.
Benediction
“The theme of worship is far more central and significant in Scripture than many Christians imagine. It is intimately linked with all the major emphases of biblical theology such as creation, sin, covenant, redemption, the people of God and the future hope. Far from being a peripheral subject, it has to do with the fundamental question of how we can be in a right relationship with God and please him in all that we do. One way or another, most of the books from Genesis to Revelation are concerned with this issue.”
~ David G. Peterson, Engaging with God: A Biblical Theology of Worship. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1992. pp. 17-18