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On the final podcast of Advent, we again look back, and with John we look back to a time of beginnings in order to understand the present and the future. Echoing the words of Genesis, John declare that the Word has become flesh. But what does t
Learned men travel hundreds of miles across the desert to greet the Promised One, chasing a prophecy that had been passed down through generations. They are Gentiles, and another sign that the promise to Abraham was about to be fulfilled. Their
A night like any other in the fields around Bethlehem. Shepherds, watching their flocks by night, shivering in the cold, gathering around a campfire to keep warm. The long hours trickled slowly by as their breath clouded around them. This dark
Mary and Joseph searched Bethlehem desperately to find a place to stay, eventually giving birth to the long-promised one in the lowliest of places. The Light of the World had finally, finally arrived. For centuries people had feared to look upo
Joseph had just had his world turned on its head. Devastated and broken-hearted, he prepares to break off his engagement with the woman he had expected to spend the rest of his life with. Until a dream changes everything. A simple man, with a s
Having been struck dumb for nine months due to his doubt, Zechariah holds his baby son, and having transcribed his name on a writing tablet as John, he speaks anew, speaking words of praise over the boy, drawing deeply from the well of his know
Upon hearing the message that would split history in two, Mary goes to visit her relative Elizabeth. There she finds both confirmation, and a woman transformed. From Mary's lips, burst forth words that came to be known as the Magnificat. Her so
The time had finally come: the Creator steps into the creation to walk alongside and save the created. All the millennia of yearning, of waiting, of anticipating, have led to this. But the invasion of this world does not start as anyone would h
The final prophecy anticipating Christmas and the first coming of Christ. And then we turn in our Bibles to a blank page. A blank page representing 400 years of yearning, of anticipating, of expectant hope. Until the moment when everything chan
In a land that felt like a desert, parched for the Word of God, when things seemed darkest, God spoke. And He described how He would send one to clear a way in the wilderness for the Promised One. Generations later an old man stood in the Templ
Generations lived through slavery, divided broken kingdoms, military defeat and exile, and many wondered if their prayers were heard. Where was God’s hand in all the mess? But he heard their groans, and he continually saved and preserved them.
Zechariah speaks to a people healing from the trauma of exile, drawing from the well of the prophecies of Isaiah, and revealing more about what this Branch from the stump of David's line would be like. And what he says seems to make no sense. H
At the halfway point of Advent, we look at how the promise to David that his descendants would sit on a throne forever looked to have been forever lost, as domineering empires choked off the disappointing line of kings who came after him. The m
From Assyria to the iron fist of Rome, Israel had faced foreign oppression for centuries. Promises of coming justice were interpreted as defeat for their enemies when the Promised One finally arrived. Yet, when this prophecy is quoted and fulfi
The warnings were unheeded and the invaders warned about crushed Israel under their heel. The heartbreak of exile began. The darkness seemed to have won. But into the darkness prophets spoke again, with Daniel, a man who defied kings, speaking
Humanity was created to enjoy fellowship with their Creator, a relationship of love like a loving Father with their beloved children. However, humanity had grasped at appetite and fallen, seemingly without hope. They stood alone, lost and beref
Isaiah prophesises that the coming Messiah who would save humanity would be more than any dare hope, and whispers unimaginable truths of his identity. A Wonderful Counsellor, a Mighty God, an Everlasting Father, and a Prince of Peace. What do t
Christmas is a time when we can easily be seduced by the siren call of materialism. However, Advent serves to remind us of the call to live counter-culturally and justly, proclaiming spiritual and material liberation, just like the God who step
With mounting injustice and rebellion, Isaiah warns of the coming exile. Amongst these warnings however, he also spoke of a coming figure who would redeem Israel and all those who follow him, a figure who would bring justice to the nations, and
If the people continually failed to keep the covenant, did this mean all hope was lost? Among the cries of condemnation of the prophets against idolatry and injustice against the vulnerable, there are whispers of a day when a new covenant will
From a man hired to curse a nation who catches a glimpse of a time centuries later when a way would be opened for all people, to a group of outsiders to the covenant travelling hundreds of miles across the desert to witness the birth of this pr
Jumping through the generations to the deathbed of Abraham's grandson, Judah, who prophecises over his sons. And speaks words of what will come from the line of his son Judah.Music:Ikson - Last SummerCorey Gray - Mystery T
On this second day of Advent, we reflect on the call of Abraham, and how God often calls the unlikely, how his timing is not our timing, and the call to step out in faith.Music:Ikson - Last SummerChad Crouch - Linen
On this first day of Advent, we look briefly at the events of the creation and fall, and how even in the midst of humanity's darkest hours, grace sang the first notes of redemption's song. Music:Ikson - Last SummerEmmanuel by Ben Winwood
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