The Promised Light

✨ The Promised Light ✨ As the darkness of night comes earlier and earlier at this time of year, it makes us all more aware of our need for light: headlights on wintry nights as we navigate the roads and play the infamous “am I on the road?” game, Christmas lights fill our houses in the evenings, and the light from fires both warm us on these cold nights as they give their light. In these times, we are reminded that light overwhelms and swallows up even the darkest of nights. This theme of darkness and light is what we are going to be studying this weekend, a theme very common in the Bible. As we do, we will start back in the Garden once again to see how darkness first came into the world and how the Bible unpacks God’s plans for darkness to be eradicated. We will see this played out in Israel’s history at a specific time (Isaiah 1-8) and how God promises His people (as they are about to experience his discipline for their sin) that a son will come, whose kingdom will be marked by light (Isaiah 9), culminating in Jesus ✨ This is one of those prophecies that we are used to reading during Advent and when we understand it in its original context, it brings great hope, comfort, and joy 🙌🏿 Join us as we gather and walk through the context of Isaiah 1-8 (an indictment against God’s people) but then to see the beauty Isaiah 9:1-7 (a promised light for God’s people).