Advent Hope in Hard Times
Reaching for a Light which Darkness Cannot Overcome
Despite the lyrics of the beloved Christmas carol, “Silent Night”, all was not “calm and bright” that first Advent. Just as Zechariah prophesied in Luke 1:78-79, God’s people sat in deep darkness and in the shadow of death. Matthew 4:16 further captures the extent of the darkness shrouding His people. Jesus came to a world, not full of comfort, joy and peace, but stepped into a world shrouded in darkness and a people helpless to dispel it.
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