Tuesday, November 30, 1999
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
The days are surely coming, says the LORD, when I will fulfill the promise I made
to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. In those days and at that time I will cause a
righteous Branch to spring up for David; and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the
land.
There is an inevitability about those words: "The days are surely coming". Does it mean that they
are right around the corner? No, but the days are surely coming. Does it mean that there won't be
heartaches yet ahead? It doesn't mean that either. But etch it in stone where it will never be
forgotten, The days are surely coming. And that is what this first Sunday in Advent is all about:
The days are surely coming when the messiah will come to us.
(Jeremiah 33:15
NRSV)
In our scripture reading today, Jeremiah was announcing the coming of Jesus. Oh, he didn't
realize when he made this prophecy just how God would fulfill the messianic promise, but it was
an announcement of Christ's coming just the same. And like all God's promises, it would be
fulfilled. It took 600 years, but what's 600 years to God? A thousand years is but a day for God.
The important words are these: "The days are surely coming".
God of hope, in the coming days and weeks may I prepare myself once again to celebrate Jesus
Christ, my messiah. Amen.
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