Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down... The opening phrase of Isaiah 64. It's a call for God to come down to earth and dwell with his people. It's a cry for intervention and Emmanuel. It's a request for Christmas. It may be that my current fatigue is impacting my interpretation of this …
Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing. At Christmas time it's easy to just think of Jesus as a baby. It's what we see everywhere! However, the gospels mostly record his adult life. The opening line of my post today is from the fourth chapter of Luke's gospel. Jesus said that line after he …
When you're still waiting for the snow to fall, Doesn't really feel like Christmas at all Being an Australian, I'm never waiting for the snow to fall, but I think the sentiment behind Coldplay's lyrics is what I'm feeling this December first. Definitely not channelling It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas yet. But …
Jewish poetry loves a good simile. That was one of my comments on Isaiah 51. It also doesn’t mind a solid use of imagery and metaphor. Across chapters 50-59 there’s a significant amount of it. I find these final chapters full of so much imagery that it’s easy to miss the thematic elements. So, like …
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