Hope | Advent E2

John Mark Comer Teachings

Practicing the Way

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

When was the last time you were disappointed? In our world, it's easy to put our hope in things that fail us. In contrast to the disillusionment of the world, John Mark talks about the Advent hope of Jesus's birth and second coming, showing us how putting our hope in that reality is the only hope that will never disappoint.

Key Scripture Passages: Luke 1v16-38; Luke 24v13-27

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0:00.0	Welcome to the John Mark Comer Teaching's Podcast by Practicing The Way.
0:05.0	This teaching was originally given at Bridgetown Church in Portland, Oregon
0:11.0	as a part of an Advent series.
0:13.0	Hey, please turn in your Bibles to Luke Chapter 2
0:23.7	as we finish up our teaching series on Advent.
0:29.4	Luke Chapter 1.
0:33.0	If you are new to Advent, it is based on an ancient Latin word.
0:37.0	If you are extra nerd level, ad is a preposition meaning to,
0:41.8	and Vent is a verb meaning to come. At advent we remember
0:46.9	that God came to us in Jesus and that God will come again. We look back to Jesus first coming and as we've said
0:56.8	of the last few weeks in the history of the church calendar Advent was more about how we
1:01.9	look forward to Jesus' second coming and at Advent
1:06.3	we get in touch with the felt experience of living in the in-between. On that note please stand with me for the reading of scripture
1:15.8	as more than just a first century biography but as the word of God.
1:21.0	Luke chapter 1, verse 26.
1:26.4	In the six month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth a town in Galilee up in the north of Israel.
1:35.0	To a virgin, pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David.
1:41.0	Now that detail right there is important because in the first century all
1:44.8	Israelites were waiting for a descendant of David to come as the Messiah and usher
1:51.0	in the kingdom of God.
1:52.8	Israel at the time was under the oppression of the Roman Empire.
1:55.8	But hundreds of years before, God made a promise to King David that one of his sons,
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