The King Has Come and Is Coming

Isaiah 8-10; Hebrews 8

“The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned. You have enlarged the nation and increased their joy; they rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest, as men rejoice when dividing the plunder. For as in the day of Midian’s defeat you have shattered the yoke that burdens them…For to us a child is born…”

Isaiah 9:2-4, 6 

The Lord Jesus came as a Lamb to offer a new covenant with his blood. He is returning as a Lion to usher in the fullness of his kingdom. Like the day of Midian’s defeat through the obedience of Gideon and his little band of 300, Christ’s coming was, and is, welcomed by a faithful remnant whose eyes are on Jesus. Those “living in the land of the shadow of death” now have hope, because one who has defeated death has come and is coming again. The joy associated with Christ’s coming and coming again is the joy of harvest, the joy of an ever expanding kingdom.

Are we anticipating Christ’s return with joy, or are we still under the yoke of fear and death?

“Lord Jesus, you are my resurrected King, and my joy. Come, Lord Jesus, may your kingdom come and your will be done on earth as it is in heaven, for your glory.”