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Sue Mink. Advent A Calendar of Devotions 2018 (Pkg of 10)
ADVENT: A CALENDAR OF. DEVOTIONS 2018
FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT. December 2, 2018. Read Jeremiah 33:14-16
Monday, December 3, 2018. Read Matthew 1:1-17
Tuesday, December 4, 2018. Read Luke 1:13-17
Wednesday, December 5, 2018. Read Luke 1:26-28
Thursday, December 6, 2018. Read Luke 1:28-33
Friday, December 7, 2018. Read Luke 1:34-38
Saturday, December 8, 2018. Read Matthew 1:18-20
SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT December 9, 2018. Read Matthew 1:18-25
Monday, December 10, 2018. Read Luke 1:39-45
Tuesday, December 11, 2018. Read Luke 1:46-55
Wednesday, December 12, 2018. Read Luke 1:67-79
Thursday, December 13, 2018. Read Luke 3:7-18
Friday, December 14, 2018. Read Micah 5:2-5a
Saturday, December 15, 2018. Read Luke 2:6-7
THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT December 16, 2018. Read John 1:1-5, 14, 17b
Monday, December 17, 2018. Read Luke 2:5-6
Tuesday, December 18, 2018. Read Luke 2:8-9
Wednesday, December 19, 2018. Read Luke 2:15-20
Thursday, December 20, 2018. Read Matthew 2:1-11
Friday, December 21, 2018. Read Matthew 2:13-15
Saturday, December 22, 2018. Read Matthew 2:16-17
FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT December 23, 2018. Read Luke 2:21-38
CHRISTMAS EVE Monday, December 24, 2018. Read Luke 2:10-14
CHRISTMAS DAY Tuesday, December 25, 2018. Read Isaiah 9:6
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Sue Mink
By the time Jesus was born, the Hebrew people had been waiting for their Messiah for a very long time. In 587 BCE, their community teetered on the brink of extinction after a brutal defeat by the Babylonians. Jerusalem had been reduced to rubble. The temple was a smoking pile of stones. The Babylonian victors slaughtered all the heirs to the Hebrew throne in front of the king, and then gouged out his eyes so that the death of his sons was the last thing he ever saw. Corpses littered the streets. The community was broken and the people were without hope.
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The Hebrew people survived, grew strong and became prosperous again. But even though they had kings who were descended from David, none of those kings were righteous enough to lead the people into being a true community of God. The people continued to hope for their promised Messiah, God’s anointed one specially chosen by God, who would unify the nations and usher in God’s kingdom on earth. When this anointed one arrived, he would herald a new world order, healing the brokenness of the world and bringing peace. Especially after the Romans conquered and occupied Israel in 63 BCE, the community of Israel yearned for the one they believed would set them free from Roman rule. Occasionally rebel leaders would be proclaimed as the promised Messiah—most notably Simon of Peraea in 4 BCE—but their political rebellions were all crushed.
God kept the promises made to the Hebrew people long ago among the ruins of Jerusalem. But instead of a powerful leader, God sent a baby born of poor, teenaged parents. Instead of an army, this Messiah had a band of indigent fishermen, tax collectors, and outcasts. Instead of expelling the Romans, he was cruelly executed with common criminals. Yet he was everything that God promised. Jesus Christ brought the hope to the world that will be the salvation of all of creation.
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