The month of December is filled with so much of everything, we tend to forget what the season means and the hope that is built into it. In a little town, long ago, a child was born. He was no ordinary child. He was fully human, but also God. The promised Messiah took on human form and came to spend 33 years with the world. In that time, He left us with the real everything. The unchangeable Jehovah fulfilled His ancient promise to bring salvation to the world. In doing so, the world would never be the same. Jesus changed everything.

As we begin the adventure of the Advent season, and those Advent calendars are used, take time to look at the promises Jesus kept for you. He never stops loving us. He is always there for us. He will not leave us. He gives us reason for living. He fights for us. He died for us. He rose back to life before many witnesses. His truth is evident in His Word to us – the Bible. That little child led the entire population of the world, past – present = future to the next promise. Eternal life in paradise.

We hear about the promise of Jesus in the Old Testament of the Bible:

Isaiah 7:14 ESV – “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.”

Micah 5:2 ESV – ” But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel,
whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days.”

Jesus is the only one, the promised one, the true God, our Savior and our EVERYTHING!