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[4730.92 --> 4736.18] that would be spoken again and again and again throughout the entire story of the Old Testament |
[4736.18 --> 4745.30] and a promise that finds its fulfillment in Jesus. Because the first part of the story, |
[4745.96 --> 4753.04] the littlest doll, is nested within the larger part of this story, we begin to see how the promise |
[4753.04 --> 4760.50] of salvation through Emmanuel comes to be necessary, but also how it comes to find its fulfillment |
[4760.50 --> 4770.40] fulfillment in Jesus. We also begin to see that the baby Jesus in a manger isn't enough for the story |
[4770.40 --> 4777.92] to be effective, right? That is for the serpent to be crushed, for sin to be defeated, for Christmas to |
[4777.92 --> 4785.00] have a purpose beyond angels singing and our gift giving. This baby needs to grow into a man, |
[4785.00 --> 4791.36] and this man somehow needs to keep the law of God perfectly and somehow in our place and on our behalf |
[4791.36 --> 4799.88] grant us his righteousness. We daily prove that we cannot do it, but he must do it. But even that's |
[4799.88 --> 4805.32] right, only half of the bigger story, the half of the story of salvation, because even though he was |
[4805.32 --> 4812.42] perfect, the penalty and punishment for our sins still need to be paid. And this baby who grows into a man |
[4812.42 --> 4822.40] who lived the perfect life will offer himself to die, innocent for the guilty, perfect for the depraved. |
[4823.00 --> 4832.54] And that only makes sense when we nest the story of the first doll into the larger doll of creation |
[4832.54 --> 4839.78] and our rebellion against God and sin. That only makes sense when we know the truth that the wages of sin |
[4839.78 --> 4846.16] is death and that the just response of God to our sin is death and condemnation. |
[4848.16 --> 4849.22] And yet, |
[4850.32 --> 4853.50] and yet, |
[4853.90 --> 4856.46] and yet, |
[4856.52 --> 4861.86] those two little words, and yet may be the best words you hear this Christmas. |
[4862.80 --> 4863.54] And yet, |
[4863.76 --> 4868.28] because Jesus lived the life I should have lived and died the death that I deserved, |
[4868.28 --> 4868.72] and yet, |
[4868.72 --> 4876.76] because Jesus was raised three days later, victorious over sin and death, because Jesus is with us, |
[4877.20 --> 4878.28] God with us, |
[4878.42 --> 4878.86] Emmanuel, |
[4879.18 --> 4882.58] because God is with us and will be with us, |
[4882.80 --> 4884.30] because of Jesus, |
[4884.86 --> 4885.14] you, |
[4885.62 --> 4885.90] me, |
[4886.06 --> 4886.72] and we, |
[4887.06 --> 4888.56] by grace through faith, |
[4888.64 --> 4891.62] can again be with God. |
[4891.76 --> 4894.08] This is the gift of God at Christmas. |
[4894.08 --> 4897.26] This is the gift of Emmanuel once again, |
[4897.36 --> 4900.06] and this is the gift that keeps on giving, |
[4900.18 --> 4903.28] because there's still another layer into this story. |
[4903.40 --> 4907.38] There's still another doll in which those first two are still nested. |
[4909.58 --> 4913.56] If you've been with us here at Emmanuel through Advent and Christmas, |
[4914.22 --> 4918.76] our church has been looking at different stories from the book of Revelation, |
[4918.76 --> 4923.64] trying to stir our affections for the return of the King. |
[4924.54 --> 4928.32] And as we look today at the story of Emmanuel, |
[4928.72 --> 4929.68] God with us, |
[4930.10 --> 4933.18] let's read the end of this story. |
[4934.04 --> 4935.84] For just as there was a first Advent, |
[4936.24 --> 4937.02] a first coming, |
[4937.28 --> 4939.00] there will be a second Advent, |
[4939.20 --> 4940.92] a second coming of Jesus. |
[4941.10 --> 4942.34] And when that happens, |
[4942.70 --> 4945.10] listen to how that will be |
[4945.10 --> 4947.80] from Revelation 21. |
[4951.10 --> 4952.18] Revelation 21, |
[4952.36 --> 4953.78] verse 1 through 5. |
[4954.78 --> 4957.70] Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, |
[4958.18 --> 4961.18] for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, |
[4961.40 --> 4963.50] and there was no longer any sea. |
[4964.66 --> 4966.26] I saw the holy city, |
[4966.38 --> 4967.20] the new Jerusalem, |
[4967.40 --> 4969.04] coming down out of heaven from God, |
[4969.16 --> 4970.26] prepared as a bride, |
[4970.66 --> 4972.20] beautifully dressed for her husband. |
[4972.20 --> 4975.48] And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, |
[4975.88 --> 4980.28] Look, God's dwelling place is now among the people, |
[4980.64 --> 4982.60] and He will dwell with them. |
[4983.60 --> 4984.80] They will be His people, |
[4984.98 --> 4988.66] and God Himself will be with them and be their God. |
[4989.34 --> 4992.04] He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, |
[4992.20 --> 4995.36] and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, |
[4995.46 --> 4997.86] for the old order of things has passed away. |
[4997.86 --> 5001.42] He who was seated on the throne said, |
[5001.78 --> 5003.82] I am making everything new. |
[5004.74 --> 5005.30] And then He said, |
[5005.40 --> 5006.24] Write this down, |
[5006.34 --> 5009.66] for these words are trustworthy and true. |
[5013.58 --> 5014.50] John writes, |
[5014.58 --> 5016.72] I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, |
[5016.92 --> 5020.96] Look, God's dwelling place is now among the people, |
[5021.20 --> 5022.72] and He will dwell with them. |
[5022.72 --> 5024.20] They will be His people, |
[5024.40 --> 5029.22] and God Himself will be with them and be their God. |
[5029.88 --> 5036.00] The nested story of Christmas is about so much more than a baby called Emmanuel. |
[5036.22 --> 5038.30] It is about God called Emmanuel, |
[5038.52 --> 5041.72] who walked among His creation and His people in the beginning, |
[5041.90 --> 5044.00] and though they rebelled against Him, |
[5044.06 --> 5047.78] He will walk among them again as Emmanuel at Christmas, |
[5047.78 --> 5054.58] and will yet again dwell among us as Emmanuel at the end of days. |
[5054.64 --> 5058.10] This is the full hope of Christmas. |
[5058.90 --> 5060.92] And our hearts are hungry. |
[5061.72 --> 5065.14] You might even say that the world is haunted. |
[5066.28 --> 5067.56] And what we are hungry for, |
[5067.62 --> 5070.20] what our souls are longing for, |
[5070.28 --> 5072.16] is God with us. |
[5072.16 --> 5077.16] He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, |
[5077.20 --> 5080.08] and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, |
[5080.20 --> 5083.22] for the old order of things has passed away. |
[5083.52 --> 5086.22] This is the grander story, |
[5086.36 --> 5090.68] this story of Christmas that includes the end and the beginning, |
[5090.96 --> 5095.06] the story of Christmas that, yes, starts with Jesus in a manger, |
[5095.18 --> 5098.26] but is the fulfillment of a promise given at creation, |
[5098.26 --> 5102.14] and will yet be fulfilled at the end of history. |
[5102.76 --> 5108.48] The Christmas story is three stories nested together to form one grand story, |
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