Advent: "Välsignad vare han som kommer i HERRENS namn!"

"Hosianna, Davids son! Välsignad är han som kommer i Herrens namn. Hosianna i höjden!" (Matt. 21:9/Ps. 118:26). "lejonet av Juda stam, Davids rotskott, har segrat" (Upp. 5:5)

Advent isn't a baby shower: "John says: “Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.”

That is an eschatological reality.

For Him to take away sin, means we have sins, that it is our fault, and for Him to take them away means that He must take them upon Himself and then suffer and die for them. The Babe born to Mary is born to be a Sacrifice and guilt offering. That is a horrible and yet at the same time a joyous thing for faith, for those who fear, love, and trust in God. That joyous sobriety, with an eye toward the end, is the real gift of the season and the cure for what ails and stresses us."

Advent isn't a baby shower (full text):
http://minkristnasamhllsblogg.blogspot.com/2014/12/advent-isnt-baby-shower.html



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"When love was born": 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKSU9Dbxvrw


"Hosianna, Davids son" (Matt. 21:1-11 SFB) : 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJSiV0StQU4


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Ps. 118: 26 "Välsignad vare han som kommer i HERRENS namn!"
"Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!" (Ps. 118:26 ESV)

"the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered," Rev. 5:5 (ESV)
(Upp. 5:5) "lejonet av Juda stam, Davids rotskott, har segrat"

Upp. 1:8 "Jag är A och O säger Herren Gud, han som är och som var och som kommer, den Allsmäktige." Rev. 1:8 (ESV)  “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

"My true boss is a Jewish carpenter."

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