"Fröjda dig stort, dotter Sion! Jubla, dotter Jerusalem! Se, din kung kommer..."

1:a advent 2019. Grace and mercy.

”Fröjda dig stort, dotter Sion! Jubla, dotter Jerusalem! Se, din kung kommer till dig, rättfärdig och segerrik är han. Han kommer ödmjuk, ridande på en åsna, på en åsninnas föl.” (Sak. 9:9). Första advent 2019 och nytt kyrkoår.

"Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey." (Zech. 9:9 ESV)














"Fifthly: He cometh. Without doubt you do not come to him and bring him to you; he is too high and too far from you. With all your effort, work and labor you cannot come to him, lest you boast as though you had received him by your own merit and worthiness. No, dear friend, all merit and worthiness is out of the question, and there is nothing but demerit and unworthiness on your side, nothing but grace and mercy on his. The poor and the rich here come together, as Prov. 22, 2 says."

Martin Luther, Sermon for Advent 1 (Institute of Lutheran Theology)



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Dresdner Kreuzchor - Tochter Zion freue dich
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkHkb2K5RBQ


»Tochter Zion« (Adventslied)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDal59RiGjI


Georg Friedrich Händel: "Tochter Zion"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9o2M7jHnlE

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Foto: KL (1.12.2019)