Nehemiah 12:1-47; Zechariah 8:1-23; Revelation 16:1-21
For mine eyes have seen thy salvation…A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. Luke 2:30, 32
During the 2019 Christmas season, my wife and I sang in a Cantata entitled, “Christ, the Hope of the Ages”. We well remember the Christmas story when the Hope of the Ages arrived on that dark night in Bethlehem. Shepherds, shivering on the hillside were, watching their flocks by night, when suddenly they were shocked from their drowsiness. The angelic host filled the heavens, “Glory to God in the highest” (Luke 2:14). Their sleepiness gone,
they hurried into Bethlehem and saw the “Hope of the Ages” cuddled in the arms of His mother, Mary. May our hearts and minds forget the tinsel and see the Hope of the Ages! —Jim Comte
Yet in thy dark streets shineth, the everlasting light!
The hopes and fears of all the years, are met in thee tonight.—P. Brooks