Acts 28:26 (Isaiah 6:9-11)
Wonder and Woe
Acts 28:26
It s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.
Williams, A., 1963. It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year. (use)
...It won’t be the same this year since loved ones have passed away We miss them every day
LadBaby., 2021. Sausage Rolls For Everyone. (use)
Isaiah 6:9
And he said, "Go, and say to this people: "'Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.' (use)
Acts 28:26
Go to this people, and say, "You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive." (use)
Isaiah 6:11
"How long, O Lord?" And he said: "Until cities lie waste..." (use)
In the bleak mid-winter
Rossetti, C., 1872. In the Bleak Midwinter. (use)
Isaiah 6:1
...saw the Lord sitting upon a throne... (use)
Isaiah 6:7
...your {Isaiah} sin atoned for. (use)
Isaiah 6:13
And though a tenth remain in it, it will be burned again, like a terebinth or an oak, whose stump remains when it is felled." The holy seed is its stump. (use)
The Christmas message is that there is hope for a ruined humanity -hope of pardon, hope of peace with God, hope of glory—because at the Father’s will Jesus Christ became poor, and was born in a stable so that thirty years later He might hang on a cross.
Packer, J.I., 1993. Knowing God. IVP. (use)
Luke 2:10
And the angel said to them, "Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people." (use)
Isaiah 7:11
{King Ahaz} Ask a sign of the LORD your God... (use)
Isaiah 7:12
... Ahaz...I will not ask (use)
2 Kings 16:2
...{Ahaz} did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD his God... (use)
Isaiah 7:13
{Isaiah} said "Hear then, O house of David!..." (use)
1 Kings 8:27
{Solomon asking} But will God indeed dwell on the earth?... (use)
Daniel 2:11
{Chaldeans regarding Nebuchadnezzar dream} ...except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh (use)
Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. (use)
Isaiah 8:3
And I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son.... (use)
Matthew 1:22-23
fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet...virgin shall conceive...his name Immanuel (use)
...there in real human history we find a God doing what no other god had ever dreamed of doing. Coming to a place of human failure and brokeness to meet us right there.
Wright, N.T., 2021. Amid the Broken Signposts (use)
Luke 2:11
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. (use)