The King is Coming

The Old Testament of the Bible is largely a history of the Hebrew People and their stormy relationship their holy God.  In the midst of this sprawling epoch that reminds one of a bad marriage taken to the extreme, there appear great shafts of spiritual light that burst on the scene in various forms.  Revelations concerning the holiness and righteousness of God abound from beginning to end, as well as, the revelation of the nature of sin.  In these revelations, God clearly claims to be the author of life, perfection, goodness, love, and the absolute owner of eternity and time.

At center stage of the entire Bible revelation is a striking theme positioned at the heart and soul of these people.  This theme is built around many prophecies that a day would come when God would raise up a deliverer for His people and he would be their king.  In these prophecies, the birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus is foretold, hundreds of years in advance of his appearance, down to the last detail.  The prophecies indicated this king would come into the world for the purpose of redeeming mankind from sin and to make them righteous.