JESSE TREE ADVENT SERIES

With the advent of Christ, we Gentiles have been grafted into the people of Israel. We now have entered into the glorious fold of eternal blessing and promise. We now by faith, receive the Lord - our exceedingly great reward.

Just as Noah was saved from the judgment of sin by the wood of the Ark, so shall all who call on the name of Jesus be saved by the wood of the cross soaked in the Savior’s blood.

Adam and Eve disobeyed God’s command to not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Genesis 2:16-17). God had given them everything, yet they listened to the voice of the accuser and believed that God was holding back from them. In eating of the fruit they committed the original sin and the gates of Heaven were closed to all mankind.

Yet, man was not abandoned by God. The Father promised a coming Savior and Redeemer.

Out of all creation, mankind is the only work that God personally put His hands to; every other creation He spoke into existence. Imagine Adam’s first waking moment. The first time he opens his eyes, he is face-to-face with God breathing life into him. He was made to fellowship with God and worship Him.

God is the creator of all things. By speaking creation into being, God demonstrated His matchless creativity through all that was made. The beauty of our Creator’s gift gives us something to marvel at every day. Yet, in the midst of all creation, something stood far above everything else - God Himself. The greatest gift He has ever given us was Himself.