BEHOLD: Good News, Great Joy

BEHOLD:
Good News, Great Joy

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Advent 2022 Goals

• Behold:  Pay attention to the centrality of Christ's coming in Scripture.

• Behold:  Prioritize Christ's coming during the season.

• Behold:  Pursue a deeper intimacy with Christ through personal engagement with Him and His story. 

• Behold:  Put "advent" into your year-round vocabulary.

Luke 2:1-14

Setting

Now in those days a de­cree went out from Cae­sar Au­gus­tus, that a cen­sus be taken of all the in­hab­ited earth. This was the first cen­sus taken while Quirinius was gov­er­nor of Syria. And every­one was on his way to reg­is­ter for the cen­sus, each to his own city.  Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David which is called Beth­le­hem, be­cause he was of the house and fam­ily of David, in order to reg­is­ter along with Mary, who was en­gaged to him, and was with child.

Birth

While they were there, the days were com­pleted for her to give birth. And she gave birth to her first­born son; and she wrapped Him in cloths, and laid Him in a manger, be­cause there was no room for them in the inn.

Announcement 

In the same re­gion there were some shep­herds stay­ing out in the fields and keep­ing watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord sud­denly stood be­fore them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them; and they were ter­ri­bly fright­ened. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for be­hold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the peo­ple; for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Sav­ior, who is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”And sud­denly there ap­peared with the angel a mul­ti­tude of the heav­enly host prais­ing God and say­ing,

“Glory to God in the high­est,
And on earth peace among men 
with whom He is pleased.”