To Follow and Remember

  Day 1: Jesus is the Alpha and Omega   First of all, Culturally we are out of the loop on this one. Look at the Greek alphabet: it starts with alpha and ends with omega. It’s like saying Jesus is the A to Z.  Ok now that you’ve got that… The Alpha, the first, the beginning … In the creation account in Genesis, verse 8: “The God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.” Jesus was present with God at creation!  Y’all did hear that ‘us,’ right? Paul explains it is in Colossians like this, verse 15: “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created , in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities- all things were created through him and for him . And he is before all things and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the first born of the dead, that in everything he might be preemi...

What is advent? The dictionary defines advent as: the arrival of a notable person, thing or event.  We use advent to describe the time leading up to Christmas where we celebrate and remember the coming of Jesus to earth. The coming of Jesus was so significant that the calendar changed. His birth separated the literal time on earth; time is defined as this history happened before Jesus was born, BC and after the coming of the Lord, AD. AD is Latin for anno domini, which means “the year of our Lord.”  When reading through the old testament, God calls his people to Remember . He set up calendars to have festivals and feasts so that they would take time to remember what He did for his people. Interestingly, just before the Passover happened, God gave instructions for how to celebrate it.  You remember the Passover: it was God’s last judgement on Egypt when Pharaoh wouldn’t let the Israelites go. God had performed miracle after miracle to show He wanted Pharaoh to let h...