Study Guide

This Has Always Been the Plan When Jesus created mankind in the garden, we had fellowship with him. This is what God intended. God made mankind in his own image …

First Things, First God wanted his people to know he was coming to be with them, but first, he would send someone to prepare the way. See what Mark is …

The Forgotten Prophecy While Joseph thought about what to do with Mary, God sent an angel to give him instructions. We know less about this vision than Mary’s angelic visit …

Elijah: Take 2 If you aren’t super familiar with the Old Testament, the one thing you need to know about the prophets is that they were most definitely outliers. These …

Polarized Responses These wise men saw the star and came to worship Jesus. They knew the heavenly signs were pointing to a heavenly baby. They knew he was so much …

Reflection So we’ve settled it. The only righteous one this could be talking about is Jesus. But is that it? Do we look back to Jesus in the manger and …

The Messiah to the Gentiles Too But this isn’t the only place in the New Testament where this comes up. We also see it as part of the Christmas story. …

Peace on Earth, The Heart of the King First, let’s pay attention to how God is narrowing the path to the Messiah. Twice in this passage, Isaiah tells us that …

No Mere Human Would Do When we look at this passage, there is so much going on. First, the focus is on a child. Isn’t that interesting? This should let …

So Is This About Jesus or Not? Yes. This is about Jesus, but first, it’s about Maher-shalal-hash-baz. The whole point of this sign is that it provides something tangible for …