What is that, you say? It's when you use the past tense to talk about something that hasn't happened yet.
Why would anyone do that?
As Pastor Andrew said today, because "When God says yes, the answer is never no"
As in, what God says will happen
As in, he will never be thwarted
As in, he never changes his mind and is never wrong
As in, even when it doesn't look like Jesus is the king, he is because he has already sat down at the right hand of the Father (Hebrews 1) and he lives ever to make intercession for us (Romans 8)
Isaiah knew these things. Check your Christmas texts again (and Easter while you're at it - Isaiah 53) Isaiah 9 - "The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light"
Jesus hadn't come yet
But God promised
And God's promises are as good as done.
Mary knew it too. "He has helped his servant Israel" (Luke 1:54a)
Every promise has its yes in Christ and God's yes is never no and Christ has come and is coming.
He is coming.
I listened to Josh Wilson's "The Saints" on the way home and sang that bridge all day long:
He is coming soon
He is coming soon
He will take his bride
He will make her new
He is coming soon
He is coming soon
To carry us home
Christmas means Christ has come and I am saved and am being saved; Hallelujah to that!
But it is also a reminder that Christ is coming and I will be brought to completion and taste that full salvation.
Because in Jesus, God has said yes to me
And God's yes is never no.
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