The Message of the Christmas Light
Deutsch English The Advent and Christmas season is marked by many lights: The shopping streets shine. The living room shines. Everywhere it is bright. Especially during the Christmas season, when people are surrounded by excessive brightness, many feel a longing to get to know what is true and real. And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, 2 Peter 1:19 (ESV) 1. The prophetic word a light The fulfilled prophecy is the proof of the truth of God's word. Long before it occurred, prophets foretold what human insight could never have foreseen or predicted. Thus, the prophet Balaam from afar sees the star rise. He sees it as a ruler who will come much later, according to Numbers 24:17. Isaiah sees Israel in overwhelming darkness, but he says that the time of darkness and hope...