The Crimson Thread of Christmas – 2 Chronicles

Greetings Dear Reader,

When Solomon dies his son Rehoboam shows little wisdom.  His actions cause all but Judah to revolt and divide.  The era of the divided kingdom is marked by calamity, death, and destruction. 

Kings of the people of God actually murder those who speak for him.  Those calling for the nation to return to their covenant with God are sawn in two and burned alive.  The northern kingdom returns to child sacrifice and Baal worship to mark its independence.

Our tapestry takes on its darkest images since Genesis.  Through it all the line of David is preserved.  Through it all the crimson thread is woven in the warnings and portents of the prophets.  At the end of the historical books we see a surviving group sent back to Jerusalem.  The thread is woven back into the brighter fabric. 

What we see at the end is hope; the hope of a someday Messiah.  The hope of things getting back to good is alive.  Before we confront the silence we will look at the poetry and the prophets.

No matter how dark the world gets the tapestry continues to unfold from the loom.  We know the King will come.  We know the Advent will come bur for now we pause the history to look at the promises that it will.

Then They Will Know – Michael Card

I will speak

I will wait

I will send prophets among them

That they might hear

That they might see

And understand how much I love

Them

Then they will know that I am Father

They they will know I am Lord

They'll walk with Me

And be My people

I'll walk with them as their God

As their God

I will strike

I will scourge

And carry out vengeance upon them

But I will heal the wound

Do I make

And tenderly take them back to me

Then they will know that I am Father

They they will know I am Lord

They'll walk with Me

And be My people

I'll walk with them as their God

This is heaven

This is salvation

This is their great hope and

Mine

He will come

My own Son

A Word faithful hearts can't help hearing

And by His death

With His last breath

A Father's forgiveness comes flowing

Then they will know

That I am Savior

I am Redeemer and Friend

Immanuel

The God who is with them

The God who gives all He can

He is salvation

He is the kingdom

To know Him is paradise

Then they will know that I am Father

They will know I am Lord

I am Lord

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Aramis Thorn

Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure store.”

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