Advent 2025 - Wk 1 - Prophecy candle - love promised

The Prophecy Candle reminds us that God’s love didn’t begin in Bethlehem. It began in eternity. Before there was a cradle, there was a curse — and because of that curse, there was a promise. God refused to let sin write the final chapter. From the Garden to the prophets to the faithful through generations, Scripture burns with a steady truth: Love was coming.

The first Gospel message (Genesis 3:15) was spoken not to humanity, but against the serpent — a declaration that a Deliverer would come, crush evil, and restore what was lost. Isaiah saw the glow centuries later: “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light.” Peter adds that the prophets were not serving themselves, but us — those who would live to see Christ fulfill what was promised.

Advent is not sentiment. Advent is mission — God’s rescue set in motion the moment we fell, and fulfilled when Christ came. His redeeming love was spoken, foretold, anticipated, and in Jesus, delivered.
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