SermonStudio
Fourth Sunday in Advent
Preaching
Preaching And Reading The Old Testament Lessons
With an Eye to the New
There are three decisive times in the Old Testament when God breaks into Israel's history with a new word that motivates and guides all of Israel's subsequent history - at the times of the promise to Abraham, of the promise to David, and when he revealed his word to the prophets. Thus, this passage, detailing the promise to David, recounts a momentous occurrence in Israel's history, and it becomes the primary factor in the biblical history that follows in both Old and New Testaments
