THIRD LESSON

God kept that promise to Abraham, whose offspring became a large nation But time and again they fell into disobedience and sin. So through the prophet Isaiah, God promised again to send the Savior.

Isaiah 9:2,6-7

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The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

Thanks be to God

Adoration of the Child, Georges de la Tour

Adoration of the Child, Georges de la Tour 1644

Carol: Lo, How a Rose E'r Blooming

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Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming
from tender stem hath sprung!
Of Jesse's lineage coming,
as them of old have sung.
It came, a floweret bright,
amid the cold of winter,
when half spent was the night.

Isaiah 'twas foretold it,
the Rose I have in mind;
with Mary we behold it,
the Virgin Mother kind.
To show God's love aright,
she bore to us a Savior,
when half spent was the night.

O flower whose fragrance tender
with sweetness fills the air,
dispel in glorious splendor
the darkness everywhere.
True man yet very God
from sin and death now save us,
and share our every load.
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