1. It was the Lord’s delight to crush the Messiah Jesus for the sinners of the world. Reminding us how we would have nothing without the Suffering Servant.
  2. The Christ brings a baptism in order to gather all those sinners who are scattered across time and geography to be God’s people united in redemption and salvation.
  3. Solomon prays for grace, and he gets it, and it is not because he asked for it. It is because that is the kind of God he has, a gracious God, full of steadfast love and faithfulness even when we are not.
  4. God has the power to deliver His will, and He has done this for us in the grand exchange of a firstborn son on our behalf.
  5. This Advent, waiting gives birth to God’s Christmas love.

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