Hope (The Prophecy Candle)

What Does Advent Mean?

The word advent means "arrival"

Hope:

Yakhal : State of expectation. To wait for. Noah waited for the waters to recede

Qavah: The tension of waiting. The tension on a cord and then when it breaks, the tension is relieved.

Elpis: joyful and confident expectation of eternal salvation

Isaiah 8:17 (ESV)

Psalm 39:7 (ESV)

Psalm 130:5 (ESV)

Luke 2:22-33 (ESV)

Mark 1:1-3 (NKJV)

Mark 1:14-15 (NKJV)

Mark 1:32-34 (NKJV)

Mark 1:35-39 (NKJV)

Mark 2:1-5 (NKJV)

Mark 2:6-9 (NKJV)

Mark 2:10-12 (NKJV)

12 Reasons Why Jesus Came:

1. Jesus Came To Fulfill The Law. (Matthew 5:17)

2. Jesus Came To Divide. (Luke 12:51)

3. Jesus Came To Call Sinners. (Luke 5:32)

4. Jesus Came To Serve and Give His Life. (Mark 10:45)

5. Jesus Came To Proclaim Good News. (Luke 4:18-19)

6. Jesus Came To Seek and Save The Lost. (Luke 19:10)

7. Jesus Came That The World Might Be Saved. (John 3:17)

8. Jesus Came To Do His Father's Will To Keep, Save, and Resurrect Believers. (John 6:38-40)

9. Jesus Came For Judgement. (John 9:39)

10. Jesus Came To Give Abundant Life (John 10:10)

11. Jesus Came So Believers May Not Remain In Darkness. (John 12:46)

12. Jesus Came To Bear Witness To The Truth. (John 18:37)

John 12:23-27 (NIV)

1 Timothy 1:15 (NIV)

1 Peter 1:3-5 (ESV)

Romans 5:2 (ESV)

Romans 15:4, 13 (NKJV)

Galatians 4:4-7 (NKJV)