O Come, O Come Immanuel

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O Come, O Come Immanuel

• Luke 126-45 Galatians 44

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O Come, O Come Immanuel

• How the ancient western churches prepared
  believers to celebrate the Lords birth
• How God Himself prepared people for His Sons
  coming

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A. By Not Speaking For 400 Years
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B. By Working Hard During Those Same Years

• Using non-Jewish people to prepare for the
  Lords coming Greeks and Romans
• Preparing Jewish people- Curing them of
  idolatry- Scattering them around the world-
  Establishing a network of synagogues Acts 1521,
  171-4
• Creating wide-spread spiritual hunger

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C. By Finally Breaking His Silence

• Speaking to a Jewish priest Luke 15-17
• Speaking to a carpenters fiancée Luke 128-38

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D. People Began To Get Really Excited

• Mary and ElizabethLuke 139-45

When the right time finally came,God sent His
own Son O come, o come Immanuel