Title: Jehovah Sabaoth (The Lord of Hosts)
Scripture: Isaiah 9:1-7
Speaker: Reid Kapple, ReidK@cckc.church

> The Lord of Hosts fights for us

“All sorts of people feel themselves caught in these cross-pressures, pushed by the immanence of disenchantment on one side, but also pushed by a sense of significance and transcendence on another side...Sealed off from enchantment, the modern...self is also sealed off from significance.”

-James KA Smith, How Not To Be Secular

This is my Father’s world:
Oh, let me ne’er forget
That though the wrong seems oft so strong,
God is the ruler yet.
This is my Father’s world,
The battle is not done:
Jesus who died shall be satisfied,
And earth and Heav’n be one.

“It all began in Bethlehem. Unseen by human eyes, hell and heaven battled over us. And heaven, in the end, stood on the neck of hell and pressed his foot into the throat that had so long accused us. The accuser of our brethren, John wrote, “has been thrown down.” He was conquered “by the blood of the Lamb.” All the dragon gets for Christmas is a mouthful of shattered teeth, fiery lungs flooded with oceans of divine wrath, and a sword swinging down from above to chop off the head that spouted accusation. Merry Christmas! The dragon is dead, the baby is alive, and his victory has set you free.”

-Chad Bird