Advent- Reign of the Branch

Bible Marginalia- #36

First Sunday of Advent

Beginning of the New Church Year

One of the Readings in worship was Isaiah 11:1-2

"There shall come forth a shoot

 from the stump of Jesse

 and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit, 

and the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him."

Our church celebrates with BLUE

  as the Liturgical color

 for the ADVENT season. 

The beginning of the liturgical year.

 This time of the church year signifies-

HOPE.

It is a time of waiting and preparing.

Preparing for His second coming.

A Jesse tree with ornaments might

 show some of the people and objects 

that help to illustrate

 the story of Old Testament prophecy

 tied to New Testament fulfillment.