Faith Venture

We modern Christians have a section of our Scripture called the Old Testament. Why do we have the Jewish scriptures bound with writings about Jesus and how to live a new life with Jesus as our guide?

The first generations of Jesus Followers scoured Hebrew writings looking for signs of Jesus. They pulled out every quote they could find. I’m sure Jewish scholars were aghast at the interpretations. But it served the early Christians well.

Today’s readings during Advent still look at passages from Isaiah or perhaps when Moses said there would be a prophet greater than he.

We will also retell the stories of Zechariah and Elizabeth and Joseph and Mary. The stories of that unique character—John the Baptizer.

These also are stories adding to our anticipation of the birth of Jesus.

Perhaps best told by Linus in A Charlie Brown Christmas (from 1965).

This entry was posted on December 5, 2025 at 5:15 am and is filed under advent. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.