Thursday, December 8, 2016
Count for Christmas #8
Count for Christmas #8
Hoping and Praying Luke 1 part 1
Over four hundred years had passed
since Malachi had warned the Jewish
people to be ready for the day when
God would visit them. And they had
been hard times. Greek conquerors
had followed the Persian emperors.
After one glorious burst of
independence under the great Jewish
freedom fighter Judas Maccabeus
the Jews were now once more under
foreign rule. Rome had conquered
Greece and the emperor had
marched into Jerusalem itself.
Roman soldiers were stationed
throughout the land.
How the Jews longed for
another national hero
who would throw out
the hated Roman legions
and set up a Jewish kingdom
again. If only God would
send his promised King to
bring them freedom.