Today we are beginning a four week message series called Anticipating Christmas. The four Sundays leading up to Christmas are called the Advent season. They help us prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus on Christmas Day. Over these next four messages, we are going to look at some of the Old Testament prophecies about the coming Messiah that they Jewish people had, and see what clues they were given about Who to look for. These prophecies function like Previews of Coming Attractions for us. In the same way that we watch movie trailers to see what new movies are coming out, the Old Testament prophecies give us a preview of the Messiah is coming. We are going to see what we can learn from them, what they mean, and what they mean for us today.
