I H I G H E R T H I N G S __ 6
By Rev. Mark Buetow
Christ
They Testify of
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel...Thou Wisdom from on high...Thou Lord of Might... Thou Branch of Jesse’s tree...Thou Key of David...Thou Dayspring...Desire of nations.
n that familiar Advent hymn, “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” (LSB 357), we see the hope and heart of the Old Testament. What is the Old Testament about? It’s about Jesus: Genesis with its stories of the creation and the family of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; Exodus and the Red Sea; the Law written on stone tablets; the Promised Land, Judges, King David, the prophets, all of it. From the very first promise of a Savior to Adam and Eve (“He will crush the serpent’s head!” Genesis 3:15) to the very closing pages of the last prophet (“Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet.” Malachi 4:5), the Old Testament is pointing to Jesus, for in it we see God’s repeated promise of a Savior who would be born of a woman, suffer and die for our sins and rise again.
