When the question rings out, "Who is like the beast?”, the church sings back: “Who is like the Lord, our God?”

Do you see how he nourishes you in the wilderness of waiting, this Christmas? It’s not by bread alone…nor by chicken, prawns or whatever you eat on December 25th.

It’s better, it nourishes you forever.

It’s feasting on being fed his word, in the gospel, that comes from the mouth of God, and is preached to your heart, entering your spiritual bloodstream, nourishing your soul.

When Satan tempts you to despair, when he accuses you day and night, what you need in these moments is to know what is so true and who is for you. Jesus Christ is.

God will nourish his church in this time of advent, in this time of waiting for the return of Christ. As we turn to the table of the Lord, we who believe in the Lord Jesus are going to be nourished by the gospel that sets the Christmas table of the church.

The trumpets of judgement are a big snooze alarm, waking up people who have not repented. An alarm 6 times over, before the 7^th and everything of this age is over. And so now is the time for the church to bring the gospel into a waking world. For being on this side of history won’t last forever, there is a new age to come where evil is over, and Christ will reign over all forever and ever.

Reforming Church, trust him today and take comfort in him for tomorrow – for it is only a little while longer. He is going to right all the wrongs. He is going to bring justice, nothing will stop that bolting horse. He has a plan, and he is planning on you being sealed in it.

Jesus opens the scroll, and he says, I got this. It is done. The glory of God ought to undo us as sinners, and the glory of Christ ought to redo us as his redeemed people. Friends, fellow sinners, weep no more and worship him!

When we are struggling in this world of worship, looking into the throne room of heaven gives is perspective. We know who is worthy of worship, and we know how to relate to anyone else and anything else under that higher throne. And that perspective stirs us in a response of, praise.