Immanuel

Immanuel

Reflecting on Jesus as God’s long-awaited Messiah. The expectations that the Jewish people had for the Messiah were out of sync with the reality of his actual mission. This was one of the major reasons why so many first-century Jews had such a hard time embracing him.

• What were their expectations?
• In what ways did Jesus disappoint them?
• And what about us?
• In what ways does Jesus fail to measure up to our expectations?
• What are the characteristics of the Kingdom he is building today?
• And what is the role of the church in this Kingdom vision?