The Promise of Hope
Advent 2025 – Week One Reflection - God’s covenantal remembrance and unstoppable promises.
The first candle of Advent burns in a world that needs to remember who God is.
The world into which Christ was born was quiet, but it was not abandoned. God had already spoken. The prophets had declared His Word. The covenant had been given and confirmed. The line of promise had been preserved by His hand. The Lord does not forget what He swears to His people.
When the flood covered the earth, Scripture says, “God remembered Noah… and God caused a wind to pass over the earth” (Genesis 8:1). That remembrance was not a move from forgetfulness to awareness. God does not misplace His people and then suddenly recall them. When Scripture speaks of Him remembering, it describes His covenant faithfulness entering into visible action. His remembrance is His resolve in motion.
So when God remembered Noah, He sent the wind and began to restore the earth.
When He remembered Abraham, He brought Lot out from the overthrow of Sodom (Genesis 19:29).
When He remembered Israel, He heard their groaning, looked upon their bondage, and shattered the pride of Egypt (Exodus 2:24).
When He remembered mercy in the fullness of time, He sent His Son (Luke 1:54).
Christ came as the fulfillment of what God had sworn. The Seed promised in Genesis 3 entered history. The blessing spoken to Abraham took on flesh and blood. The throne pledged to David received its true and final King.
The promises of God are sworn declarations from the Lord of heaven and earth. When He says that a child will be born who will rule the nations, He speaks of a real King and a real kingdom. When He declares that the increase of His government and of peace will have no end, He describes the future of the world under Christ. That future has already begun.
The church remembers Advent as the decisive act of God’s faithfulness in time. The birth of Christ is the moment when the covenant promises stand before us in a human face. He came to redeem His people, to rule as the Son of David, and to bring reconciliation that reaches from individuals to families, churches, and nations.
The same child Isaiah foresaw, the one called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace, has already entered our history. He is now seated at the right hand of the Father. He must reign until every enemy has been placed under His feet. The reign has begun. The enemies are being subdued. The hope of Advent rests on that certainty.
God has remembered His mercy. He has kept His Word to Abraham and to his seed forever. The King has come, and He is not finished with the world.
“He has given help to Israel His servant,
in remembrance of His mercy,
as He spoke to our fathers,
to Abraham and his seed forever.”
(Luke 1:54–55, LSB)
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