Anna's Version

Deb took up the prophet Anna’s perspective in our final Advent sermon, an easily overlooked but fascinating character in Luke’s telling of the Christmas story. Here is one passage, in Anna’s voice:

But, as I told Simeon, we need more than encouragement. We need someone who can fix the situation. We need more than consolation, we need someone to bring redemption, a release from the situation in which we find ourselves. Yes, we need comfort and encouragement. But we also need for our situation to change, for Israel to be released from from the oppression we are experiencing.  

And God has promised to redeem Israel. If you read through the Prophets, it’s unmistakable.