Christmas at Hope

Advent: “The Great Rescue Plan”

The manger was the first stop on the way to the throne. 

This Advent, in our Year of Release, we are stepping into the very heart of God’s Rescue Mission. A mission that began before time, continued in the manger and the life of Jesus, and was fulfilled in His death, resurrection and ascension to the right hand of God the Father.

The rescue isn’t just an idea in a book or a bit of theology to debate, it’s a mission that became real in a person. Jesus, who was there at creation, stepped straight into our chaos on a rescue mission.  He didn’t stay far off. He came close. He came vulnerable.  And He came with a clear purpose: TO SAVE US and REDEEM ALL CREATION.

Jesus declared it Himself in Luke 4:

“He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free…”

And in a world weighed down by fear, striving, division, and despair, God hasn’t sent a philosophy or a programme, He sent a person on the recuse mission; with a name, a voice, and a heartbeat. His name is Jesus.

This is the Great Rescue Plan in motion.

However, this isn’t just a story we remember, it’s a rescue mission we are invited to receive and then join,  because the rescue mission continues through those who are followers of Jesus. This Christmas

• We don’t just remember the rescue.

• We respond to it.

• We receive it for ourselves.

• And we re-enter the world as participants in it.

The Great Rescue Plan is here.

Let’s live it, tell it, and carry it to the places still waiting for light.