[Grem] *****SPAM(6.2)***** Re: Advent utolsó napja szentmiséje igéi

[Emoke Greschik]

*Friends, in today’s Gospel the Canticle of Zechariah declares how Jesus
fulfills the Old Testament’s expectations of salvation.Once we grasp that
Jesus was no ordinary teacher and healer, but Yahweh moving among his
people, we can begin to understand his words and actions more clearly. If
we survey the texts of the Old Testament—and the first Christians
relentlessly read Jesus in light of these writings—we see that Yahweh was
expected to do four great things: he would gather the scattered tribes of
Israel; he would cleanse the holy temple in Jerusalem; he would
definitively deal with the enemies of the nation; and finally, he would
reign as Lord of the world. The eschatological hope expressed especially in
the prophets and the Psalms was that through these actions, Yahweh would
purify Israel, and through the purified Israel bring salvation to all. What
*startled the first followers of *Jesus* is that he *accomplished these
four tasks*, but in the most unexpected way.


*Reflect: To more fully understand who Jesus is, Christians also have to
"read" him through the lens of the Old Testament. What insights does the
Canticle of Zechariah provide and what do those insights mean to you?*

* Íme, jön a te királyod, igaz és szabadító Ő'.    (Zak 9, 9) *
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