Advent: All the Ends of the Earth!!

Read Psalm 22:22-31

Last night our group, ISCA, sponsored “International Christmas Fest”. For me it was a moving night. We had performers from all over the world presenting a variety of acts – All because of Jesus. We had two great children’s choirs: One from China and one from Korea. We had poetry from Nigeria, music from Peru, some student from Cameroon performed for us what Christmas is like in Cameroon. We had memories of Christmas from China, Macedonia, Rwanda, and Eritrea. We had a dance group from American and the University of Arkansas Inspirational Singers sang. As I sat in the back watching all of this I kept thinking of Psalm 22:27-28:

All the ends of the earth

will remember and turn to the Lord,

and all the families of the nations

will bow down before him,

for dominion belongs to the Lord

and he rules over the nations.

All the ends of the earth were at University Baptist Church remembering and proclaiming the story of Jesus!

Most of Psalm 22 is painful to read. It reminds us of what Jesus had to go through on the cross. But in verse 22 the tone changes and begins to remind us of the global impact that the birth of Jesus has on the people of the earth. Jesus was born to set his people free. Jesus went through the pain of the cross to bring forgiveness to us all. He did this for all people and all generations.

Look at verse 30-31. He had done it!

“Glory to God in the highest heaven,

and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”

Luke 2:14