Christ as King (Deuteronomy 17:14-20, Isaiah 9:1-7)

This third Sunday of advent, we focus on Joy and the work of Christ as our King. God had told Israel they could have a king, but the catch is he had to be totally different than the kings of the nations. He had to be a pastoral king, a fatherly king, the king that served the purposes of the kingdom. Kingship is a really big theme in the Bible, and unfortunately in the Old Testament there are a lot of broken examples. But at the end of the day, they pointed to the perfect King. And we will revel in Him this Sunday.