December 1, 2019: A Tale of Two Kingdoms – Michael Hidalgo

A Jewish person could not have heard the story of the first Christmas without hearing echoes of Egypt. Egypt was not only a memory of slavery for the Jewish people. Egypt represented empire, all that was antithetical to the Kingdom of God. Except this time, it was the Roman Empire. An Empire that promised peace – as all Empires do – believing they are right and good.

However, we are introduced through the birth of this King to another kingdom. One that also claims to bring peace, but not by might, but by justice. And making things right, making them as they should be, does not come without cost.