Advent at Ararat 2024 - Day 24 & 25: Go tell it on the mountain!

Advent “They hurried to the village and found Mary and Joseph. And there was the baby, lying in the manger. After seeing him, the shepherds told everyone what had happened and what the angel had said to them about this child. All who heard the shepherds’ story were astonished, but Mary kept all these things in her heart and thought about them often. The shepherds went back to their flocks, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen. It was just as the angel had told them.”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭2‬:‭16‬-‭20‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Here we are on Christmas Eve!

I pray that our time together preparing for the celebration of the Lord’s birth and for His soon return has been a blessing to you.

Remember, even if you are reading this on a day that is not Christmas Eve or Christmas Day by the calendar, because of what Jesus did, it can be Christmas every day in our hearts.

On occasion I have sung the old song, “Go Tell It on the Mountain,” and that is just what the shepherds did after seeing that divine baby lying in a manger all those years ago. They could not contain their excitement; nor could they contain the story of what the angels had told them about that precious Child.

I pray we never lose the zeal for telling others about that Holy Child Who has become our Savior and Lord. And soon and very soon He is coming to be our forever King!

A while back the Lord put it in our hearts to reference Ararat Church as “The Mountain.” The Lord told us that Ararat Church is indeed an outpost, a representation of the Mountain of the Lord in these Last Days before the coming of Jesus Christ. Just as Moses built a representation of what he saw on Mount Sinai when the Lord brought Heaven down with Him, just so, the Lord Himself has built a representation of His Holy Mountain here at Ararat Church, to serve as a witness of His soon coming Kingdom! As such, we will spend every day, in every way, telling the world that not only has Jesus Christ come, but soon and very soon, He is returning. And even now, through faith, we can live under His eternal rule!

Merry Christmas and God’s peace to you and yours! Now, go tell someone else about the Good News!

Peace to you.

Jesus is coming! Get ready for Him!