Message: Songs for Weary Shepherds: Joy to the World (12/07/2025)

Name: Message: Songs for Weary Shepherds: Joy to the World (12/07/2025)
Uploaded: 2025-12-08T12:31:24.000Z
Duration: 35 min 51 s
Description: Psalm 98, the psalm behind 'Joy to the World,' is not about Christ's first coming at Bethlehem but a future song of the second coming, and believers sing it now as a foretaste of the joy they will experience when Jesus returns as Savior, Ruler, and Maker.

Psalm 98, the psalm behind 'Joy to the World,' is not about Christ's first coming at Bethlehem but a future song of the second coming, and believers sing it now as a foretaste of the joy they will experience when Jesus returns as Savior, Ruler, and Maker.

Stories told

the exodus (crossing of the Red Sea)the shepherds at Christ's birth the throne room vision in Revelation 5

Scripture referenced

Psalm 98 Isaiah 6:5 Leviticus 26:3 Isaiah 40–55 Isaiah 42:1–3 Psalm 98:4 Psalm 98:9 Psalm 1 1 Samuel 2 Psalm 2 Revelation 5 Revelation 5:6

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