{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"First Baptist Arlington Sermons","title":"Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus! - November 30, 2025","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1968,"description":"Dennis R. Wiles  \nFirst Baptist Arlington \nNovember 30, 2025 \nFlourishing Together \nFirst Baptist Arlington \n2025 – 2030 \n2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ \n1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (Gospel Guide: Matthew) \n \nADVENT 2025: The King! \nNovember 30 – December 31, 2025 \n \nWhere is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him. \nMatthew 2:2 \n \nCome, Thou Long Expected Jesus! \nIsaiah 11 \n \nTheme for 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ \n \nTheme for Advent 2025: The King! \n \nK --- December 7: Born The King, Ne’er a Prince! \nI ---- December 14: Identity Gift \nN --- December 21: Now and Not Yet! \nG --- December 28: Go Now! \n\nHOPE!  \n \nCome, Thou Long Expected Jesus! \n \n“I will shake all nations, and what is desired by all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,” says the Lord Almighty. \n-Haggai 2:7 \n \nCONTEXT OF ISAIAH 11 – God shares a word of promise and hope amidst the judgment rendered through the power of foreign powers like Assyria. \n \nHOPE FORETOLD: God promised to bring forth new life from the “stump” and the “root” of Jesse, father of King David. \n \nIsaiah 11:1 – A shoot from the stump of Jesse and a Branch that will bear fruit! \n \nBranch – Hebrew – “netzer” – core consonants – n-tz-r \n  \n“The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land. In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. This is the name by which he will be called: The LORD Our Righteous Savior.” \n-Jeremiah 23:5-6 \n\nIsaiah 11:10 – The Root of Jesse \n \nHOPE FULFILLED: At Christmas, we celebrate the fulfillment of this hope! Jesus is the Christ, the Son of Jesse, the Son of David, the Root and the Branch! \n \nBranch – Hebrew – “netzer” – core consonants – n-tz-r – Nazareth! \n \nBut when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there....","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/UAbjbO_BQA3R5XEsQj1SCg2lWzYdffFGQbPeYIvJPQ8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM0Mjg4LzE2NjM1/OTk5NzAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}