1. God’s revelation to the world
Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice, rejoice people of Zion! Shout for joy, you people of Jerusalem! Look, your king is coming to you! He comes triumphant and victorious, but humble and riding on a donkey – on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

2. Anticipation of the revelation of God

3. God’s revelation to the world
Life is always mixed with the good and the bad – with valleys and hills

5. Oppressing them” (Exodus 3:9)
“I have indeed heard the cry of my people, and I see how the Egyptians are
Oppressing them” (Exodus 3:9)

6. God’s revelation to the world
Matthew 4:16 The people who live in darkness will see a great light. On those who live in the dark land of death the light will shine.

7. struggle to find the way through life.
Darkness cause disorientation. Spiritual darkness is spiritual disorientation.
struggle to find the way through life.

9. Anticipation of the revelation of God
Families and friends celebrate
Christ birth
Anticipation of the revelation of God

10. There are people that can’t celebrate the birth of Christ

11. Jesus has sympathy with those in pain, suffering and lost

12. Christ
The
Good
Shepherd

13. God’s revelation to the world
Jesus describes himself as the good shepherd. In Greek, there are two words for good. There is “agathos” which simply describes the moral quality of a thing; there is “kalos” which means that in the goodness there is a quality of love which makes it lovely. When Jesus is described as the good shepherd, the word is “kalos”. In him there is more than efficiency and more than fidelity; there is loveliness. (William Barclay)

14. God revealed through Christ as a forgiving God

15. God’s revelation to the world
Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice, rejoice people of Zion! Shout for joy, you people of Jerusalem! Look, your king is coming to you! He comes truimphant and victorious, but humble and riding on a donkey – on a colt, the foal of a donkey.