The text for this week is Isaiah 11:1-10, the familiar text about the branch that comes from the stump of Jesse. Jesus is that Branch, so we will worship this week by celebrating what he has done and will do for us and for the whole of creation.
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Isaiah 11:1-5 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. 2And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD. 3And his delight shall be in the fear of the LORD. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide disputes by what his ears hear, 4but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked. 5Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins.
Lo He Comes with Clouds Descending – Another one not available on YouTube. The tune in our hymnbook is ‘Regent Square,’ which is apparently not the traditional tune. Here’s the page from our hymnal (click to enlarge):
Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand
Isaiah 11:6-10 The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them. 7The cow and the bear shall graze; their young shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 8The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder’s den. 9They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea. 10In that day the root of Jesse, who shall stand as a signal for the peoples—of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious.
Offertory:
The Voice of Jesus – Andrew Peterson
Benediction:
Joy to the World
