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(1) "How long?" was the cry of the people, as they waited for the
eople,
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fulfillment of God's promise to send the Messiah. They cried out, "Let
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ved."
(NRSV)
Your face shine, that we may be saved." Psalm 80:7b (N
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(2) Though they listened with hope to the words of the prophets, telling
pe
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of a Savior who would rise up from the line of King David, one
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generation passed onto the next, with no visible sign of the Messiah's
coming.
(music begins)
Fo
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(1) And then, one day, in the tiny village of Nazareth – such an
ming lace
unassuming place – an angel appeared.