Look Who’s Coming to Christmas: The King

Look Who’s Coming to Christmas
The King
Isaiah 9:1-7

1.  When the king comes, darkness is eliminated v.1-2
2 Timothy 3:1-5, “But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty.  For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,  having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power.”
2.  When the king comes, sadness is eliminated v.3
Revelation 21:4, “He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
3.  When the king comes, oppression is eliminated v.4
Matthew 11:28, “Come to me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” 
4.  When the king comes, hatred is eliminated v.5
Isaiah 2:4, “He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide disputes for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.”
5.  When the king comes, human rule and government is eliminated v.6-7