Hope in the Chaos

Hope is nice, but in the end what really matters is the object of our hope. 

• Judah is in the midst of chaos and suffering, but it will not go on forever! (2.2; cf. 1.7-8).
• God will lift up his house so that the nations will come flowing in (2.2-3).
• God’s teaching will go out from Jerusalem bringing justice and peace (2.3-4). 

In Jesus, this hope of a world put right has been fulfilled and is still being fulfilled (Mt. 2.2, 28.18-20).

In a world still beset by suffering and chaos, real hope is still found only in Jesus. 

Discussion Questions:

1. Where do you still see a need for the hope of Is. 2.1-5 today? Where do you see examples of the hope being fulfilled through Jesus?
2. (Extra Credit) Explain in your own words how Jesus both fulfills and transforms the expectations of this passage.