Walking with Jesus on the Second Sunday of Advent
For Sunday, December 7, 2025 Isaiah 11:1-10, Romans 15:4-9, Matthew 3:1-12 I was always fascinated by Isaiah’s prophecy of a future Davidic king who would rule in an amazing way — being peaceful and caring, especially for those who are underlings who can’t care for themselves. Isaiah declares, “Then the wolf shall be a guest of the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, the calf and the young lion shall browse together, with a little child to guide them.” [Isaiah 11:6] This reminds me of a comic strip that I would read every Sunday — The Phantom — first written in 1936 about a fictional hero character who operated from a fictional country in Africa. Eventually made into a movie, The Phantom was a skilled fighter and marksman with a genius intellect and in peak athletic condition. He was the first of the “heroes” to wear a mask. He swore “to devote my life to the destruction of piracy, greed, cruelty and injustice in all their forms.” He was described as The Ghost Who Walks ...