Christ came to redeem. His followers were a crew of crooked tax collectors, doubting friends, harlots and outcasts. They were people of ashes, mourning and despair. Many of them thought a new beginning was impossible.
But then, He came. The man who claimed to be the Messiah, the answer to Isaiah's prophecy, the hope of the covenant. He would trade them a crown of beauty for ashes; gladness for their mourning, a spirit of praise for their despair. He would rescue them, restoring them to their purpose: to become oaks of righteousness - to display His Father's splendor.
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