For the first week of Advent, our theme is hope. Jeremiah 29:11 famously promises a "future and a hope". Often, we misinterpret that as a promise for us, rather than for the Israelites in exile. But the promise of a future for them points to a new relationship between God and his people, one only made possible through Christ's coming and his death and resurrection. In the promises of Jeremiah 29 we see the hope of Christmas, through which God fulfills his greatest problem that we will be his people and he will be our God.

待降期第一周，本週的主題是盼望。耶利米書 29:11 出名的應許「未來與盼望」。我們常將其誤解為對我們的應許，而不是對流亡的以色列人的應許。這個對他們未來的應許顯示上帝與祂的子民之間有一種新的關係，這種關係只有透過基督的到來以及祂的死亡和復活才成為可能。在耶利米書第 29 章的應許中，我們看到了聖誕節的盼望，透過聖誕節，神解決了祂最大的問題：我們將成為祂的子民，祂將成為我們的神。