Jesus Is Hope.

Nov 16, 2025    Mark Cress

Between the final words of the Old Testament and the opening scene of the New, heaven went quiet. No prophets. No new visions. No fresh word from God. For four hundred years, God’s people lived in tension—waiting, wondering, longing for the promises spoken generations before. It felt like silence… but it was not abandonment.

In this message, we’ll discover that even in the quiet, God was working. Empires shifted, roads were built, cultures aligned, and the stage was being set for the arrival of the Messiah. What looked like silence was actually preparation. What felt like delay was perfect timing. And what seemed like distance was actually God drawing near in a way the world had never seen.

Jesus is the hope who breaks the silence. He is the fulfillment of every promise, the dawn after a long night, and the proof that God never forgets His people—not then, not now.

When we face our own silent seasons—when prayers seem unanswered and God feels far—this truth reminds us: Jesus is Hope even when Heaven seems quiet. The silence is not the end of the story; it’s the setup for God’s greatest work.