This is a stand-alone sermon by Gordon Balfour, Executive Director of Mission Eurasia Canada.
It was the will of the Father to crush the Son, so that the death of the Son would bring us to the Father. That's the love of God for us.
On the third Sunday of Advent, we see that everlasting peace is not simply this ideal that mankind longs for, but it’s something that Christ started when He came into the world as a baby in a manger and it's something that He's bringing to completion when He returns.