This Actress Says Christmas Is a ‘Celebration of Prophecy Fulfilled’
Movieguide® Contributor
As Christmas approaches, FULL HOUSE star Candace Cameron Bure is reflecting on how the globally celebrated holiday is a “celebration of prophecy fulfilled.”
“It’s the most incredible gift any human being has in life, and it’s amazing to me,” she said. “That we still get to celebrate it every year and…it’s our opportunity to share with the world. It is the easiest time to share with the world the Gospel message at Christmastime.”
“If I think about it too long, it brings me to tears every time, because I’m so humbled and I’m so grateful that we have such a loving and kind God who [has] mapped out everything for us, but He is a God of truth, and He’s given us His word, and then He’s fulfilled it, and He just wants us,” the Teddy Bear Award® winner continued. “He’s waiting for us with open arms, and it’s such a beautiful thing.”
Tara Leigh Cobble’s “The Bible Recap” helped Bure understand God’s word.
“‘The Bible Recap’ really changed my whole world when it comes to reading the Bible,” Bure said. “And so I’d never read the Bible chronologically. I actually didn’t even know before I started the Bible recap that the Bible isn’t put in chronological order. You kind of bounce around to different books, but then to actually read it through in terms of…the historical line is incredible.”
“And you see how patient God is with all of us, because we are a people that have continually rejected Him,” she said. “And He just keeps coming back to us — just keeps coming back and bringing opportunity to just receive Him. It’s a gift given by grace and it’s not of any works that we do, and, so, you see this time and time again in the Old Testament.”
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She was amazed to see all the ways Jesus filled prophecies in the Old Testament.
“When all of that prophecy is fulfilled, Jesus comes to the earth, then is the willing sacrifice, then rises and now sits at the throne with God,” Bure said. “It has this whole new meaning to me, and it was literally a whole new revelation of just appreciating and understanding how big God’s love is for us.”
Presently, Bure loves reading the Bible, which is a great source of “joy” for her. But just a few years ago, she struggled to read it.
“I wanted to. I made time for it…but I’d often kind of read it and be like, ‘OK, like how does this apply to me?’” Bure said. “Understanding the context, the entire history, and this macro view of God’s love and looking for God in the Bible and not me in the Bible — it just changed my life.”
Besides digging into the Bible, Bure has also been busy with Great American Family this year. She’s in two new holiday movies — A CHRISTMAS LESS TRAVELLED and HOME SWEET CHRISTMAS — and has been enjoying meeting fans at this year’s Great American Christmas Festival in New York.
“It’s officially CHRISTMASSSS!! I can’t stop thinking about the fun we had this past weekend at the Great American Christmas Festival ?✨” she shared on Instagram Nov. 29.
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