Comments on: Advent: A Time for Anticipation and Repentance http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2008/12/01/advent-a-time-for-anticipation-and-repentance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=advent-a-time-for-anticipation-and-repentance Kingdom People - Living on Earth as Citizens of Heaven Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mason http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2008/12/01/advent-a-time-for-anticipation-and-repentance/#comment-3352 Mason Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:07:28 +0000 http://trevinwax.wordpress.com/?p=2347#comment-3352 "We put ourselves in the place of the faithful Jews of the first century, awaiting with eager expectation for God to act decisively to forgive sins, to end their exile, to restore the world. And yet, we also await the Messiah’s return – Jesus’ Second Coming." Such is the dynamic 'already-not yet' of the Christian life, no?. May we not fail to remember both chapters of the Advent story as we enter the holiday season. Without the grounding of placing ourselves in the shoes of a 1st century Jew we lose the depth, meaning, and power of the story of the birth of the Messiah. Without the hope of the Messiah's second Advent, how easy it could be at times to look around this world and despair that things will never be set right. Praise and glory to God for the hope he has given us. “We put ourselves in the place of the faithful Jews of the first century, awaiting with eager expectation for God to act decisively to forgive sins, to end their exile, to restore the world. And yet, we also await the Messiah’s return – Jesus’ Second Coming.”

Such is the dynamic ‘already-not yet’ of the Christian life, no?. May we not fail to remember both chapters of the Advent story as we enter the holiday season.
Without the grounding of placing ourselves in the shoes of a 1st century Jew we lose the depth, meaning, and power of the story of the birth of the Messiah.
Without the hope of the Messiah’s second Advent, how easy it could be at times to look around this world and despair that things will never be set right. Praise and glory to God for the hope he has given us.

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