Today is the fourth Sunday of Advent. We light the candle of Joy.
Messianic Predictions, Thomas Ingmire, Copyright 2006. From The Saint John's Bible. The Saint John's Bible and Saint John's University, United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.
Revelation 3:20
Christ is still knocking. It is not yet Christmas. But it is also not the great final Advent, the final coming of Christ. Through all the Advents of our life that we celebrate goes the longing for the final Advent, where it says: "Behold, I make all things new"
Rev. 21:5
Advent is a time of waiting. Our whole life, however, is Advent—that is, a time of waiting for the ultimate, for the time when there will be a new heaven and a new earth, when all people are brothers and sisters and one rejoices in the words of the angels: "On earth peace to those on whom God's favor rests." Learn to wait, because he has promised to come. "I stand at the door?" We however call to him: "Yes, come soon, Lord Jesus!" Amen.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, from A Testament to Freedom.
Christianity Today Advent Calendar compiled by Susan Wunderink
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