Advent Day 1

I've decided to take a break from the book of Acts and from writing. Since Advent started yesterday, I am going to post some material from my alma mater, Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary. Advent is a season to remember the first coming of our Lord, his incarnation, as well as a time to prepare our hearts for his second return with great expectation. Happy Advent!

NOVEMBER 29 - DAY 1 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 Jeff Arthurs The Lord will return like a thief in the  night (v. 2), but we are not in darkness that this should take us unawares (v. 4). We who walk in the light know that the Lord’s return is “imminent.” That doesn't mean that Christ’s return is going to happen soon (necessarily), only that it is next in the order of events —like a second string quarterback who knows that he will enter the game if the starting quarterback gets hurt. He doesn’t know when this will happen, only that it is next. Nothing need intervene. All is in readiness. Just so, our Lord has come, he has poured out his Spirit, and the Kingdom is growing. The second advent is next. For now, all creation groans as in childbirth, but as C. S. Lewis said, “All the leaves of the New Testament are rustling with the  rumour that it will not always be so.”  (The Weight of Glory).

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