ad·vent
ˈadˌvent/
noun
noun: advent; plural noun: advents
the arrival of a notable person, thing, or event.
"the advent of television"
synonyms: arrival, appearance, emergence, materialization, occurrence, dawn, birth, rise, development; More
approach, coming
"the advent of a new school year"
antonyms: disappearance
the first season of the Christian church year, leading up to Christmas and including the four preceding Sundays.
noun: Advent
Christian Theology
the coming or second coming of Christ.
noun: Advent
Galatians 4:4-5
4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.
The earth and all her inhabitants waited once before.
We are waiting once again.
We grow weary as our souls ache with longing for the One who came once upon that distant Christmas morn.
The world once again full of darkness and hate.
We cry out to the One who Hears.
Where is the Promised One?
Where is the One who carries Salvation in His hands?
What keeps our Hope and King from walking among us once again?
When will He come, bursting forth with Righteousness and Peace?
The skies wait eagerly to sing with proclamation once again, remembering that night in Bethlehem.
The earth groans as a laboring woman, anticipating the arrival of the Child who became Man anew.
Your children wait, O God, agony and despair a breath away.
But let us not forget the great Hope we hold in Him who came before.
Let us take heart in Your timing, Lord, as perfect now as it was then.
Fill our souls with confidence as we wait upon your return, O Lord, our King.
Send Comfort as we weep for you.
Send Peace as we gnash our teeth.
Make your Spirit move within us, opening our eyes to see.
Fill us with Your compassion to hold up the weak, to unburden the poor, to meet the wretched in love.
Make us into Your Hands and Feet, preparing a path of Peace.
Fill our waiting with the good work which you have prepared for us from eons ago.
Come, O Lord.
Find us expectant.
Find us prepared.
Find us with the ones You came to save.
Come, O Lord.
Come soon.
1 Peter 1:13
13 Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
