The Christian year began today with the first Sunday in Advent. Christians end the year by affirming Christ as King: King of All and King for Ever. We begin the church calendar with a focus on HOPE: the coming and second coming of Jesus. Today's Lectionary readings describe Jesus' Second Coming and admonish us to be ready because we do not know the day or hour. It's hard to imagine living without hope. I know that many do, and frankly don't know how they get out of bed in the morning.
We wait with hope for the time when the rule of God is fully manifested among us. When all will be made right.
Check out what Dietrich Bonhoeffer says: "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 whome 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.'"
Maranatha!
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