Advent of the coming (1)


 

He is coming!


Something special is happening. Surely that must be true as the decorations are set up. Lights are lit up, Trees are erected


Who is it that is being expected? For some you would be forgiven if you thought it was a chubby man in a red suit flying around the world on a sleigh pulled by reindeer.


However, could the real answer lie with a clue in the name of the event Christmas? CHRIST mas does seem to emphasise the name of Jesus Christ, and the full name literally means the "feast of Christ". To celebrate Christmas and ignore the central character seems to be a strange aspect of modern life.  Certainly there is much debate on the date, 25th December, but I can understand that because no one knows the precise date of the birth of the babe in the stall. Yet as Christians we do not claim this is his precise date of birth, but rather this is the date we specifically remember the birth of Jesus as it is recorded in the bible.


Over the net couple of weeks many of us will be out in the shops buying presents for others, yet how many of us will remember that the 1st Christmas God gave a gift to us that is special. The Christmas carol declares "Love came down at Christmas". So THIS is Christmas, the love of God for us. So THIS is Christmas, God so loved the world, including us, that he gave to us a gift, the gift of his son.


So, who is coming?


JESUS!!!

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