11/24/2024
Advent
Imagine you are living in the land of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. You would love to have a peaceful life with your family, but you have a tormentor bent on your destruction. They don’t see you as human and they definitely do not treat you as human. Suffering, pain of captivity and slavery, paying a heavy tax to keep the flames at bay that threaten to become a raging fire. And there is a plea, a prayer that your entire nation cries, “Moshiach. Moshiach now”
A promised saviour, redeemer, and the one who they call the Prince of Peace, Sar Ha Shalom.
That is the anticipation of Israel. That anticipation for the Messiah is the focus of Advent. This is the heart of the longing, the waiting. We are preparing our hearts for the coming of the One who can free us from from despair, and from all that holds both Israel and us captive, the weight of sin.
He is coming. It is not a myth, a legend, or an empty promise. There is a baby about to be born in Bethlehem, a town that has no place for Him. But He is still coming, and He is coming again.
Have Hope.