Advent Is Not Only for Christmas, It Is a Way of Life
Tim Melton
Luke 2:22-40
The Christmas Advent season is about waiting. It is the four weeks before Christmas. The origin of Advent is not in the Bible, but comes from church history, as early as the fourth century. It is a time of preparing our hearts for the celebration of Jesus' coming. That is where the word Advent came from. In Latin it means ''coming or arrival.'' Advent is not just a time of waiting, it would be best described as a time of ''active waiting.''
It is a time to intentionally drawback from the rush, the noise, the stress of our lives and wait. . . once again allowing God the time and the space to turn our hearts back towards Himself. A time to refocus our lives on the Christ child in the manger. A time to evaluate our priorities and the direction of our lives and make the needed changes so that we can once again draw near to God.
Immediately after the telling of Christ´s birth in Luke 2 we read a small story of two elderly followers of Christ who had also been faithfully waiting on the Messiah´s advent for years.
In Luke 2:22-40 we find two people who had been waiting for the coming of the Messiah of the Jews. Their names were Simeon and Anna.
22 And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, ''Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord'') 24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the Law of the Lord, ''a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.'' Luke 2:22-24
Joseph and Mary, as devout Jews, brought the baby Jesus, their first-born son, to the temple in Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord as was written in the Law. They also came to offer the required sacrifices.
Luke 2:25-32 says, ''25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting f ...
Tim Melton
Luke 2:22-40
The Christmas Advent season is about waiting. It is the four weeks before Christmas. The origin of Advent is not in the Bible, but comes from church history, as early as the fourth century. It is a time of preparing our hearts for the celebration of Jesus' coming. That is where the word Advent came from. In Latin it means ''coming or arrival.'' Advent is not just a time of waiting, it would be best described as a time of ''active waiting.''
It is a time to intentionally drawback from the rush, the noise, the stress of our lives and wait. . . once again allowing God the time and the space to turn our hearts back towards Himself. A time to refocus our lives on the Christ child in the manger. A time to evaluate our priorities and the direction of our lives and make the needed changes so that we can once again draw near to God.
Immediately after the telling of Christ´s birth in Luke 2 we read a small story of two elderly followers of Christ who had also been faithfully waiting on the Messiah´s advent for years.
In Luke 2:22-40 we find two people who had been waiting for the coming of the Messiah of the Jews. Their names were Simeon and Anna.
22 And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, ''Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord'') 24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the Law of the Lord, ''a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.'' Luke 2:22-24
Joseph and Mary, as devout Jews, brought the baby Jesus, their first-born son, to the temple in Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord as was written in the Law. They also came to offer the required sacrifices.
Luke 2:25-32 says, ''25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting f ...
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