Advent is defined as:
- the arrival of a notable person, thing, or event.
- the first season of the Christian church year, leading up to Christmas and including the four preceding Sundays.
- the coming or second coming of Christ.
So we celebrate the Birth of Jesus during the Christmas season, but we also wait expectantly for his return. When Christ returns, all will be made right in this world because it will be completely made new. In order for this to happen, the final judgement must take place. Those who follow Jesus and believe in their heart that he is the Son of God who died for our sins because we need a Savior do not have to fear his return. For we will live for eternity in God’s presence with no pain, sadness, or evil of any kind. We will be blessed to live the lives God originally intended at Creation before sin entered the world.
With the recent rapture predictions from September and October of this year, this topic became more front and center for me to write about…
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