Advent, the liturgical period consisting ... "No one will miss the second coming, as we learn from Christ Himself. It will be prefigured by ‘days of distress unequaled from the beginning ...

For many, it symbolizes the coming of Jesus Christ into the world as both a historical event, celebrated at Christmas, and a future hope, as many believe in his promised second coming. Advent is ...

In the Christian church calendar, Advent is a period of preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ at Christmas and a preparation for the Second Coming of Christ. Need a break?

Christ appeared once on earth in grace (John ... In view of the many scriptural references to the Second Advent of our Lord, particularly in the New Testament, Dr. James Denney has declared ...

But the second coming is something else. As Karl Barth said, we can’t fathom the Second Advent of Jesus Christ, and we stammer when we try to speak of it. I think I know what Barth meant. Part of our ...

Not many years before that, namely in 567, the second Council of ... feast of the birth of Jesus Christ. The Greek Church still continues to observe the fast of Advent, though with much less ...

This Old Testament Bible verse foretells Christ’s birth and mission as ... "The prophecies of his second advent into the earthly sphere are being fulfilled before our eyes every day," he said ...

Advent began in fourth- and fifth-century ... expectation for the consummation that will come with the second coming of Christ,” he said. Some traditional hymns and readings during the Advent ...

Similarly, during Advent, we prepare for the coming of Christ, both on Christmas and at the Second Coming. The rose candle is illuminated on the Third Sunday of Advent, known as Gaudete Sunday.

The cultural setting for this parable is a first-century Jewish wedding, and it points to the need to be prepared for the second coming of Christ. In the parable, Jesus taught that "the kingdom of ...

On the second Sunday of November ... Through Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen." The congregation began singing traditional Advent hymns early as well. Pastor Craig Mueller says that Scripture ...