... that Christ is coming. Advent is preparation for Christmas. Occasionally people want to know why we don’t sing the Christmas carols sooner in our church. We don’t begin earlier because we need to first sing the songs of Advent. In ... will continue to come to us. In them Jesus is saying, “Look up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” (Don Shelby, The Presents of His Presence: Vision and Hope, p. 6) We can wait for the Second Coming and the Mighty Victory and the Kingdom Banquet ...
