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The Advent Mission
Advent is about beginning with the preparing for the final stage of God's new mission that resulted from our mission failure.
For many of us, Advent is the launching pad to Christmas morning; a twenty-four-day countdown to stockings and presents. We don't think about Advent as first being about the second coming. After all, it's been two millennia since Christ was born, crucified, rose from the dead, ascended into heaven, and sent the Holy Spirit. And for two thousand years, we've been living somewhere between forgetting about or fretting over his return.
John 3:16-17 gives us Christ's "For God so loved the world that he gave his only son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God did not send his Son into the world to condemn it, but to save it" (1996 NLT).
Jesus' silent-night arrival in the manger is the first part of that mission. His trumpet-blasting arrival in the clouds is the last part. Taking the two seasons together, Omar Rikabi shows how preparing for this kind of Advent before we celebrate Christmas is how we get in on God's rescue mission.
For many of us, Advent is the launching pad to Christmas morning; a twenty-four-day countdown to stockings and presents. We don't think about Advent as first being about the second coming. After all, it's been two millennia since Christ was born, crucified, rose from the dead, ascended into heaven, and sent the Holy Spirit. And for two thousand years, we've been living somewhere between forgetting about or fretting over his return.
John 3:16-17 gives us Christ's "For God so loved the world that he gave his only son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God did not send his Son into the world to condemn it, but to save it" (1996 NLT).
Jesus' silent-night arrival in the manger is the first part of that mission. His trumpet-blasting arrival in the clouds is the last part. Taking the two seasons together, Omar Rikabi shows how preparing for this kind of Advent before we celebrate Christmas is how we get in on God's rescue mission.
100 pages, Paperback
Published September 10, 2018
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November 22, 2018
Accessible and deep - great advent devotional!
January 5, 2024
One of the best Advent devotional books I've read!
January 2, 2024
I really enjoyed this daily reading
December 17, 2018
I had a chance to walk through the “book” as a part of my Discipleship Band last advent. Omar writes in a way that allows a fresh view of the Advent/Christmas season to come alive.
I whole heartedly recommend this book so order it quickly so this can help you prepare your heart for the Christ Child this year!
I whole heartedly recommend this book so order it quickly so this can help you prepare your heart for the Christ Child this year!
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