Advent Coming, Presence, Arrival

Advent
Coming, Presence, Arrival

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Many call this time of the year the Advent Season.  What is the significance of such a title, and is it one which we can claim as followers of Jesus Christ?

I. The Pronouncement
            Acts 1:11-12
            11) Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this
                  same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like
                  manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
            12) Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is
                   from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.

           Zechariah 14:1-4
            1) Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst
                 of thee.
            2) For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be
                taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall
                go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from
                the city.
            3) Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he
                fought in the day of battle.
            4) And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before
                 Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst
                 thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great
                 valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it
                 toward the south.
           A. The Anticipation
              B. The Expectations
II. The Purpose
            A. To complete salvation
                 Hebrews 9:28
                      28) So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them
                             that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto
                             salvation.
               B. To glorify believers
                        Colossians 3:4
                      4) When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with
                           him in glory.
                 C. To judge the world
                          Matthew 25:32-34;
                          32) And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate
                                 them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the
                                 goats:
                          33) And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the
                                 left.
                          34) Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye
                                 blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the
                                 foundation of the world:
                          Matthew 41-43
                          41) Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me,   
                                 ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
                          42) For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye
                                gave me no drink:
                          43) I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me
                                not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
                    D. To reign as King
                       Revelation 11:15
                         15) And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in
                              heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms
                             of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
III. The Patience
             A. The Saints
                     James 5:7,8
                       7) Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the
                           husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long
                           patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
                    8) Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord
                        draweth nigh.
                B. The Scoffers
                     2 Peter 3:3,4
                       3) Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking
                           after their own lusts,
                      4) And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell
                          asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the
                          creation.

Big Idea: 
Advent – This week we anticipate,
next week we celebrate.