Reading: Amos 9:1-10

The Season of Joy is upon us. Praise be to the Most High God! Yahweh, Lord of Hosts!

              This is a most exciting time of year. The time where we, as Christians, celebrate the Advent of our Savior. What is an advent? And who is our Savior? It is quite simple: Our King IS coming. But it wasn’t as the believers of the day thought.

              Advent, by definition, means the coming of a notable person, thing or event. In the case of Jesus, God, Himself, incarnated himself supernaturally into the Blessed Mother Mary and was delivered to us in a manger. This humble beginning is not in the slightest what was expected of the coming Messiah. In our reading we find a powerful ruler, executing righteous judgement upon the wickedness upon the Earth. Jesus, the mighty God whose wrath is swift and terrifying, thus eradicating evil from our world. The same Jesus we find in that lowly cave in Bethlehem is the same triumphant King at his return or second Advent.

God works in a fascinating way. By quietly entering the world without Pomp and Circumstance, the wicked forces of darkness were unable to track His movements into our realm. King Herod, despite his best efforts, was unable to prevent the coming of Jesus, the one TRUE KING. Jesus, who WILL return to bring eternal peace to the realm must first fulfill the bold prophecy of Amos. He confirms this later in His ministry as we find in The Book of Matthew, Chapter 10, Verse 34:

“Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.”

The King IS coming. We celebrate in this season His first advent, but joyfully in our hearts realize His second is imminent.

God bless you all. Merry Christmas.