Advent, what is it?
Advent comes from a Latin word that means "important arrival." In the church context, advent season is pointing towards the arrival of Jesus on the Earth. We as believers get to look with expectation towards Christmas day. Maybe some of you start the countdown immediately after Christmas from the previous year. Maybe some of you start the countdown after thanksgiving. At most we are one year away from the next Christmas celebration and we get to look forward to celebrating Jesus' advent to earth. Why did Jesus have to be born? Why did Jesus have to forsake heaven, and become human? It says that Jesus came to destroy the work of the devil. What was the devil's work? His most notable work was to cause Adam and Eve to sin, which caused separation from a perfect God and loving Father. The people in the Bible, starting in Genesis after Adam and Eve fell from perfect paradise, had to look forward to the coming Messiah. The one who would set things right. The one who would