The season leading up to Christmas is called Advent, which means coming. During Advent, we remember the thousands of years God’s chosen people anticipated and longed for the coming of God’s salvation through the Messiah. Then, at Christmas, we celebrate the fulfillment of the promises God made. Jesus—the Savior God had promised—was born to us. No more waiting. Jesus came. When John the Baptist was born, his father, Zechariah, recognized that the long years of waiting were finally over. God gave him