2) to rediscover and contemplate the divine revelation in the Old and New Testaments. This double preparation will be the main theme of the second part of this book. But there is yet more to Advent than this. Our preparation for Christmas with the Old Testament is not an intellectual exercise, not a mere study of Scripture by which we affirm biblical truth. Rather, it is a spiritual preparation that challenges us to change our lives as a result of this divine revelation, to “be doers of the word,
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