“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.” Acts 1:11. This same Jesus will actually come again—that is the exciting and exhilarating message we consider especially at Advent. Even when throughout the Advent season we think mostly of the birth of Jesus at Bethlehem, the message of Advent is that He who was born to be King will come again as the King of Glory to take up His power and to reign over the nations and over
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