The first act of advent, which we looked at last week, is “adoration,” the second act of advent is activism. <\/i>By that I mean this: a genuine commitment to the advent vision of the Bible is a commitment to active participation in the vision of advent<\/i>.<\/p>\n
A good place to begin our “activism” actions is with the words of the angel to Mary in Luke 1:<\/p>\n
29<\/a> <\/span>Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. 30<\/a> <\/span>But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. 31<\/a> <\/span>You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. 32<\/a> <\/span>He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33<\/a> <\/span>and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The activist vision of advent is a kingdom vision — a kingdom marked by this: Jesus Christ is the Son of the Most High God, Jesus Christ will reign on the Davidic throne, and his kingdom will never end.<\/p>\n
The activist vision is a vision to work for the kingdom of God, the kingdom where Jesus Christ is the King.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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