Peter J Leithart writes about Advent:
http://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2015/12/come-lord-jesus
'The Bible begins with an Advent. After Adam and Eve sin, they hear the “voice of Yahweh walking in the garden in the Spirit of the day,” coming to confront and judge and promise a deliverer. The Bible ends with another Advent, a coming of Jesus after the coming of Jesus. The very last words of Revelation are a prayer for Advent: “Yes, I am coming quickly,” Jesus says. And the Spirit and Bride respond, “Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.”
Every judgment and deliverance in between is an arrival. [Babel, Egypt, Sinai]...
The Psalms include celebrations of Advent. “He is coming. He is coming to judge the world” (Psalms 96, 98). ...
Every act of revelation is likewise an Advent. Ezekiel says that the “word of Yahweh came to me” ...
Jesus comes to cast out demons, comes to a new Sinai to teach his Torah, comes as the Word of the Lord to speak peace. He comes as the Bridegroom for his bride. ...
God doesn’t save or speak from a distance. Communion with him is life, and so we are saved when he comes near. We are saved by the power of God only because we enjoy the presence of God. He reveals himself as Savior by coming in person.
He hasn’t stopped coming.'
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