The First and Second Advent

Christ was here! Christ shall come again! The meaning and significance of these two simple phrases is tremendous. The first advent realized all the hopes and prayers of the patriarchs for the Saviour whose coming was as the dawning of a new day over against total darkness. His humble birth in Bethlehem’s stable was the fulfillment of that promise God had given our first parents almost four thousand years before when He said that He would send a Saviour who would crush the serpent’s head and...