"Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel." - (Isaiah 7:14)
On Sunday, Christians celebrated Christ the King Sunday as the end of the Christian liturgical year and Ordinary Time. Now we are dawning the new Christian liturgical year next Sunday with the start of Advent. Advent is a time of expectation and waiting as Christians celebrate the preparation and arrival of the birth of Jesus at Christmas time.
Advent is one of my favorite times of the year, it's happy and joyous, it's a time where we ring the gold and silver bells festively, and prepare the coming of our savior. The colors move to purple in the Methodist sense and in the Lutheran sense, it is blue
Christians have plenty to be excited about. It may be the same story every year but you know what... It is one of the most important messages of the start of the new Christian year.
Blue lines carry the advent altar for Lutherans, while it's purple elsewhere (like at my church). We also look forward to all the festive times ahead.
Advent is a very important time in the Christian calendar? Why so? It's the start of a new year in the Christian Church. We go through 4 Sundays of learning about Christ's coming. We have songs of great joy and happiness.
Christians are blessed with an almighty king that will come in triumph.
And Advent speaks very loud volumes.
~ Joshua
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