First Sunday of Advent: In the Beginning

The Advent season begins today. This is the first of four Sundays counting down to Christmas, the day we celebrate the birth of Emmanuel, God with Us.
During the Advent season we remember the waiting and hoping of God's people. For many years the Israelites waited for the coming Messiah. God had promised to send a Savior, but for so long it seemed as if nothing was happening. There were prophecies, but there was no fulfillment. Israel waited and waited and waited. And then one day God sent Hi...