Advent is a time of waiting, and this year, we really are waiting…for relief from COVID, for social justice AND an end to the riots, for … you fill in the blank. Jesus came into such a world, not as a conqueror as some had hoped, but as a baby.

Others are picking up on this theme also. Frazer Church in Montgomery, Alabama, is beginning a 20-week series on the Kingdom, beginning with Advent, continuing through Easter. I encourage you watch their 1:30-minute trailer on the series:

Here are some snippets:

• Broken, helpless, the world Jesus entered was in need of renewal. Is it all that different from today?
• Putting faith in the dollar, the scholar, or the sword? Where, oh where, are you, Lord? Can you redeem all this? That’s what the people were asking before Jesus came.
• The solution is a Kingdom…Thy Kingdom come for YOU are the promised one.
  

Manifest your Kingdom on earth. (Luke 11.2, Passion Translation)