The people waited, and waited, and waited, perhaps even wondering if God had forgotten them, if He had forgotten His Promise. But the silence is about to end. God was about to break into our world. “They will call the baby Emmanuel — God with us.”
Advent is about waiting. For Israel, they were waiting for the Messiah, which was fulfilled when Jesus Christ was born. But for us today, Advent is also about waiting for Christ’s second coming when Jesus will return and reign over all nations, all people everywhere and for all eternity.