Anticipating the Advent
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Most Christmas books focus on the light and joy of the season. Anticipating the Advent, however, portrays the dark side of Christmas because only then will the Light shine the brightest. On the night when the host of heaven sang "Glory to God in the highest," they were arrayed to do battle with the evil forces who wanted to kill the promised child. This seed of Eve was coming to crush the enemy's head (Gen 3:15) and destroy the Devil's power (Heb 2:14). Old Simeon would tell the young mother Mary that, because her son would be the Messiah, a sword would pierce through her soul (Luke 2:35). In so many ways it was a "Not So Silent Night."
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Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1: A Holy Heartburn
Chapter 2: A Woman's Seed
Chapter 3: A Lion or a Lamb
Chapter 4: A Star and a Scepter
Chapter 5: A House of Bread
Chapter 6: A King before the KING
Chapter 7: A Not so Silent Night
Chapter 8: A Christmas for Old People
Chapter 9: A Great Herod?
Chapter 10: A Mythology of the Magi
Chapter 11: A Messiah for the Rest of Us
Chapter 12: A Son of God
Chapter 13: Epilogue: Will the Real Messiah Please Stand Up?
Further Reading on the Messiah
