For a child has been born for us, a son given to us; authority rests
upon his shoulders; and he is named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
His authority shall grow continually, and there shall be endless peace
for the throne of David and his kingdom. He will establish and uphold it
with justice and with righteousness from this time onward and
forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.
Isaiah 9:6-7
In those days John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming,
2‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.’*
3This is the one of whom the prophet Isaiah spoke when he said,
‘The voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
“Prepare the way of the Lord,
make his paths straight.” ’
Matthew 3:1-3
The reality of our waiting is that it is a real and certain thing we are waiting for, but when? We have no idea. The preparation is ongoing, it is right now, in the present. Bonhoeffer wrote about the laugh that goes through our "self-assured world" when we hear the call of salvation. We may be self-assured, but that which is unknown far outweighs the known. It is in this mystery that we are told of "the blessed certainty of salvation through the birth of a divine child." We don't know how long we have to wait, but we do know a child has been born for us.
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