Celebrating Advent – The Kingdom is Come – The Kingdom Will Come

Ryan Bell of the Hollywood Adventist church has written on Advent and makes this interesting statement

I wish I had time to post about the irony that, for the most part, ADVENTists don’t celebrate ADVENT

Sabbath as Promise

Charles Bradford notes in his book Sabbath Roots: The African Connection that:

Sabbath is a promise of heavenly rest, a gift that brings with it a token or pledge of life in the escheton, the kingdom of God. It is God’s future experienced in the now. A portion of eternity set in the midst of time.

The Sabbath A Great Cathedral

Here is an interesting quote from Heschel’s book the Sabbath.