Sentence examples for the first advent from inspiring English sources

And, at this time of year, how could any market buff bypass a glorious Christkindlmarkt, held from the first Advent Sunday (this year, Dec. 2) until midday on Christmas Eve.

The creed concludes its Christological section with the doctrine of the Second Advent: the First Advent was a coming into the flesh, the Second Advent a coming in glory.

He believes that he has been chosen by Christ, who was crucified and resurrected by God in the 1st century ad, to work for the Kingdom of God that was inaugurated in the first advent of Christ and will be consummated at the Parousia, the Second Coming of Christ as king and judge.

But that was the first Advent.

He is Lord of the Second Advent, the unriddling of many ills.

Then, in 1959, he founded the International Community of Christ, Church of the Second Advent, which claims thousands of followers around the world.

It's the Second Advent that's ahead for us.

This first Advent teaches us the former, and his Second Advent the latter.

The first ever advent calendar, in 1851, was a series of devotional images designed to remind its owner of the true, sacred meaning of Christmas.

Is it the first Sunday of Advent where we light the candle of expectation on the advent wreath, or is it the irresistible sales of Black Friday?

One candle around the wreath is lighted the first Sunday of Advent, with another candle also being lighted each of the following Sundays of Advent, building the anticipation for the coming of the Messiah.