Advent (part 1): It Didn't Start With Jesus

Advent (part 1): It Didn't Start With Jesus
I. Jesus Is Jewish
Israel and God's covenants
Jesus practiced Judaism Judaism makes sense of Jesus II. Messianic Expectation: The Setting of Our Salvation Israel's "felt needs": Home rule, purified worship, justice
How intense was Messianic expectation?
Less and more: Jesus' ministry as transformed expectation

III. From Promise to Fulfillment: The Dawn of the New Testament Era
Turning point: John the Baptist
Example: Luke 1 Jesus validates God's earlier graces: Clothes, ark, exodus, Law, land, return IV. Getting Advent Wrong: Marcion Law versus Gospel, Yahweh versus Jesus No Advent, no Trinity Christian faith gives us a past
Jesus' Judaism becomes ours (1 Cor. 10:1-4, Rev. 22:4)

V. Getting Advent Right: The Black Church
African America encounters white America
"Is God a white racist?"
Gospel re-narrates black America
America is Egypt, God is black
Advent's gifts: Remembrance and expectation