{"product_id":"anticipating-the-advent-looking-for-messiah-in-all-the-right-places-9781948048460","title":"Anticipating the Advent: Looking for Messiah in All the Right Places","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost Christmas books focus on the light and joy of the season. \u003cem\u003eAnticipating the Advent\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVarner, William:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - William Varner teaches Bible exposition and Greek exegesis at The Master's University. He has led more than fifty trips throughout Israel and has written more than a dozen books, some for laymen and some for scholars, including Passionate about the Passion Week: A Fresh Look at Jesus' Last Days (Fontes, 2020).","brand":"Fontes Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50553827262738,"sku":"9781948048460","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e5b23ca3-f526-4215-a066-8a09c56e941a.jpg?v=1731703850","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/anticipating-the-advent-looking-for-messiah-in-all-the-right-places-9781948048460","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}