In Jesus Christ, God stepped out of the picture at Bethlehem. God made Himself known in a baby. The ultimate test of the Incarnation for you and me is a recapture of Christian experience. The one who has become aware of Jesus sees in him the kind of person God has hoped and then believed to be. The season of Advent is meant to prepare God's people for Christmas.
Advent is a season of expectation.
History records for us two events on February 15, 1564. Michaelangelo died and Galileo was born. That same year on April 23, William Shakespeare was born. These three men influenced and helped shape Western civilization. But we can't say this about Christ.