God is the chief character in this story and, as with all the other biblical stories, it is about grace. This God of power is a God of grace. Christmas has everything to do with gifts, not the kind we buy and provide for ourselves, but the Gift that God provides for us, one that lasts forever. All human achievement is absent from our biblical stories today, only God's achievement is present. Advent makes a place for seers on the saints' days of the Christian calendar.
Visionaries are among the most valued members of the biblical communities.
They save us from myopia. Not Yet and want us to do something about it in the Now. Advent, therefore, means preparation. It calls us to attention before what and who is to come. For the Just One there shall be justice.