The word advent, or coming, implies a future tense, when Jesus Christ returns in power and
glory to render a final judgement and an ending of all things. In the Christian sense, however,
the “end” is neither a point in time nor the conclusion of a historical timeline. This is explained
to us in Revelation. The End is Jesus. Jesus Christ is the Beginning and the End, the Alpha and
the Omega, the First and the Last, the Almighty who is, was, and is to come. His incarnation,
ascension, enthronement, and return as judge, all embodied in the person of Jesus Christ. Jesus
is coming again and, paradoxically, He is already here.