Christmas: Hope for the Second Coming Created By His First One!

Christ-followers speak of the birth of Jesus as "the First Advent" meaning "the First Coming."  Obviously, if we need to distinguish a "first" anything, it is because there is always a "second" of that same thing.  Recently, I've been encouraged to see that the "First Coming of Christ," teaches me some important things about my hope and longing for the "Second Coming of Christ."