Advent is usually a time of anticipation of the light represented by the first coming of Christ. In this sermon, Rev. Michael Gladish explores the connection between the “first” Advent, and a Swedenborgian understanding of the second Coming of Christ, as it unfolds within us and the internal sense of the Word.
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Parellels Between the First and Second Advents – Rev. Michael Gladish
Rev. Michael Gladish is an ordained minister in the General Church of the New Jerusalem and currently serves the Washington New Church and School in Mitchelville, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C.