Dec 12, 2006
Advent... and: Airbus A380 certified air worthy
Dear John and Fivedoves,
I marvelled when I saw your letter
http://www.fivedoves.com/rapturette/RAPTURETTE2_0001.htm
December 9, 2006....
I like to thank you for your ministry... yes you are still keeping on ... and you don’t giving up...
Thank you so much...!
All Glory to our Lord!
Yes, There is Hope!
...well, your letter was just Saturday before Second Sunday in the Advent Season...:
“Advent (from the Latin Adventus, implicitly coupled with Redemptoris, "the coming of the Saviour") is a holy season of the Christian church, the period of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Christ, also known as the season of Christmas. It is the beginning of the Western Christian year and commences on Advent Sunday. (The Eastern churches begin the year on 1 September.)
Adventus is the Latin word for "coming", and is the exact Latin equivalent for the Greek word parousia, commonly used in reference to the Second Coming. Thus the season of Advent serves a dual reminder of the original waiting that was done by the Hebrews for the birth of their Messiah as well as the waiting that Christians today endure as they await the second coming of Jesus the Christ....”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advent (wow! wikipedia!!! Praise the Lord)
Now, the Advent wreath, has four candles (one candle for each week)....
just recently my old uncle and aunt did again explain the symbolic...as we in our family here in germany know it... (I learned it also from my grandparents when they explained it many years ago...):
The First Sunday (first candle) is referring to Jesus’ First Coming 2000 years ago...
and especially the Second Sunday (second candle) (which this year was just December 10, – by the way my 54th birthday... J)
is reminding to the Second Coming of our Lord and Saviour Jesus...
...Now, as Sunday is the first day of the week...
Last Sunday = Sunday of “Second Advent” ... so we have this week... the week of the “Second Advent” ...(Dec 10 until Dec 16)
John, you have Dec 17, .... in your letter... http://www.fivedoves.com/rapturette/RAPTURETTE2_0001.htm .
Praise the Lord!
And we had quite a few “signs” in these days:
December 9, 2006:
Night Launch of the Space
http://www.spaceweather.com/spacecraft/y2006/gallery_sts116_09dec06.htm
December 10, 2006:
“....MORNING PLANETS: It's not easy, waking up early on a Sunday morning. Yesterday wasn't so bad. Early risers on Sunday, Dec. 10th, saw a beautiful alignment of Mercury, Jupiter and Mars in the dawn sky:
It was a great morning to see the planets...
more images: from Rob Ratkowski and Robert Zaleski at the Haleakala High Altitude Observatory in Maui; from Wayne Wooten of Pensacola, Florida; from Brad Hoehne of Columbus, Ohio; from Brad Timerson of Newark, New York; from Vincent Jacques near Menton, France; from Philip Harrington of Miller Place, New York; from David Harvey of Tucson, Arizona; from Elizabeth Warner of Alexandria, Virginia; from Ginger Mayfield of Divide, Colorado; from Kevin Jung near Grand Rapids, Michigan; from Scott Manly on the north bank of the Grand River in Ionia, Michigan; from Jim Kurtz of Kalamazoo, Michigan; from Phil Yabut of Arlington, Virginia; from Henk Bril of Nieuwstadt, the Netherlands; from Mike Hutchinson of Muncie, Indiana; from Denny Bodzash of Henrietta, Ohio...”
www.spaceweather.com (archives December 11, 2006)
and just today
December 12,
we have this in the news, which I believe is another “sign”:
Airbus given clearance for A380
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6173247.stm
“....Airbus SAS, the world's largest maker of commercial aircraft, won certification from European and U.S. authorities for its 555-seat A380, making it the largest plane ever approved for transporting passengers.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and the European Aviation Safety Agency said the A380 fulfilled all technical criteria. The first delivery of the A380, to Singapore Airlines Ltd., is scheduled for next October....”
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20670001&refer=&sid=azRXws4FdN0w
Airbus A380 certified air worthy
“....Airbus has said SIA'S first A380.... will now be delivered in October 2007...”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061212/bs_afp/franceaerospacecompany_061212195637
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Luke 21,36: Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
( “no more delays....???”
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/sep2006/friedrichw927-2.htm )
greetings
yr bro fr germany
let’s keep on ....
yes: soon and very soon...
...our redemption draws near... http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/dec2006/garyr1212.htm
May our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ “lift up our heads” by His amazing Grace.
Maranatha
Come Lord Jesus
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Thanks, Friedrich!
John
