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    From Heaven: A 28-Day Advent Devotional
    From Heaven: A 28-Day Advent Devotional
    From Heaven: A 28-Day Advent Devotional
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    From Heaven: A 28-Day Advent Devotional

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    “We live between two mighty events…”

    Advent is as much about looking back as it is looking ahead—back to Christ’s incarnation, ahead to His return. From Heaven combines A. W. Tozer’s best reflections on these two themes to help us better appreciate the season of Advent. Each daily reading is paired with Scripture for meditation, drawing our attention to the rising light of Christ.

    “I am struck with the wonder and the significance of the limitless meaning of these two words, He came. Within them the whole scope of divine mercy and redeeming love is outlined.” — A. W. Tozer

    Chapter titles include:

    • Christmas Reformation Long Overdue
    • The Meaning of Christmas
    • The Logic of the Incarnation
    • Divine Love Incarnate
    • God Manifest in the Flesh
    • What the Advent Established


    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMoody Publishers
    Release dateAug 19, 2016
    ISBN9781600669033
    From Heaven: A 28-Day Advent Devotional
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    A. W. Tozer

    The late Dr. A. W. Tozer was well known in evangelical circles both for his long and fruitful editorship of the Alliance Witness as well as his pastorate of one of the largest Alliance churches in the Chicago area. He came to be known as the Prophet of Today because of his penetrating books on the deeper spiritual life.

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      From Heaven - A. W. Tozer

      The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.

      JOHN 1:14 NIV

      © 2016 BY

      THE MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.

      All Scripture quotations in the body text, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the King James Version.

      All Scripture quotations in purple at the beginning of each chapter are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com. The NIV and New International Version are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.™

      Edited by Kevin Emmert

      Interior and Cover design: Erik M. Peterson

      Cover image of nativity copyright © by LinkCreative / Lightstock (188781).

      All rights reserved.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Names: Tozer, A. W. (Aiden Wilson), 1897-1963, author.

      Title: From heaven : a 28-day Advent devotional / A. W. Tozer.

      Description: Chicago : Moody Publishers, 2016.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2016021237 (print) | LCCN 2016023824 (ebook) | ISBN 9781600668029 | ISBN 9781600669033 ()

      Subjects: LCSH: Advent--Meditations.

      Classification: LCC BV40 .T69 2016 (print) | LCC BV40 (ebook) | DDC 242/.332--dc23

      LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016021237

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      CONTENTS

      INTRODUCTION: A Journey of Waiting and Preparing

      Week 1

      DAY 1: The Lost Presence

      DAY 2: Bridging the Gulf

      DAY 3: God Manifested in Flesh

      DAY 4: What the Advent Established

      DAY 5: The Meaning of Christmas

      DAY 6: Lukewarm about Christ’s Return

      DAY 7: Taking Up Humanity

      Week 2

      DAY 8: Light for the Darkness

      DAY 9: The Redemptive Plan

      DAY 10: Our Anticipation: Jesus the Victor

      DAY 11: The Logic of the Incarnation

      DAY 12: Christ Came for All

      DAY 13: Christ—The Channel of Grace

      DAY 14: Let Us Prepare Now

      Week 3

      DAY 15: The Glory of Christ

      DAY 16: Just as He Went

      DAY 17: What We Have Received

      DAY 18: Trusting in God’s Sovereignty

      DAY 19: The Reasons He Came

      DAY 20: Christmas Reformation Long Overdue

      DAY 21: Jesus—The Judge of Humanity

      Week 4

      DAY 22: Three Truths behind Christmas

      DAY 23: Living in Between

      DAY 24: Jesus—The Image of God

      DAY 25: The Wonders of God Declared

      DAY 26: Life and Light to All He Brings

      DAY 27: God’s Best Gift

      DAY 28: Preparing for the Bridegroom

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      INTRODUCTION

      A JOURNEY OF WAITING AND PREPARING 

      From Heaven is a collection of 28 daily readings from the beloved 20th-century pastor and writer A. W. Tozer (1897–1963). The selections have been gleaned from his recorded sermons—which have been edited for print—his published books, and his editorials while serving as editor of The Alliance Witness magazine (now Alliance Life). Each reflection has been carefully selected for the season of Advent.

      Advent is the time of waiting and preparing for Christmas. From the Latin adventus, meaning coming, Advent proclaims the coming of Christ in two ways: it celebrates His long-awaited arrival as Messiah, and it anticipates His return as King of kings and Lord of lords. In the Western church calendar, Advent begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas, the Sunday closest to November 30, and lasts through Christmas Eve (December 24).

      Common practices associated with Advent include lighting candles as a reminder that the Light has come to our dark world, keeping an Advent calendar, following prescribed Scripture readings and prayers, and reading daily devotionals. This devotional was compiled to help readers grow in their faith by reflecting on the wonder of the incarnation, the extent of God’s love, and the hope for Christ’s return. For each day, you will find one or more passages of Scripture included with each excerpt from Tozer. The editors of this volume suggest that the reader contemplate each devotional throughout the day and how it unpacks the truth of Scripture.

      Advent does not always last for four full weeks each year, as the season can start any time between November 27 and December 3. So if you are using this book during a year when Advent is shorter than 28 days, consider combining multiple readings as needed in order to read through the entire volume.

      As a result of reading these devotional selections, Tozer would want that each reader not simply learn more about God’s work in Christ, but truly worship and serve God in awe and gratitude.

      –THE EDITORS

      DAY 1

      THE LOST PRESENCE 

      Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD God.

      GENESIS 3:8

      … the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden …

      GENESIS 3:23

      The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.

      JOHN 1:14

      Adam had lost the presence of the Creator God and in the Bible record of the ages that followed, God never dwelt with men again in quite the same way.

      To the Israelites, God dwelt in the Shekinah, hidden in the fire and the cloud. Occasionally He would appear in what theologians call a theophany, an appearance of the Deity. God might speak briefly with a man as He did with Abraham in the tent door or with Gideon on the threshing floor. God did not linger; His appearance always cautious and veiled.

      Even when God showed Himself to Moses it was in the fire of the burning bush or while Moses was hidden in the cleft of the rock. The eyes of fallen, sinful men were no longer able to endure the radiant majesty and glory of Deity.

      Then, in the fullness of time, He came again to men, for And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.

      They called His name Immanuel, which means God with us. In that first coming of Jesus the Christ, God again came to dwell with men in person.

      I will have you know that I am not a prepositional preacher but at this point we must note three prepositions having to do with the coming of Jesus, God appearing as man.

      He appeared to dwell with men. He appeared to be united to men. He came to ultimately dwell in men forever. So, it is with men, and to men, and in men that He came to dwell.

      I always note with a little chuckle the frustrations of the translators when they come

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