As Pastor John Piper writes, "This translation of an anonymous Latin hymn doubles as a prayer for the first and second coming of Christ. It takes us into the midst of old Israel, longing for the first coming of the Messiah. And it goes beyond that longing by voicing the yearning of the church for the Messiah, Jesus Christ, to consummate the history of redemption." Join us in these weeks leading up to Christmas as we put ourselves in the shoes of Jeremiah, Malachi, Zephaniah, and Micah to ponder these promises. We strain to see the dawn of salvation, but we know that the waiting will not be over until Christ returns again to make everything sad come untrue.