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New Year’s Countdown Just as certainly as we are people of the Book, we are so consummately a people of the Hope. One sure sign of a Holy Spirit-filled person is that he or she not only believes Jesus is coming, they live in hope, with expectation of His coming. And such faith does not only see His second coming as the whole of their hope. Of course, Jesus’ return is our highest hope, but faith-filled people believe that the King is ready to come today, to enter life’s circumstance with a visitation of His kingdom grace, love, and power! Zechariah, one of the greatest prophets of the Messiah’s return, said, “Return to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope” (Zech. 9:12). He spoke literally of a people who were imprisoned, that is, “shut up unto” hope. What a concept: to be inescapably bound to the confidence that our Redeemer is coming today to meet us with His grace fully sufficient, and that He is coming soon to take us to eternal glory! Happy New Year!