Like most children growing up in a family with Adventist parents,
I knew something about the second advent of Jesus from my
childhood days. My Sabbath School teachers talked frequently
about a Person who did amazing things a long time ago in a land
far away. The way my Sabbath School teachers told the story, we’d
get to be with him when he comes back soon, and it was an event
to be anticipated with joy and delight. Although we couldn’t quite
imagine what it all meant, we knew that we were special enough
for him to want to come to us, so we sang with gusto: