How widespread was the expectation that a Messiah was to come around that time?

In the first century, no matter what sect of Judaism you belonged to,

you knew that Daniel's clock was reaching midnight.

But what God does in becoming a zygo, an embryo, an infant in the manger, and then a victim on the

cross.

I mean, that's new wine that bursts old skins no matter what vintage you have.

Jesus doesn't say, you know, you're so logical. You just are assembling the prophetic

passages in the Old Testament, just right. you are the Christ, the son of the

living God. He says, no, flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my father in heaven.

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Dr. Hahn, thank you so much for coming out to Nashville to be on our special Advent slash Christmas episode.

You're welcome, but thank you for the gracious invitation and Advent and Christmas blessings to you to Cameron and the kids.

I want to begin with a quotation from Pope Benedict XVI and have you comment on it.

This is beautiful, and that you began this in your book.

The history of salvation is not a small event on a poor planet in the immensity of the universe.

It is not a minimal thing which happens by chance on a lost planet.

It is the motive for everything, the motive for creation.

Everything is created so that this story can unfold the encounter between God and his creature.

You know, as we approach Christmas, I think we have childhood memories that sort of block our view of where we are in history, or what he would say, Pope Benedict, salvation history.

We get so locked in that we need to step back and we need reminders that what happened

2,000 years ago is still changing the world today, one heart at a time, one family, you know.

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