Advent is nearly over and Christmas is all but here. We Christians are now in our fourth week of our (religious) calendar. This year during Advent I have spent my devotional time reading and praying the appointed texts for Advent and looking at John's Gospel.
John 4 is a story that examplifies the anticipation of Advent and the coming of Christ that is Christmas:
In his gospel John goes to great lengths to show that Christ is God. Several stories are recorded of Jesus identifying himself with personal divine name, YAHWEH.
This is the name God reveals when Moses asked who he should say is sending him, "I AM." Jesus says several times in John's gospel "I AM."
In John 4 Jesus is traveling through Samaria and while resting at a well, a women of ill repute comes upon him and gets more than a bucket of water. Jesus reveals himself for the first time in John as "I AM"
John 4:25-26 (my translation, very literal)
Advent v. 25 The women said to him, "I know that the Messiah (or the Anointed One) is coming, the One who is being called Christ: whenever that [One] has come he will proclaim to us all things.
Christmas v. 26 Jesus said to her, "I myself am, the one who is speaking to you."
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