 As concertmaster, he assumed the principal responsibility for composing new works, specifically cantatas for the "Schlosskirche" (palace church), on a monthly schedule.Bach originally wrote this cantata in his last year there, for the Second Sunday of Advent.The prescribed readings for the Sunday were from the Epistle to the Romans, call of the Gentiles (), and from the Gospel of Luke, the Second Coming of Christ, also called Second Advent ().