Imagine this. You live in the biblical days of Israel. You are a shepherd and one night or early morning as you are watching over your sheep in a field, this glorious light appears and there is an angel standing there. And this being terrifies you. At least at first. But then he tells you not to be afraid because he is bringing you good news of great joy for all people. For in the city of David Christ the Lord had been born and you will find him in a manger wrapped in swaddling clothes.I wonder what they must have thought. What would I have thought, if that event had happened to me?
What's more is that suddenly there were hosts of angels with them, praising God and saying, Glory to God in the highest and peace to all men on whom his favor rests."
Did the shepherds stand around in awe at this sudden group of angels that come announcing this magnificent event that had just happened? How long did it take for the shepherds to get a move on to go find this baby that the angels had just told them about?
We don't know, but the bible seems to say it was fairly quickly after the angels had gone back to heaven, they said to one another, "Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about."
Being a shepherd in Israel in those days was a lowly position. Who were these men that were to be some of the first recipients of this news that God had sent by his angels? We don't know much about them, but they were obviously very important in God's plan to get it and then once seeing him for themselves, spreading the word about his birth to everyone who then became amazed at what they were told.
He could have first had them announce it to the rich. And yet he didn't. And knowing the characteristics of God that we do from the Bible, is that any great surprise to us? Absolutely not.
.Do you suppose that one day when we get to heaven ourselves, we will get to see these angels that first announced the great tidings of joy meant for all people? Have you ever thought about that? I myself have no doubt that those that have accepted Christ will get to. But greater than that, will be that we will also get to see the babe that had once been wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manager that grew up to save the world from our sins. How glorious will that be? Me? I am waiting anxiously for that day to come!
Today's Christmas Scripture: And God showed his love by sending his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him. I John 4:9
The babe, God's Son in the manger=Life eternal in heaven for those that accept him!
Thanks for your visit today Friends. May you find peace this Christmas if you need it because Jesus came to give it! God's eternal blessings as always! Please come back tomorrow. The birth of Christ still is not over! Indeed, there is more to come!
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