As I was driving in my car listening to a my favortie song "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel", I thought of the promises that the Israelites longed to be fulfilled. Could you imagine, hundreds of years being promised of a Messiah that would fufill all the prophecies, that would bring everlasting peace, the ultimate sacrifice... and you are waiting and waiting... and then out of no where, HE COMES.... Could you imagine being a lowly shephard who got the night shift and (knowing your promises that were told to you as a child of the coming messiah) out of the heavens explodes into place a HOST of Angels declaring a promise being kepts from God Almighty...a promise being fulfilled at this very moment. Could you imagine? What would you think.
Think about it this way: It's like a kid waiting for the rain to stop so he can go play outside. It's like a military wife waiting for her husband to come home from the war. It's like a dog waiting for his master to drop some scraps from the dinner table. It's like a groom waiting for his bride to walk through the open doors at the end of the isle. Its like a prisoner waiting for his release date when he can be FREE!
Isreal was a nation that waited and waited and longed for God to bring a Messiah that He PROMISED to them.. so they waited. and then, ... the ANGELS burst forth saying "GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST, AND ON EARTH PEACE AMONG THOSE WITH WHOM HE IS PLEASED!"
Think on this: We have a promise that Isreal waited for, it was extended to both Jew and GENTILE all nations. And now here is time when we can wait for the Promise of the Lord's return, but not as a baby, but as the Resurrected Lord who conquored the grave! REJOICE as you think on these things... PROMISES that God Keeps, and ANGELS declare His Truth, bringing good news!!!!
GOD is AWESOME at how He gets His News across!
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