A Shepherd
was a man of the night; He wasn’t fearful of its sounds or rustlings; he was as
comfortable in the dark as you or I are in the light of day. But on that night
of nights, terror struck the hearts of this rough bunch of guys.
How
could that be? The song we sing says, “Angels we have heard on high, sweetly
singing o’r the plain”. That doesn’t sound terrorizing; and the faces, those 30
to 35 angels look… well… Angelic; nothing to be in terror over. Maybe that
isn’t the whole story. Maybe there’s something going on that isn’t in Luke 2….
There is, it’s in Revelation 12.
It has
the usual cast of characters, Mary is there pregnant and about to give birth,
in God’s eyes she is clothed with the sun, and wears a crown of stars on her
head. Satan is also there; his appearance is that of an enormous red multi-headed
dragon; he is positioned in front of Mary waiting to devour the baby boy she is
delivering. But the boy is snatched up to God, and a great war breaks out in
the heavens over Bethlehem.
Michael and
his innumerable host of warring angels fight against Satan and his innumerable
host. But Satan cannot stand against the forces of Michael and is thrown back
to earth in defeat. Michael has secured the victory for his Commander-in-Chief
God the Father, and for the people of planet Earth.
The
Father looks at His valiant angelic host dressed in their powerfully frightful battle
fatigues; faces griped with the chiseled features of war, all still holding
their celestial stained swords in their massive hands. “Indeed, who can you
tell? Shop keepers? Townspeople? Stonecutters? I’m afraid your appearance would
frighten them to death”
“But wait,
those shepherds, not much frightens them, go and tell them; but ease them in gently,
just one of you go first, explain why you’re there and pave the way for the rest….
….”and
they were terrified.” Luke 2:9
Blessing to you on the anniversary of this great invasion
day! When God became man and dwelt among us!!
The Niemeyer’s
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