Hark the Herald Angels Sing – Part 1

 

Luke 2:13-14 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”

Hark the herald angels sing / "Glory to the newborn King!

Peace on earth and mercy mild / God and sinners reconciled".

Joyful, all ye nations rise / Join the triumph of the skies

With the angelic host proclaim: "Christ is born in Bethlehem"

Hark! The herald angels sing / "Glory to the newborn King!"

Christ by highest heaven adored / Christ the everlasting Lord!

Late in time behold Him come / Offspring of a Virgin's womb.

Veiled in flesh the Godhead see / Hail the incarnate Deity

Pleased as man with man to dwell / Jesus, our Emmanuel

Hark! The herald angels sing / "Glory to the newborn King!"

Our Wednesday evening Bible Study group watch a Christmas video sermon by the late Pastor D. James Kennedy last week, where he explained that Christ came, as Wesley tells is in the first stanza of this great hymn "Hark the Herald Angels Sing", to reconcile us unto God, to bring about the forgiveness of our sins and our reconciliation to Him: “God and sinners reconciled.”

Who is this Jesus who has come to reconcile us – this Christ who was born in Bethlehem? In the second stanza Wesley writes, “Veiled in flesh, the Godhead see /  Hail the incarnate deity.” Now “incarnate” is not a word with which many Americans are really familiar anymore. They all know what “chili con carne” means ... Chili beans with meat. Carne means meat or flesh. God incarnate is God in flesh. Jesus Christ Emmanuel is “God with us”, God in flesh – the One who has come; and He has come into this world to do incredible things for us

Let's continue Pastor Kennedy's Christmas message in tomorrow's Post.
In Christ, Brian