What is the glory of God? Why did Moses want to see it and the shepherds fear it? In what ways, have you witnessed the glory of God? (Jn. 1:14) Angels sang glorifying God at creation. Why did they sing at the birth of Jesus? What other time are we told angels will sing to God's glory? (Rev. 4-5) Why?

1. Luke 2:8-14

2. Who among us will celebrate Christmas correctly?
Whoever finally lays down all power, all honor, all
reputation, all vanity, all arrogance, all individualism
beside the manger;
whoever remains lowly and lets God alone be high;
whoever looks at the child in the manger and sees
the glory of God precisely in His lowliness.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
God Is in the Manger

3. Latin: “[My soul] magnifies [the Lord]”
Luke 1:46-55
Mary’s
Song

4. Latin:
“blessing”
Luke 1:76-79
Zechariah’s
Canticle

5. Latin:
“Now You dismiss...”
Luke 2:29-35
Simeon’s Song

6. Luke 2:14

7. 8 Now there were in the same country
shepherds living out in the fields,
keeping watch over their flock by
night. 9 And behold, an angel of the
Lord stood before them, and the glory
of the Lord shone around them, and
they were greatly afraid.

8. 10 Then the angel said to them, “Do
not be afraid, for behold, I bring you
good tidings of great joy which will be
to all people. 11 For there is born to
you this day in the city of David a
Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

9. 12 And this will be the sign to you: You
will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling
cloths, lying in a manger.” 13 And
suddenly there was with the angel a
multitude of the heavenly host
praising God and saying: 14 “Glory to
God in the highest, and on earth
peace, goodwill toward men!”

10. 8 Now there were in the same country shepherds
living out in the fields, keeping watch over their
flock by night.
• Bethlehem
• No home
• No Sabbath observance
• No honor

11. 9 And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before
them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them,
and they were greatly afraid.
• Message from God
• Presence of God
• Overwhelming fear

12. 10 Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for
behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which
will be to all people.
• No fear
• Good news
• Great joy
• Universal

13. Luke 2:11 For there is born to you this day in the
city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
• Personal gift
• Precise timing
• Place of royalty

14. Luke 2:11 For there is born to you this day in the
city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
✡ Savior (σωτήρ, sōtēr)
✡ Christ (Χριστός, Christos)
✡ Master (κύριος, kyrios)
‫יהוה‬ —Yahweh
ַ‫יח‬ ִׁ‫ש‬ָ‫מ‬
ַ‫י‬‫ָה‬ָּ‫שע‬ —Salvation; Deliverer
—Messiah
Aramaic: Adonai

15. Luke 2:11 For there is born to you this day in the
city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
Colossians 1:15; 2:9 He is the image of the
invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
For in Him dwells all the fullness of the
Godhead bodily;
Hebrews 1:3 who being the brightness of His
glory and the express image of His person,

16. Luke 2:12 And this will be the sign to you: You will
find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a
manger.”
(brephos)• His humanity
• His humility

17. Luke 2:13 And suddenly there was with the angel a
multitude of the heavenly host praising God and
saying:
Job 38:4-7 7…the morning stars sang together,
and all the sons of God shouted for joy
Revelation 4:8-11 11“You are worthy, O Lord,
to receive glory and honor and power; for You
created all things, and by Your will they exist
and were created.”

18. Luke 2:14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on
earth peace, goodwill toward men!”
• Glory to God
• Peace to mankind
in heaven
on earth
Dóxa ="praise, recognition, honor, worship"

19. Luke 2:14 “Glory to God in the highest!”
“The highest angels praise thee.—‘Glory to God in
the highest.’ Ay, there is no mortal that can ever
dream how magnificent was that song. Then, note,
if angels shouted before and when the world was
made, their hallelujahs were more full, more
strong, more magnificent, if not more hearty, when
they saw Jesus Christ born of the Virgin Mary to be
man’s redeemer—‘Glory to God in the highest’.”
Charles Spurgeon,
The First Christmas Carol

20. “Angels, from the realms of glory,
Wing your downward flight to earth,
Ye who sing creation’s story,
Now proclaim Messiah’s birth;
Come and worship,
Worship Christ, the newborn King.”
James Montgomery (1816)

22. Isaiah 9:6
UNTO US A SON
IS

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