“Angles we have heard on high, gently sweeping over the plains?” I don’t the so. I don’t think this was a gentle announcement. It was a declaration of a major shift in the narrative. The darkness that shrouded all of history since the fall of mankind in the garden, is being heralded by God’s glorious light in an instant that shook the night and turned it into day for those who were a part of it. THIS is Christmas.

This elaborate picture of a future Savior dying for our sins, is fulfilled in the New Testament, which honors the promise God made to satan in the garden, and answers Job's request for a mediator.

Our identity should and can only come from the One who created us in the first place. We are Who He made us to be, and when we reject that, there is only confusion and delusion. In short, to know who I am, we must know THE I Am.

He loved David and knew that David’s heart belonged to God. This bond was unique, but not exclusive. The same God of David, wants to have that same relationship with all of His children.