“Shepherds, why
this jubilee?
Why
your joyous strains prolong?
What
the glad tidings be
which
inspire your heavenly song?”
“Angels
We Have Heard on High”
Author Unknown, of French
origin
translated by James Chadwick
translated by James Chadwick
England, 1862
That’s
a good question. Why would shepherds rejoice at the birth of a simple
poor baby boy born in a manger miles away to parents they probably
didn't even know? Because the Scriptural promise of thousands of
years past had finally been fulfilled: Christ came at long last to
save the world, but He came in such away that if hosts of humongous angels hadn't come down from heaven to tell us what happened,
we wouldn't even have noticed.
That’s
why the world often asks us why we're still singing. The world might
see angels if they appeared again, but it still wouldn't see the
significance of a poor baby in a manger. You and I sing because we
do.
“And
the shepherds returned,
glorifying and praising God
glorifying and praising God
for
all they had heard and seen,
as it had been told them.”
as it had been told them.”
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