"And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God". Luke 2:13.
The big moments in history are marked by something very unique - heaven truly breaks in.
Job tells us that when the Lord took of the mass that was darkness and began His masterpiece of creation, that the 'morning stars' sang for joy at what they beheld (Job 38:7). Equally, when God delivers Israel from Egypt, the angelic hosts are never very far away (Exodus 14:19), so it is no great surprise that when God comes amongst us, this same throng cannot but come down to revel in the hour.
Yet it is a marvel of that night.
A young couple being rejected by their own when the woman is pregnant and thereby facing difficult circumstances is an all too common story in our world, but as this new family face their night of such trouble, a group of local shepherds visit them and tell of the marvel they have witnessed which has brought them there - heaven has broken in to proclaim the wonderful news of this child's birth, because no child before or since was as unique or remarkable as the one resting in a animal trough that night in Bethlehem.
Such interventions are rare in the history of our little world, but when they happen, we should sit up and take notice.
Christmas marks the most important of these times since creation itself, because what happened around that birth brings the world into an eternal new day.
May that brightness truly resonate for each of us this holiday.
A bright Christmas to us all!
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