The Christmas angels sang a
joyful message!
Luke 2:7-15: “…and Mary
gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in
a manger... And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping
watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and
the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.
But the angel said to them,
‘Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all
the people.
Today in the town of David a
Saviour has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.... Suddenly a great
company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favour
rests.”
There are 4 Advent candles.
Three are either deep purple, or royal blue, which are the colours of monarchs.
We expect a King! We contemplate the Advent of Christ the King and deep purple
or royal blue reminds us of a King that was born, a King that reigns to our
benefit and for our salvation and a King that will return in glory.
His Kingdom is founded on the hope, peace and love made
possible by the birth, teaching, life, sacrifice, and victory of Christ Jesus.
The King has come; the King
is coming! “The Spirit and the bride say: Come!”
But on the third Advent, we
light a pink candle – of joy!
This, as the angels told the
shepherds, is good news of great joy.
Joy is the predominant
emotion of the Season. Joy fills our hearts and lives because of the hope,
peace and love that Christ gives us as the Light of the world. We are so happy,
because darkness fled before the Light, even Jesus our Saviour. The prominent
third, pink Advent candle testifies to this.
We share his light with the
world through the joy we express during our festivities, because in the
City of David a Saviour was born to us!
We bring light to a cold,
despondent, warring, and selfish world by sharing the hope, peace and love of
our Lord. This we do, as the angels did, with great joy and lots of
cheerfulness.
Since earliest times pink
represents the joy of Christ!
So, even when we during
Advent stand amazed by the fact that God became a man, born of a woman, to
become our conquering King, and even though it asked of him to temporarily lay
down his divine glory to become a mere man, for our salvation, and even though
we may grieve over the fact that our sins brought this humiliation upon our Lord, the overwhelming
experience of deliverance, salvation and redemption by God who was born a
Child, is pure joy. The gratefulness, thanksgiving, and relief we
experience, make us truly happy.
Glory to God in highest, for
the peace of God is good news of great joy.
Christ conquered our sin,
our death and our judgment and gave us peace.
We receive God’s firm hope
and divine love, in Jesus.
Joy to the
world, the Saviour reigns! Let, earth receive her King!
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