In His Name Devotionals
SONG OF ANGELS
In His Name Devotionals
SONG OF ANGELS
“...And, lo, the angel of the Lord...a multitude of the heavenly host praising God...” (Luke 2:9, 13)
The whole history of redemption in the Bible shows us how God and His angels have been intensely interested in the salvation of man from sin and its consequences. If there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth, how great must be their joy that the Redeemer came to save multitudes from their sin. For no one knows as much as they do about the needs, dangers and possibilities of man.
“And, lo, the angel of the Lord...” (Luke 2:9). Angel signifies ‘messenger,’ ‘one sent,’ from the Lord of Heaven, and shown to be a heavenly being by the fact that “...the glory of the Lord shone round about them...” that is, the glory shinning from the angels irradiated the shepherds. The glory was the outshining of the true nature of the angels as in the Transfiguration, the glory of Jesus, as described by Paul in Acts 26:13 and by John in Rev. 1:13-16, was the shining of His true nature through His flesh and His garments, as by a light from within, as the sunlight through dull stained glass windows reveals the true glory of the picture.
“...suddenly...” (Luke 2:13) after waiting for the one angel’s announcement, like a cloud breaking away and revealing all the stars of heaven, “...there was with the angel a multitude...” The whole host of Heaven was praising God, not merely that portion of it which was visible to the shepherds. Just as the many thousands of stars visible to the naked eye on the clearest night, are but a small portion of the many millions visible through telescopes.
God’s wonderful love in the birth of His Son, Jesus, is show in this song of His angels. That God and His infinite purity, could look upon a world of sin, on men whose hearts are full of lust, and cruelty, men who hate all God loves, and are opposed to all He wants men to be; a world so full of shames and crimes and fears and desolations and disaster, moral wounds, bruises and purifying scores, and even the imperfections of His saint, and yet love them with an infinite love and pity, is the marvel of the universe. His forgiving love, through Christ, should be proclaimed everywhere. It should be written on the moral skies in letters of everlasting light.
It is best made known by those who love Him by imitating His example, and making their lives the echoes of the angel’s song, and embodiments of the Father’s love.
The Angels belong to the Great Society of Encouragers, as they watch the great battle between good and evil in which man is engaged.
If the Angels take so much interest in our salvation—in our becoming servants and lovers of God, how unworthy of us to be indifferent and careless.
“When Peace shall over all the earth
Its ancient splendor fling.
And the whole world send back the song
Which now the angels sing.”
