When the Set Time Had Fully Come
History is not careening out of control toward an uncertain end, but rather is unfolding according to an overarching plan.
Personal Peace (Isaiah 26:3)
Our romanticized impressions of that historic moment of the angelic announcement to the shepherds often fails to take into account the tumultuous tyranny of Roman occupation in Israel. The reality of peace must have seemed elusive to shepherds who first heard the message of, “peace, goodwill toward men.”
The Promise of Peace (Luke 2:13-14)
“And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: ‘Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!’”
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