Luke 2:11-14 ESV
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” 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 among those with whom he is pleased!”

Application: 

To confirm his words, the angel told the shepherds where to find the Christ child. This infant King wasn’t lying in a palace but in a manger. The shepherds were responsible for ensuring that newborn lambs had no defects, since the sacrificial animals had to be without spot or wrinkle. 

So the shepherds would tightly wrap the lambs in cloth to keep them from becoming blemished and from injuring themselves. This explains why Luke makes the point that Jesus was tightly wrapped in cloth, since at his birth he was the sinless Lamb of God whose substitutionary sacrifice would take away the sin of the entire world (see John 1:29; 2 Cor 5:21; 1 Pet 1:19–20; 1 John 2:2).

Yet despite the lowly circumstances of his birth, his announcement was anything but. Suddenly, the angel was joined by a multitude of angels! The army of heaven gathered to praise the Lord (2:13). They gave glory to God and announced peace on earth to people he favors (2:15)—to all who would submit to the Messiah.

The angelic announcement of “peace on earth,” repeated so often at Christmastime, is not about quiet tranquility or merely the absence of animosity between people. It is a declaration of the coming end of hostilities between a holy God and sinful humanity through the atoning work of the Messiah: peace with God. 

The Son of God came to pay the penalty for our sin and to impute his righteousness to us. Only when “we have been declared righteous by faith,” can “we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (Rom 5:1). Peace among people is possible only when humanity lives at peace with God and submits to his kingdom rule.

Reference: Tony Evans, The Tony Evans Bible Commentary (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2019), 960–961.

To God be the glory!

Our Lord Jesus Christ created everything! By Him, For Him!

“The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; The Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.” Numbers 6:24-26

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