Luke 2:10-11 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
[11] For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
When the angels brought the good news of great joy to the shepherds; first, Jesus removed their fear.
He also removes our fears. We don’t have to be afraid of Death, Hell, Satan, Life, etc., because the new-born babe is the Savior who will die on a cruel cross, a sacrifice for our sin.
Pictures Him as Christ - the Anointed One - the Son of God - the the fulfillment of all the promises and prophecies beginning at Eden, Gen. 3:15.
Joy to The World
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Joy to the world! the Lord is come; — Let earth receive her King; — Let every heart prepare him room, — And heaven and nature sing. — And heaven and nature sing, — And heaven, and heaven, and nature sing.
Joy to the world! the Saviour reigns; — Let men their songs employ; — While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains — Repeat the sounding joy, — Repeat the sounding joy, — Repeat, repeat the sounding joy.
He rules the world with truth and grace, — And makes the nations prove — The glories of His righteousness, — And wonders of His love, — And wonders of His love, — And wonders, wonders, of His love.
Isaac Watts 1719
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