Luk 2:13 | KingComments | STEP | When the angel speaks about his Creator and the wonder He has become Man and the circumstances in which this happens, a crowd of angels joins him. Heaven bursts open, as it were, because it cannot remain silent when it sees such a great glory. God is revealed in the flesh and is seen here by the angels who now see their Creator for the first time ( ). They have a deep interest in this. They are like the cherubim on the ark who also, to symbolize that deep interest, look down with their faces toward the mercy seat ( ). All angels praise God. The angels are occupied with this event, on which the fate of the universe and the fulfillment of God’s counsels depends. For He has chosen the weak to shame the strong. By sending a crowd of angels to this despised, small group of night watchmen, God shows that He passes by all the high-ranking persons in Jerusalem. With the coming of the Lord Jesus, three things become visible. First of all, it brings glory to God in the highest . God’s honor is set in the full light. In Christ’s coming, the love, wisdom and power of God are revealed. It is the proof of a power that rises above sin and of a love that manifests itself in the midst of sin. It is God’s wisdom to fulfill His eternal counsel in this way. This is an exaltation of good over evil that can only be found in God and that glorifies Him. He overcomes evil, sin, through the good, the Lord Jesus. The second consequence of the presence of Him Who reveals God on earth is that there will be peace on earth . That is the purpose of His coming, however much He, because He will be rejected, will also be a cause of division and struggle. These heavenly praisers of God are not concerned with the latter. They are busy with the fact of His presence and its consequences as they will once be fully realized in the realm of peace. He Who will work that, is the Person Who is now present. The third consequence of His presence on earth is the pleasure, the affection of God with men . The fact that the Lord Jesus became Man proves God’s pleasure with people. He did not take hold of angels, but He takes hold of the descendants of Abraham ( , Darby Translation). People are the objects of God’s infinite love and grace. The life revealed in Christ is the light of and for men ( ). It is wonderful to see how these holy beings praise the exaltation of a creature other than them to this exalted place, through the incarnation of the Word, without jealousy. It is about the glory of God and that is enough for them.

‏ Luke 2:13

Glory, Peace, Pleasure

When the angel speaks about his Creator and the wonder He has become Man and the circumstances in which this happens, a crowd of angels joins him. Heaven bursts open, as it were, because it cannot remain silent when it sees such a great glory. God is revealed in the flesh and is seen here by the angels who now see their Creator for the first time (1Tim 3:16). They have a deep interest in this. They are like the cherubim on the ark who also, to symbolize that deep interest, look down with their faces toward the mercy seat (Exo 25:20).

All angels praise God. The angels are occupied with this event, on which the fate of the universe and the fulfillment of God’s counsels depends. For He has chosen the weak to shame the strong. By sending a crowd of angels to this despised, small group of night watchmen, God shows that He passes by all the high-ranking persons in Jerusalem.

With the coming of the Lord Jesus, three things become visible. First of all, it brings glory to God in the highest. God’s honor is set in the full light. In Christ’s coming, the love, wisdom and power of God are revealed. It is the proof of a power that rises above sin and of a love that manifests itself in the midst of sin. It is God’s wisdom to fulfill His eternal counsel in this way. This is an exaltation of good over evil that can only be found in God and that glorifies Him. He overcomes evil, sin, through the good, the Lord Jesus.

The second consequence of the presence of Him Who reveals God on earth is that there will be peace on earth. That is the purpose of His coming, however much He, because He will be rejected, will also be a cause of division and struggle. These heavenly praisers of God are not concerned with the latter. They are busy with the fact of His presence and its consequences as they will once be fully realized in the realm of peace. He Who will work that, is the Person Who is now present.

The third consequence of His presence on earth is the pleasure, the affection of God with men. The fact that the Lord Jesus became Man proves God’s pleasure with people. He did not take hold of angels, but He takes hold of the descendants of Abraham (Heb 2:16, Darby Translation). People are the objects of God’s infinite love and grace. The life revealed in Christ is the light of and for men (Jn 1:4). It is wonderful to see how these holy beings praise the exaltation of a creature other than them to this exalted place, through the incarnation of the Word, without jealousy. It is about the glory of God and that is enough for them.