December
2 0 2 2 PA R T N E R L E T T E R
What a wonderful time of year this is!
Luke 2:6-14 says:
6 AND SO IT WAS, THAT, WHILE THEY
WERE THERE, THE DAYS WERE
ACCOMPLISHED THAT SHE SHOULD BE
DELIVERED.
7 AND SHE BROUGHT FORTH HER
FIRSTBORN SON, AND WRAPPED HIM IN
SWADDLING CLOTHES, AND LAID HIM IN
A MANGER; BECAUSE THERE WAS NO
ROOM FOR THEM IN THE INN.
8 AND THERE WERE IN THE SAME
COUNTRY SHEPHERDS ABIDING IN THE
FIELD, KEEPING WATCH OVER THEIR
FLOCK BY NIGHT.
9 AND, LO, THE ANGEL OF THE LORD
CAME UPON THEM, AND THE GLORY OF
THE LORD SHONE ROUND ABOUT
THEM: AND THEY WERE SORE AFRAID.
10 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.
12 AND THIS SHALL BE A SIGN UNTO
YOU; YE SHALL FIND THE BABE
WRAPPED IN SWADDLING CLOTHES,
LYING IN A MANGER.
13 AND SUDDENLY THERE WAS WITH
THE ANGEL A MULTITUDE OF THE
HEAVENLY HOST PRAISING GOD, AND
SAYING,
14 GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST, AND
ON EARTH PEACE, GOOD WILL TOWARD
MEN.
This great announcement began when
The Angel of The LORD came upon them
and the glory of The LORD shone round
about them. Think about that for a
moment. It was a quiet and peaceful
night and, all at once, it became bright as
day as The Angel of The LORD came
upon them. The Angel of The LORD is
anything but small. Then the whole
place lit up brighter than daylight. It was
THE GLORY of The LORD!
No wonder they were "sore" afraid. The
word sore there means: "used of intensity
and its degrees: with great effort, of the
