Hg: Sins, more sins (evil deeds) exposed..adulterers, burning like an oven whose fire the baker need not stir vs 4.
They do not turn to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow vs 16…..will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.
Luke 2:1-20, NIV
The Birth of Jesus
Background
Period of reign: Caesar Augustus (27 BC to AD 14)..decree…census..Quirinius was governor of Syria (51 BC to AD 21)
Travel: Nazareth to Bethlehem (total straight line: 9136 kms)-five-day journey (possibly longer) on foot..Nativity Trail.
Setting: Manger, shepherds, angel of the LORD appeared to them..bring good news of great joy…town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord vs 11.
Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying..vs 13-14.
Obs: welcomed to the world not in pomp and parades but by the heavenly host of angels and shepherds.
Shepherds reaction/response-time off because is important and not to be missed. Let’s go to Bethlehem…found Mary and Joseph…seen…spread the word…all who heard it were amazed…shepherds returned glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen..just as they had been told vs 15