Glory to God in the Highest

Merry Christmas! When Jesus came to this earth, He did not
come alone. He was attended by a multitude of the heavenly host. How many this
is we do not know. It was a lot. “And suddenly there appeared with the angel a
multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying [not singing], ‘Glory to
God in the highest, and on earth peace among men with whom He is pleased’”
(Luke 2:13-14).

There was a similar event recorded in Revelation, also about
the Lord Jesus, the Lamb of God.

“Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering
thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled
the throne and the living creatures and the elders. In a loud voice they were
saying: ‘Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and
wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!’ Then I heard every
creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all
that is in them, saying: ‘To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be
praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!’ The four living creatures said, ‘Amen,’
and the elders fell down and worshiped” (Revelation 5:11-14).

Here it speaks of angels in myriads of myriads and
“thousands of thousands.” A myriad is 10,000. Here it is plural, more
than one myriad of other myriads. If it were one myriad times one myriad, that
would be 10,000 x 10,000 or 100 million. This was myriads of myriads, which is
a minimum of 200 million plus thousands of thousands, millions more.

Jesus’ birth got praise to the Father and peace to men. His
death got more praise in Heaven. That is the reason for the mass angelic praise
at His birth and after His death and for His death. The heavenly host did not
sing here. This Christmas, let’s just say in unison what they said in unison.
At Easter we can say, in unison, what the hundreds of millions said in Heaven.

The following is the reason for the birth and death of Jesus:

“Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in
their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds
the power of death—that is, the devil” (Hebrews 2:14).

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