As, I guess many of us are doing, I’ve been listening to Christmas music. I like the popular songs like Frosty the Snowman, Jingle Bells, and White Christmas but my favorites are the Christian songs and hymns. I’ve noticed that many of those songs tell a story of a particular event of why we really celebrate Christmas. So, I thought, some of these songs could be put together in the order of the Story. So, here we go.
Seven hundred years before Jesus was born, the prophet Isaiah told this: “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel. (Isaiah 7:14).
“Oh Come, Oh Come, Emmanuel” “O come, O come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel. That mourns in lonely exile here, until the Son of God appear. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.”
Then, years later, the angel Gabriel appeared to a teenage girl: “God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin. She was engaged to marry a man named Joseph from the family of David. Her name was Mary. The song, “Mary Did You Know”, paints a beautiful picture of this event.
Later, an angel came to Joseph in a dream to assure him it was God’s plan for him to marry Mary. I couldn’t find a Christmas song pertaining to this important event.
As Jesus entered the world He had made in the little town of Bethlehem, there are many songs depicting that prophesied event. “Oh, Little Town of Bethlehem”, “Oh Holy Night”, “Away In A Manger” and “Silent Night”. All these songs highlight the place, the night and the manger where our Lord lay.
In the fields outside of Bethlehem, a bunch of lowly shepherds got to be the first ones to hear the announcement of Jesus’ birth from a bright, angelic choir. The songs, “It Came Upon A Midnight Clear”, “Hark the Herald Angels Sing”, “The First Noel” and “Go Tell It On The Mountain” all speak of the angels’ appearance, their message and what the shepherds did after the event.
Some time after the birth of Jesus, wise men from the east traveled a long distance to see Jesus and give Him gifts. “We Three Kings” lyrically tells this part of the story.
And finally, the song, “Joy To The World”, gives us the chance to joyously sing of our Savior’s birth. “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.” Merry CHRISTmas to all!
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