People of all sorts are aware that something is happening in Bethlehem, the small village not far from Jerusalem.  Mary and Joseph are the first to worship as the newborn baby nestles into human arms.  Then the shepherds on night duty under the dark sky who saw a great light and heard the voice of angels.  Soon Simeon, an aging prophet, recognized and proclaimed to all that the baby was the promised Messiah.  Then after a while non-Jews, wise men from the east, brought their gifts to Jesus. The Roman ruler, Herod, heard of Jesus birth and was angry.  Absent are the scholars who taught that Messiah would appear.

Liz Hess just painted a powerful picture when people from nations and cultures rejoiced at the coming of Jesus Christ.  I think I will show it in my blog tomorrow.  It is dazzling and worshipful.