Does anyone know the meaning peace on earth good will to men?
Note that Jehovah chose to announce the birth of his Son, not to the educated and influential religious leaders of the day, but to rugged laborers living out-of-doors. The scribes and Pharisees likely had little to do with shepherds, whose irregular hours kept them from observing some details of the oral law. But God favored these humble, faithful men with a great honor—a delegation of angels informed them that the Messiah, whom God’s people had been awaiting for thousands of years, had just been born in Bethlehem. It was these men, and not the “three kings” so often represented in Nativity scenes, who visited Mary and Joseph and beheld this innocent baby lying in a manger. These then were the men of “good will” and there would be “peace” for them because they exercised faith in the provision he was making through his Son. What would that mean for us though? Godly peace is offered to all who exercise similar faith in Jesus Christ. It means that although humans are born in sin, they cou
