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Up until the time of Christ's birth, there had been 400 years of silence from God. 

The book of Malachi records the last communication with God for the Jewish nation. 

But the Lord had not forgotten about His people. 

And, just at the right time, He communicates with the world once again about the birth of 

Jesus Christ. Imagine for a moment these shepherds. 

They are busy doing their work and all of a sudden an angel appears before them 

and they tremble in fear. 

Undoubtedly they knew of the many stories of God's dealing with the nation of Israel. 

But now all of sudden the stories are coming alive to them as they witness 

themselves the shekinah glory of the angel of the Lord. 

The angel calms their fear and tells them the joyous news - the Savior, Jesus Christ, 

has been born! After 400 years of silence, God bursts onto the scene of the history 

of mankind with a glorious announcement - that He has brought forth the much 

anticipated Savior, His very own Son, Jesus Christ.

The Gospel brings great joy because it brings salvation from sin 

and reconciliation with God! What can compare to that news? 

Because of the birth of Jesus Christ, we are able to know God. 

We don't have to sit through 400 years of silence from God. 

We can have daily communion with our Creator - we can live in His presence - 

we can be assured of eternal life -- because of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 

Notice the angel said that he brings good tidings for ALL people. 

No one is beyond the reach of the Lord. Jesus came to rescue all people - 

the Gospel is a message for everyone, no matter what kind of life one has led, 

it's never too late to embrace the Savior! Jesus came to deliver us back home to our Father 

safely! In a day and age that wants to remove Christ from Christmas, 

God brings the same message to you today that He brought to the shepherds 

over 2,000 years ago. How will you respond to the birth of the Savior? 

Will you also make haste and embrace the Gospel message, 

or will you ignore the joyous message of Christmas