God and sinners reconciled!

The true gospel:

"Hark! The herald angels sing,

1. “Glory to the newborn King;
   Peace on earth, and mercy mild,
   God and sinners reconciled!”
   Joyful, all ye nations rise,
   Join the triumph of the skies;
   With th’angelic host proclaim,
   “Christ is born in Bethlehem!”
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   • Refrain:
     Hark! the herald angels sing,
     “Glory to the newborn King!”
2. Christ, by highest Heav’n adored;
   Christ the everlasting Lord;
   Late in time, behold Him come,
   Offspring of a virgin’s womb.
   Veiled in flesh the Godhead see;
   Hail th’incarnate Deity,
   Pleased with us in flesh to dwell,
   Jesus our Emmanuel.
3. Hail the heav’nly Prince of Peace!
   Hail the Sun of Righteousness!
   Light and life to all He brings,
   Ris’n with healing in His wings.
   Mild He lays His glory by,
   Born that man no more may die;
   Born to raise the sons of earth,
   Born to give them second birth.
4. Come, Desire of nations, come,
   Fix in us Thy humble home;
   Rise, the woman’s conqu’ring Seed,
   Bruise in us the serpent’s head.
   Now display Thy saving pow’r,
   Ruined nature now restore;
   Now in mystic union join
   Thine to ours, and ours to Thine.
5. Adam’s likeness, Lord, efface,
   Stamp Thine image in its place:
   Second Adam from above,
   Reinstate us in Thy love.
   Let us Thee, though lost, regain,
   Thee, the Life, the inner man:
   Oh, to all Thyself impart,
   Formed in each believing heart."

"Hark! The herald angels sing" (Sissel)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUQaoBNA9K0

Version med text och alla verser:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lCt1s44cfMM

"Hark! The herald angels sing" (St Paul's cathedral)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDPwNPAV6tA

"Hark! The herald angels sing" (brass fanfare)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkWhfTK037w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hRq3vy7I-4

Trumpet/organ!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=DTryGSxc3kI&feature=endscreen





Silent night (trumpet och orgel)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3vqdFqh9eE


2 Kor. 5:19a, 21 "Ty Gud var i Kristus och försonade världen med sig själv. Han tillräknade inte människorna deras överträdelser, --- Den som inte visste av synd, honom har Gud i vårt ställe gjort till synd, för att vi i honom skulle stå rättfärdiga inför Gud."
"that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, --- For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." (2 Cor. 5:19, 21)




Christmas: Life's birthday:
http://cyberbrethren.com/2012/12/26/christmas-lifes-birthday/
"All men have an equal part in the great reason why we are joyful, for our Lord, who is the destroyer of sin and death, finding that all are bound under condemnation, is come to make all free."





Foto: Kerstin Lindén