Angels are an amazing part of the Nativity story

By Elizabeth Prata

Angels figure very, very prominently in the NT. People don’t really know this, or they overlook angels in the created order. At the other end of the scale, some are so preoccupied with angels they nearly fall into angel worship.

With Christmas coming up, we will be singing about angels. “Angels We Have Heard on High,” and “Hark the Herald Angels Sing,” and “It Came Upon A Midnight Clear” come to mind.

Once you start studying angels, you realize how frequently they are mentioned in the New Testament. And as for the nativity story, they figure prominently, making many appearances!

There’s the myriad of angels who appeared to the shepherds on the field at night of Jesus birth. The angel Gabriel appeared to Mary, then to Zacharias. An angel appeared to Joseph in a dream. An angel later appeared to Joseph in a dream another time, and warned him to take Mary and Jesus to Egypt.

I’ll be taking a look into angels over the next few days:

What do RC Sproul and John MacArthur have to say about angels?

Do angels sing?

Are angels among us?

Angels in the nativity story

And more!

Christian writer and Georgia teacher's aide who loves Jesus, a quiet life, art, beauty, and children.

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