CHRUPCALA – EVERYONE WILL SEE THE SALVATION OF GOD Luke records that in the fields surrounding Bethlehem , some sheperds were keeping watch over their flock by night . Then an angel of the Lord stood before them,and the glory of the Lord shone around them. The epiphany of the heavenly messenger is situated then in the night that is resplendant with a striking appareance of the light of the Lord's glory . It's in this visible way that God shows his presence in certain places . The Sinai desert (Ex.16,7...), the tent (Ex.40,34),the temple of Jerusalem (1 Kgs 8,10-Ezek 10). the justaposition of “night” and the light of divine glory that surrounds the shepherds recalls the isaianic metapor of darkness – light. It applies particularly to the oracle of Is.9,1-7 auguring the birth of a child , the heir of David. This extraordinary event, compared to a blazing light ,will bring joy to the people walking in darkness. It's the same interpretative context of the Benedictus , in which Zechariah has seen in a prophetic vision the imminent visit of “the rising sun from on high ...to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death (Lk 1,78...)
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Luke records that in the fields surrounding Bethlehem , some sheperds were keeping watch over their flock by night . Then an angel of the Lord stood before them,and the glory of the Lord shone around them.
The epiphany of the heavenly messenger is situated then in the night that is resplendant with a striking appareance
of the light of the Lord's glory .
It's in this visible way that God shows his presence in certain places .
The Sinai desert (Ex.16,7...), the tent (Ex.40,34),the temple of Jerusalem (1 Kgs 8,10-Ezek 10). the justaposition of “night” and the light of divine glory that surrounds the shepherds recalls the isaianic metapor of darkness – light.
It applies particularly to the oracle of Is.9,1-7 auguring the birth of a child , the heir of David.
This extraordinary event, compared to a blazing light ,will bring joy to the people walking in darkness.
It's the same interpretative context of the Benedictus , in which Zechariah has seen in a prophetic vision the imminent visit of “the rising sun from on high ...to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death
(Lk 1,78...)