For lo! the days are hastening on,
By prophet bards foretold,
When through the ever circling years
Comes round the age of gold.
There is a golden age coming. An age where peace shall reign
over all the Earth. An age of prosperity, an age of fulfilment, an age of
exploration. An age where humankind and God are united as in Eden ; an age with no room for pride.
It is an age revealed to the prophets of the Old Testament,
an age of which the apostle John saw glimpses of, an age hoped for by all the
martyrs of Jesus. It is an age that all believers must long for. The age of the
New Jerusalem come down to Earth.
It is the age that the angels proclaimed over Bethlehem that first
Christmas, for it was in the birth of Christ that history’s corner was turned
and the Earth could once again hope with the awe of a new morning. So let us
cast away deafening noise and strife this Christmas time, that we may ‘hear the
angels sing’.
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear - words by E. Sears
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