Transforming lives with Good News in the Nation’s Capital
Nov 28, 2022
As our Countdown to the Live Nativity continues, we are now only nine days from that remarkable moment when the Holy Family, along with shepherds, Wise Men and sheep, a donkey and a camel will reenact the nativity scene right in front of the United States Supreme Court. It is an amazing moment.
As we present the Live Nativity, it is particularly interesting that shepherds are included — just as they were included in the herald of the birth of Christ. On the night Jesus was born, angels exploded into the night sky to announce to a group of shepherds not only the birth of the Christ Child but also its meaning.
“Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. Then the angel said to them, 'Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord'" (Luke 2:8-11).
Amazing! Why? Because shepherds were the dregs of society. They were outcasts, despised by the respectable elements of the culture. In fact, the integrity of shepherds was so suspect they were not even allowed to be witnesses in a court of law. And yet, it was to these outcasts, these ruffians, that God chose to reveal His purposes in the incarnation, and to serve as His first ambassadors of the gospel.TO MAKE YOUR TAX-DEDUCTIBLE GIFT RIGHT NOW, please select here.
Thank you for bringing CHRIST to Christmas on Capitol Hill!
Peggy Nienaber, Vice President
Mat Staver, Founder and Chairman
Rev. Greg Cox, Lead Missionary