Sunday, February 14, 2021

Breaking Down the Angelic Doxology

1-
Glory to God in the highest, 
"The design of God, in the incarnation, was to manifest the hidden glories of His nature, and to reconcile men to each other and to himself. The angels therefore declare that this incarnation shall manifest and promote the glory of God,....These things the angels desire to look into, 1 Peter 1:12, and they desire it because they feel they are thus interested in it. The incarnation of Jesus Christ is an infinite and eternal benefit. Heaven and earth both partake of the fruits of it, and through it angels and men become one family, Ephesians 3:15." AdamClarke
and on earth 
2- peace, 
"Peace is here put for all good, all that good which flows to us from the incarnation of Christ." MatthewHenry
3- good will toward men.
"See how well affected the angels are to man, and to his welfare and happiness; how well pleased they were in the incarnation of the Son of God, though he passed by their nature; and ought not we much more to be affected with it?" AdamClarke
Luke 2:14