The Christmas Shout

“In the past, Christ was in the genealogies, stepping Bethlehemward. Every time a new descendant in the covenant-line was born, the voice of prophecy shouted: ‘Christ is coming!’ As ancestor was added to ancestor, the voice waxed louder and louder. Thus the shout was repeated and repeated until at last the angels and the magi and the shepherds and the watchers in the Temple answered back that shout with the gladder and louder shout, ‘Christ has come!’ That is the Christmas shout, which today Church of God throws to Church of God all through Christendom.” - David Gregg