Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Stanza 3 says, "Hail the heav'n-born Prince of Peace! God speaks and communicates to man through the Bible, but He also wants to be with man. Because He has given us the Bible, God does not need to speak directly to every believer, and if we pay attention to the words in the Bible, we can hear God's speaking. Nevertheless, even though God communicates through the words in the Bible, He personally came to be among man.

However, He did not come in the greatness and glory of His position as the God who dwells in unapproachable light 1 Tim. If He came in this way, no one would dare come near to Him. There is no way for us to approach the glorious light of God's holiness, because we are defiled and evil. As filthy sinners, we cannot see God, much less approach Him. Therefore, God became a man like us in order to come to us. Today the Lord Jesus is in our spirit as the seed of the woman to bruise the head of the serpent.

He bruised the head of the serpent on the cross, and today He is bruising the serpent's head in us.

The last verse of this hymn says, "Come, Desire of nations, come! Christ's bruising of the serpent's head not only took place on the cross objectively but also is being accomplished in us subjectively. Without Satan's subtle activities in the garden, Christ could not have been revealed as the woman's conquering seed to bruise the head of the serpent in us.

Charles Wesley's hymn "Hark!

The Herald Angels Sing" Hymns, 84 is of a very high standard. He receives a human life in his first birth. Then he has to go through another birth, the second birth. This birth is for him to receive the divine life. God intended that man would have two lives—the human life and the divine life. In order to do this, God must have a prototype, a model. So He Himself became incarnated to be the prototype.

Regeneration is a washing. It washes away the filthiness of the old nature of our old man. This washing away is to put off our old man and put on the new man. It is also a kind of reconditioning. We all have been regenerated, reconditioned, with the divine life.

Regeneration is very deep. I like this word recondition.

Charles Wesley used the word reinstate in stanza 4 of hymn 84 —"Reinstate us in Thy love. But we also needed to be reconditioned. Our nature, our essence, and our entire being needed to be reconditioned. Nothing can do this except regeneration. To be regenerated is to be reborn, reconditioned, with the divine life. Hope Augusta, Georgia, United States. Most lyrics on Google use Son rather than Sun. Bob Baer Brampton, Ontario, Canada. In the third verse, why is it "Sun" rather than "Son? After I had listened to a life-study message this morning this hymn became new to me.

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In the Public School Hymn Book , , the opening lines are: Rather than simply tell the nativity story, Wesley pours theological truths into this text. Simply by describing Christ, Wesley tells us the entire Gospel story. The Psalter Hymnal Handbook describes the hymn like this: There are many differences in word choice or arrangement of lines and phrases. A popular descant and harmonization was later composed by Sir David Willcocks. Most arrangements are very similar — brass or strings as an accompaniment or a majestic organ or piano.

This popular Christmas hymn can be used in any service during the Christmas season, but is particularly popular on Christmas morning.

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The theologically rich nature of the hymn makes it a good candidate for being sung after the Gospel reading or before the sermon, since there are a number of truths found within the text for a preacher to expound upon — it offers a number of directions in which to take a sermon during a season that many pastors dread in their efforts to be creative. Alternative Harmonization for Organ: Joyful, All Ye Nations Rise!

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Text size Text size:. Music size Music size:. This is a preview of your FlexScore. A New Hymnal for Colleges and Schools African American Heritage Hymnal The herald angels sing Tune Title: Charles Wesley, Meter: Angels ; Christmas ; Jesus Christ Birth.

An American Christmas Harp Charles Wesley, Date: Ancient and Modern Hark, the herald angels sing First Line: Anglican Hymns Old and New Rev. Hark, the hearld angels sing First Line: Hark, the hearld angels sing Tune Title: Baptist Hymnal George Whitefield; Charles Wesley Meter: Charles Wesley; George Whitefield Meter: Celebrating Grace Hymnal Christmas ; Jesus Christ ; Jesus Christ: Birth ; Music and Singing.

Glory to the newborn King Tune Title: Church Family Worship Hark, the herald angels sing Meter: Church Hymnal, Fifth Edition Church Hymnary 4th ed. Common Praise Hark the herald angels sing First Line: Christmas ; Christmas Day. Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New Hark, the herald-angels sing First Line: Hark, the herald-angels sing Tune Title: Complete Mission Praise Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary Nativity of our Lord.

Evangelical Lutheran Worship The hearld angels sing Tune Title: Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition Glory to God D with refrain Scripture: Hymns and Sacred Poems, , alt. Hark, the herald angels sing Tune Title: Hymns and Psalms Hymns for a Pilgrim People Angels ; Christmas ; Jesus Christ. Hymns for Today's Church 2nd ed. Hymns of Faith Christ Advent and Birth. Hymns of Promise Hymns of the Saints Charles Wesley, Scripture: Hymns Old and New Hymns to the Living God Lead Me, Guide Me 2nd ed.

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