December 16, 2007: A Gift From the Gods (3 of 4) – Michael Hidalgo

Good News of great joy was what the people of the Roman Empire were told they were hearing in Augustus' gospel. These are also the words that the Shepherds in the field heard when the host of angels sang in the heavens. So just what is this gospel, good news, and great joy? Why did Caesar believe that he had news that was so worthy? What did those angels know that night - and what did the shepherds hear them say when they used the words like gospel? Those shepherds in that field that night, in the shadow of the Empire, heard the angels tell them of a new reality - a new world in which all things would be new.