As we explore the Christmas story from various passages in the Bible, along the way we observe men and women who display a sense of marvel at what God is doing. What these individuals see, and experience is a sense of astonishment, wonder, even awe, a characteristic response to the incredible ways in which the Sovereign God reveals himself and his works to reinforce, affirm, and assert his glorious plan of salvation.

Like the experience of men and women surrounding the Resurrection account, the scenes ...