Twenty centuries ago, in a manger lay
A special child of whom the prophet’s say

Would be the one that would bring light to all mankind
That if we would look, in Him we would surely find

Our hearts prepared, our eyes to see
The one who would come to die for you and me

His start was such a humble beginning
He would come into a world that was full of sinning

The spotless lamb who was born in a stable
This is truth, the Word, not just a fable

In a place no king should ever begin
Yet it seemed, there was no room in the inn

In a field that was not too far away
The Shepherds kept their watch after a long day

The angels appeared and a bright light around them shone
They were Told where to find the baby and then told them to go

As the came to the place of His miraculous birth
There They found a child that was of such great worth

There With His loving parents, the Christ child lay
It was at that glorious time, the first Christmas day

The gift that was wrapped there in His swaddling clothes
The shepherds did bow for, in Him, now they would know

That the Savior had come, into the world He was born
A time to rejoice and no longer to mourn

For the angels had declared good tidings of great joy
Because in a manger laid, God who’d come as a little boy

The incarnation, here was God who came in the flesh
The little Christ child had come to give mankind rest

Rest from the toil, and the weight of their sin
Now, He had come to make His home among them

So hard to understand why God would come down to us
But to redeem mankind, this birth was a must

For God could not save unless first He endured
and to overcome the temptations by which we’ve been lured

He had left Heaven and come to earth, so darkness He might fight
And Satan’s powers, so that we would have the light

As the prophet’s of old generations ago have said
One would come who would certainly rise from the dead

Arise Shine for Your Light Has Come
For now, the world beholds, Christ God’s Son

This Light of Christmas into our hearts does shine
Look to Him this Season and Him you will surely find

The babe in a manger, who would die for our sins
Look up, for one day soon, He will come again.

-Danny Cheney-

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