LUKE 2
As the events unfold regarding Jesus’ birth in Luke 1 and 2, the angels appear to the shepherds with a declaration of the King Jesus Gospel. The angels report to the shepherds:

“Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger” (Luke 2:10-12).

Good news: The term is ευαγγελιζομαι, the proclamation of joyful, historical news, that is, welcomed events.

For all people: The good news is not restricted to the 1st century plight of Israel, but a proclamation for all people including the Gentiles. This aspect has deep roots in the covenant with Abram (Genesis 12).

Town of David: The good news is indebted to Old Testament promises around King David and his heir.

Savior: In contrast to other political “saviors,” a child is born who will be the embodiment of God’s salvation.

Christ the Lord: Again, two terms pregnant with Old Testament meaning. The child will be God’s “anointed one”–the Christ, and with the term “the Lord” there is a hint that the Old Testament God himself is entering into the 1st century political and religious fray.

In a manger: God’s grand, climatic entrance into history turns the tables on the concept of power to change people, cultures, the cosmos itself. The Lord was placed in a stable manger (verse 12). God’s first earthly bed was a feeding trough.

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I would add to this the song/hymn/chorus declared by the Angel and a multitude of heavenly hosts,

Luke 2.14 / Glory in the highest to God, and upon the earth, peace among men with whom he is pleased.

Heavenly host/Army of angels: The King, to be sure, has an army. Except his is radically different from what the world has known. But make no mistake, this is a truly political declaration. It is, after all, a proclamation to a people from an Army which will later reveal a new citizenship which is in order.

Peace: That is, shalom; quite literally not the absence of war, chaos, etc. but the presence of wholeness, lacking nothing, filled full. In fact,as one Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson explains, when two individuals who are spiritually connected to God through their souls, greet each other with Shalom—literally, GOD's name, as in Ruth 2.4 "May GOD be with you."—they bring Godliness into our physical world with their words.

So in that, we actually see the inbreaking of the Kingdom - even an invitation for us to extend to the world today as we wish people "Peace," reaching through history into the present and creating a future of peace.

Among men with whom he is pleased: Certainly it was not always the case that GOD was pleased with men, neither the Caesars of old - but alas! Good News! The Kingdom of Heaven is near, and today we can even proclaim the rest of this truth as picked up in 1 Corinthians 15 that Christ the King died to take away our sins - and even the sin (singular) of the world (the cosmos) as John so noted (1.29)!