TRUNEWS with Rick Wiles - Our Duty in 2023: Go Tell It on the Mountain

Episode Date: December 30, 2022

Jesus came to the world to save mankind. When He departed to return to Heaven, He gave His disciples a supreme instruction that shall remain in effect until He comes to Earth again to gather His saints. Jesus’ instruction to every Christian is to go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature. Today on the Godcast, we look at the history of two Christmas hymns that fulfill that declaration: first, the proclamation of the angelic host in ‘Joy to the World’, and secondly, the carol that encourages Christians everywhere to shout the Gospel ‘Go Tell It on the Mountain.’ Rick Wiles, Doc Burkhart. Airdate 12/30/22.The Fauci Elf is a hilarious gift guaranteed to make your friends laugh! Order yours today! https://tru.news/faucielfIt’s the Final Day! The day Jesus Christ bursts into our dimension of time, space, and matter. You can order the second edition of Rick’s book, Final Day. https://www.rickwiles.com/final-dayYou can partner with us by visiting TruNews.com/donate, calling 1-800-576-2116, or by mail at PO Box 690069 Vero Beach, FL 32969.

Well, welcome to our final special Christmas week edition of True News. Doc Burkhardt and I will return on Monday, January 2nd for our regular analysis and commentary of current events and national and international news and Bible prophecy. We have presented messages and music throughout this week about Jesus coming to earth as God and human flesh. There is one more message Doc and I wish to share with you. Let's start with a reading from the Word of God, the second chapter of the Gospel of Jesus Christ according Well, tidings is an old English word that means news. The angel told the Bethlehem shepherds that he came from heaven to earth to announce good news of great joy. Great means large in the widest sense. If the angel spoke to us today, he'd probably say the good news is humongous.

Humongous is an American slang word that means huge and monstrous in size. Something tremendous. What did the angel say that was so great, meaning huge and monstrous and tremendous? He said he brought from heaven good news of great joy. Joy means gladness, a calm delight. The good news was not an announcement that would produce regular, average, everyday joy. It would be great joy. Therefore, the angel said he had good news from heaven that would produce gladness and calm delight

in them that would be huge and monstrous in size and scope. And what was the good news? The awesome news was that God had been born in Bethlehem in human flesh. He had arrived on earth for the purpose of forgiving our sins and saving our souls. This great joy, this tremendous gladness and calm delight, was not meant only for the Jewish people. It was offered to them first. However, the angel said the great joy shall be for all the people of the earth. Why should all the people of the world be joyful over the birth of the Son of God? Jesus came to earth in human flesh to deliver us from the curse of death

that came upon mankind after Adam and Eve's sin. When we repent of our sins, believe in the name of Jesus, and are baptized in water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, we are born again. Our dead spirits are made new. The Holy Spirit comes inside and dwells within us. Our names are written in God's book of life. We are sealed in Christ. We are delivered from the sting of death. Our born-again spirit shall someday be reunited with our dead physical body on resurrection day. Our salvation assures us of eternal life after we depart this world. We shall dwell with God

in new Jerusalem forever. This is the good news of great joy. Joy to the world is one of the most loved Christmas carols in the world. The hymn is the product of the collaboration of three men over many years. The hymn's origin starts with Isaac Watts, an English congregational minister, hymn writer, and theologian. Born in 1674, Reverend Watts wrote 750 hymns, including When I Survey the Wondrous Cross. Although Reverend Watts wrote hundreds of hymns, Joy to the World was written as a poem. The title was Psalm 98. It was not joy to the world. In 1719, Mr. Watts published the Psalms of David, imitated in the language of the New Testament. It was a collection of his poems where each poem's verses were based on a psalm. His poems were not literal translations of the Old Testament book of

Psalms. Instead, his poems prophetically talked about Jesus Christ, the cross, and the kingdom of God. Psalm 98, the poem, had two parts. The second part was titled, The Messiah's Coming in Kingdom. It was the second part of Psalm 98, the poem, that became the lyrics to Joy to the World. Now, the second contributor was George Frederick Handel, born in 1685. Now, this German composer resided in London. The carol's third contributor was Lowell Mason, a Boston music educator born in 1792.

In 1836, Lowell Mason composed a melody for the second half of Mr. Watts' Psalm 98 poem. Music composer Lowell Mason, however, named the song Antioch and attributed it to George Frederick Handel because Mason's melody shared a resemblance to the choruses of Handel's oratorio titled Messiah. Well, the fourth contributor was William Billings, an American composer born in 1746. Mr. Billings was also a composer of Christmas carols. Most of his song lyrics were inspired by the poems written by Isaac Watts. Accordingly, he applied his creativity to Watts' Psalm 98 poem, along with the music inspired by Mason and Handel. The finished product was joy to the world. Isaac Watts' Psalm 98 was written about the second advent of Jesus, not the first advent.

Regardless, it found its way into the hearts of hundreds of millions of people over many years in the form of a Christmas carol. The Trinity Choir recorded a version of Joy to the World in 1911, which became the inspiration of the carol known today throughout the world. Now, South Florida's Crescendo Brass is here once again for their final performances. They will play Joy to the World,

followed by O Come All Ye ye faithful. © BF-WATCH TV 2021 © BF-WATCH TV 2021 Jesus came to the world to save mankind. When he departed to return to heaven, he gave his disciples a supreme instruction that shall remain in effect until he comes to earth again to gather his saints. Jesus's instruction to every Christian is this, and he said unto them, go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved, but he that believeth not shall be damned.

Jesus also instructed us to say in public what he says to us in private. What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light, and what ye hear on the Mountain, written by John Wesley Work II in 1865. Mr. Work was the director of the popular Fisk Jubilee Singers from Fisk University in Nashville. Mr. Work served as president of Roger Williams University in Nashville until his death in 1925. The lyrics say, go tell it on the mountain, over the hills and everywhere, Go tell it on the mountain that Jesus Christ is born. Here, once again, is our house band performing this inspiring, spiritual, and beloved Christmas carol. While shepherds were out watching Their silent flocks by night

Behold throughout the heavens They're shown a holy light Go tell it on the mountain Over the hills and everywhere Go tell it on the mountain That Jesus Christ is born That Jesus Christ is born The shepherds feared and trembled

When low above the earth Rang out the angels' chorus That hailed the Savior's birth Go tell it on the mountain Over the hills and everywhere Go tell it on the mountain That Jesus Christ is born That Jesus Christ is born Yeah, Jesus Christ is born

Down in a lowly manger The humble Christ was born And God sent our salvation That blessed Christmas morn Yeah, go tell it on the mountain Over the hills and everywhere Go tell it on the mountain That Jesus Christ is born

Yeah, Jesus Christ is born Thank you.