proclaim good tidings of His salvation

From something for next week in absentium:

Imagine God in the heavens ready to put into motion the plan of salvation that began in Bethlehem. The singular most important event in the history of the world – the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ – began in the manger, and God is preparing the world for this event. And the first thing He does is tell the world about it.

In Luke 1:13, the angel Gabriel comes to Zacharias and tells him of the child he and Beth were going to bear (JtheB). And in v17, the angel tells him that their child will be the one preparing the way for the Lord. The Jews had been waiting hundreds of years for the Messiah, and God the Father begins the sending of the Messiah by announcing it to an old man in a temple.

Gabe makes a return visit in v26 to Mary, and tells her "And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name Him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David; and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will have no end." God continues His preparations by announcing the coming Messiah to a young unwed girl of no distinction.

Matt1 tells us an angel appears to Joseph and instructs him to wed his now pregnant fiancée for the specific reason that the child she was carrying was the Messiah. Matt1:21 says, "She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins." God announces His plan to a disgraced carpenter.

And finally in Luke2, an angel of the Lord comes to those shepherds abiding in that field, and they are given the news that "unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord." God is so excited by His plan of salvation that He tells old men and young women and no-name carpenters and lowly shepherds in a field.