Light show

“Oh come, let us worship and bow down;
Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.”

Milky Way

Let there be light

Earth and Seas

joy to the world

lights

The bible verse is Psalm 95.6 (New King James Version)

From Wikipedia: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo’s painting Adoration of the Shepherds, c.1650; There is a link to the later painting (circa 1668) on the same subject, which is a thumbnail above; the two photographs of the earth taken during the Apollo 8 lunar mission from December 21–27, 1968 – “Earthrise was taken during lunar orbit, the other photo was taken about 30,000 kilometers from earth and South America is visible, you can hear the Christmas Eve broadcast from Apollo 8 to earth at the same link.

From the Library of Congress: Currier & Ives’ 1876 lithograph. From Free Images: Milky Way; snowy scene

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