I saw it just last week: an emailed devotional entitled “The Angels’ Song” with this opening:

The third song of Advent is short and sweet, a one-liner, but arguably with the best production value—multitudes of angels appearing all at once, singing, “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests” (v. 14).

The same day(!) (December 18, 2025), I received another emailed devotional. This one from Dave Wyrtzen in which he clarifies:

When the Christmas carol declares “Sing choirs of angels!” many picture beautiful blondes with flowing manes and white robes. Actually, Luke uses a military term when he describes the sudden appearance of a host of angels to the shepherds after one of them announced Jesus’ birth. Look at the text carefully. Luke doesn’t say that they sang.

“And this will be the sign for you. You will find the baby wrapped up and lying in a food trough. Suddenly, with the angel, there was a multitude of the heavenly army praising God and saying, ‘Glory to God in the Highest, and peace upon earth among those in His favor.’” Luke 2:12-15

Note that it stresses that the choir of angels spoke, and actually, the Greek is quite rhythmical. This is a heavenly, first century rap by a choir of angels. And one thing is clear. Whether we sing or rap, God deserves all our praise for the gift he gave, and his favor rests only upon those who humbly open their hearts to his gift of his one and only Son. – Dave Wyrtzen, Truth Encounter, Daily Devo, December 18, 2025

It’s not a big deal, but it is a reminder that God uses all kinds of music. We’ll see that in our meditation after Christmas in the last psalm.

Happy Christmas Eve!