The message about the birth of Jesus came in different ways in Bethlehem. Herod got it from the wise men who came from the East. The wise men saw the star which indicated the birth of messiah.
The message was specially delivered to the shepherds through God's angels.
The bible says in the book of Luke 2v3 that the shepherds received the message from the angels of the Lord, who appeared to them in their fields.
If you could put these three groups of people who received the message in a hierarchy, you could end up in this order; Herod, the wise(Astronauts), the shepherds.Meaning that the shepherds belongs to the lower class according to human understanding. However God viewed them in a different way, in his eyes they were as important as everyone else.
God's favour rests upon everyone,
we are all precious in the eyes of God,
God uses a different criteria in recognising us,
its not our skin colour,
its not our origin,where we came from,
its not our class or education.
infact he extends his invitation to everyone
starting from the king to the slave,
he wants us all to be partakers of his kingdom.
Merry xmas !!!!
