What is the "Sign" the Shepherds Saw?
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- And there were, out in the field, shepherds, keeping watch over their flock by night, when suddenly an angel of the
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- Lord appeared before them, and they were greatly afraid. But the angel said to them, Fear not, for I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all people.
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- For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord, and this will be a sign for you.
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- You will find the baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger. Seven hundred years earlier, the prophet
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- Isaiah said, The Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name
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- Immanuel, which means God with us. So the sign announced by the angel was that the prophecy had been fulfilled,
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- Christ the Savior is born. But this was a sign to the shepherds in another way. See shepherds practically lived with the sheep and goats they tended.
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- They were considered unclean by Jewish standards. But the angel said the Christ child could be found in a manger.
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- This meant he slept where the animals sleep. They could go right to the place and see the Messiah for themselves.
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- The shepherds weren't scholars. They wouldn't be invited to the palace. They couldn't even enter the temple without a bath.
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- But these lowly shepherds were the first to hear the good news that a king was born for all people.
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- When they heard the gospel, they came to Jesus. Then they went out and told others what had been told to them.
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- And we should do the same. Tell everyone the good news that Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners when we understand the text.