Matt Chandler - Tell of His Coming, The Shepherds and Angels

God keeps His promises. Looking at the narrative of Jesus birth, we see that all God's promises throughout Scripture are fulfilled in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Now, as believers, we wait on the final promise of Jesus' return.

In the time of Jesus' birth, most families hire a herald to go through a community and announce the birth of their child. Mary and Joseph, of humble means, didn't have a way to announce the birth of Jesus. But God Himself provided a company of heavenly hosts to proclaim the birth of His one and only Son. Likewise, in the time of Jesus' birth, shepherds were men of poor reputation. Yet it was to men such as this that God first announced the birth of Jesus.