that she s not about to give birth as she s traveling to bethlehem, that they arrive there before she s going to give birth. [ soft music plays ] not far from the birthplace of jesus is shepherds field. this church was built on the site where it is said angels appeared and told the shepherds of the messiah s birth. luke focuses on these shepherds, and shepherds then, as often today, were poor. they often lived outside the towns and only came in from time to time. and luke focuses on them as the ones who are right at the center of the action, to their own surprise and everybody else s. but why is jesus birth celebrated on december 25th, in the middle of winter? if the gospel of luke is any indication of the actual time, when we have shepherds out on the hillsides at night grazing their sheep, then we certainly know that it s not in the dead of winter, because it s absolutely freezing here in the winter. but spring and summer, you could be outside all night, and it would be lovel
story of being pregnant on the donkey and in labor does not come from the gospels. if we read luke, she s not about to give birth as she s traveling to bethlehem. that they arrive there before she s going to give birth. not far from the birthplace of jesus is shepherd s field, built on the site where it is said angels appeared and told the shepherds of the messiah s birth. luke focuses on these shepherds, and shepherds, as often today, were poor, they often lived outside the towns and only came in from time to time. and luke focuses on them as the ones who are right at the center of the action. but why is jesus birth celebrated on december 25 in the middle of winter? if the gospel of luke is any indication of the actual time, we have shepherds out on the hillside grazing their sheep at night, we know it s not in the
you won t find that anywhere in the new testament. we read luke we understand she is not about to give birth they arrive there before she is going to give birth. not far from the birth place of jesus is shepherd s field. this church was built on a site where it is said angels appeared and told the shepherds of the messiah s birth. luke focuses on these shepherds and shepherds as often today were poor they often lived outside of the towns and only came in from time to time and luke focuses on them as the ones who were right at the center of the action to their own surprise as everybody else s. why is jesus birth celebrated on december 25th in the middle of winter? if the gospel of luke is any indication of the time when we have shepherds on the hillside at night raising their sheep we know it is not in the dead of winter. it is freezing here in the winter. but spring and summer you could be outside all night it would be