The encounter of the shepherds in the fields around Bethlehem records first encounters between man and God since the birth of Jesus Christ. This 'Christmas' encounter commences with the power of God moving emperors and governors to bring to fulfillment the prophecy of Micah, that Jesus would be born at Bethlehem, continues with the presence of the angelic host bring down the Glory and fear of God and draws the Shepherds to eoncounter the person of God in Jesus Christ.
Dr J Stewart Gillespie