Bible Study shepherds in the birth of Christ birth

[dirtfarmer]

its been a good discussion appreciate all the replies . i have studied and read tonight i will unwrap what the Lord has to say

hello ezra, dirtfarmer here

Just curious, how did "the unwrapping" go tonight?

 

[ezra]

hello ezra, dirtfarmer here

Just curious, how did "the unwrapping" go tonight?

went pretty good i was worried about shepherds being of the priest family. would cause eye brows to raise.one lady spoke said she knew that part. the swaddling clothes was a surprise. so last night we took a tour of the behind the scenes tour of the birth of Christ.. the pastor had studied in a different direction .it all tied in together . wish i had good online true Bible history page. along with times and custom . it went rather well. we have a open discussion on wed nights...Herod tried to kill Christmas the world is gradually trying to commercialize Christmas. end results bury the true story of Christmas. we have got to teach the truth, nothing wrong with Santa Claus Rudolf frosty etc. like the Grinch who found out you can not kill Christmas . it is of the heart

 

[dirtfarmer]

went pretty good i was worried about shepherds being of the priest family. would cause eye brows to raise.one lady spoke said she knew that part. the swaddling clothes was a surprise. so last night we took a tour of the behind the scenes tour of the birth of Christ.. the pastor had studied in a different direction .it all tied in together . wish i had good online true Bible history page. along with times and custom . it went rather well. we have a open discussion on wed nights...Herod tried to kill Christmas the world is gradually trying to commercialize Christmas. end results bury the true story of Christmas. we have got to teach the truth, nothing wrong with Santa Claus Rudolf frosty etc. like the Grinch who found out you can not kill Christmas . it is of the heart

hello ezra, dirtfarmer here

Alfred Edersheim's "life and time of Jesus the Messiah" is a good book for reference. You may already have known about him and read some of his works. You can find it on the internet.

 

[ezra]

hello ezra, dirtfarmer here

Alfred Edersheim's "life and time of Jesus the Messiah" is a good book for reference. You may already have known about him and read some of his works. You can find it on the internet.

not real good on authors . in this study discussion we had last night we come to the conclusion the shepherds was a witness and testimony of the Birth of Christ to the jews .the wise men to the gentiles and those who failed to believe. this is a play by play action of the birth of Christ . a very interesting study Sheppard sacrificial lambs swaddling cloths all very symbolic

 

[dirtfarmer]

not real good on authors . in this study discussion we had last night we come to the conclusion the shepherds was a witness and testimony of the Birth of Christ to the jews .the wise men to the gentiles and those who failed to believe. this is a play by play action of the birth of Christ . a very interesting study Sheppard sacrificial lambs swaddling cloths all very symbolic

hello ezra, dirtfarmer here

I, also am not one that reads a lot of books for references, but I have occasionally referred to some of the older authors, late 1800's to early 1900's. I find that they are not likely to veer much from the truth of scripture. I read Ray Stedman, A W Tozer, and Andrew Murray just to name a few.