The Shepherds Image
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Page 1 of 7. Color lithograph of an illustration Angel summoning the shepherds of the Nativity. From 16th century Book of Hours. Angel, messenger of God, on cloud from which Angel appears to shepherds - nativity scene.
The Shepherds Image
Illustration by Birket Foster, The angel heralds the birth of Jesus in The caption for this illustration reads: And these were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. The Christian religion celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ, the central figure of the religion, on December The birth is often referred to as 'the Nativity' and the three main figures are Jesus, his mother Mary, and Mary's husband Joseph.
In this 19th century depiction, an angel is shown telling shepherds to honor Jesus, who is lying in a manger.
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The shepherds are shown with their sheep and the star of Bethlehem lighting up the sky. The Angel of the Lord appears to the shepherds. Second Master of Olite 14th century. According to Luke's gospel, the new baby was wrapped in swaddling clothes - long strips of woven cloth used to hold a baby's arms and legs close to its body. This was supposed to simulate the comfortable, familiar constriction of the mother's womb, making the baby feel more secure and contented in the strange world it had newly entered.
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At this point in the story, only Mary and Joseph realised the significance of the baby who had just been born - no-one else knew. But now the situation changed.
The importance of this baby to the whole of mankind was about to be announced to the world. See blue text in What the Gospels Say at end of page.
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Shepherds hear the angels' message. The gospel of Luke says there were shepherds in the fields around Bethlehem on the night Jesus was born. What were they doing there at night? Shepherds placed their flocks in stone 'folds', round enclosures about the shoulder height of a man. Each shepherd in the surrounding fields would bring his flock there at night.
The folds had a single gate, which made it easy for shepherds to control the animals during the long dark nights. There may not have been wolves in the area, but there were wild dogs who harassed unprotected sheep.
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According to Luke, there were several shepherds gathered there that night. These shepherds were startled by the appearance of some form of heavenly manifestation, an apparition that the gospels call an 'angel'. What exactly the gospels meant by this word we do not know. Paintings usually show angels as winged young men; they do so because they want to convey the idea of angels as spirit-beings who served God by conveying messages from him to human beings.
Whatever this being was, it terrified the shepherds. So the angel's first message was one of reassurance: I bring good news'.