Aunty Jane
Well-Known Member
Yes...the fact that shepherds were outdoors at night tending their flocks is the proof that it was not the cold rainy month of December. Flocks were kept indoors at that time of year because they were valuable commodities and the shepherds were paid to take good care of their master's flock. This why Jesus used similes to depict himself as "the Good Shepherd" who would leave the 99 to find one lost sheep.P.S. - JESUS was not born on Dec 25th
P.S. - JESUS was not born in December
Also we see that the magi are featured along with the baby Jesus in a lot of nativity scenes, when the magi were pagan astrologers whose custom it was to bring gifts to royal children. They saw "his star" in the East and followed it, not to Bethlehem, but to Jerusalem and to the notice of a jealous king who attempted to kill the child before he even had a chance to grow up.
If the star moved in the sky so that the astrologers could follow it, why did it not take them to Bethlehem, as it did after Herod had hatched his plot? It "came to a stop right above the house" where Jesus now lived with his parents....he was no longer a baby in a manger.
This is where traditions can take even sincere people into error. That star was sent by the devil in an attempt to have Jesus killed, and these astrologers were his dupes.
God revealed the birth of his son to Jewish shepherds....he would never have revealed it to worshippers of false gods.
People need to read the Bible and stop listening to those who are justifying things that should never have been done.