Christmas Advent Day 5: The Bethlehem Shepherds and the Temple Sheep (Video Post)

I'm sure you remember the part of the Bible Christmas story where the angel, Gabriel, appeared to the shepherds tending their sheep on the hills near Bethlehem. (Tweet this!)

But have you ever thought about why shepherds were keeping their sheep on the hills near Bethlehem? (Tweet that!)

And why, of all the shepherds tending sheep in all of Israel, would Gabriel have come to those shepherds, the ones near Bethlehem? (Tweet that!)

I think there's a clue, if you think about what those sheep were for.

Find out more in today's Christmas story video.

The Scripture I refer to in today's video is Luke 2:8. Here is that verse with the surrounding context:

• Luke 2:8

"The Bethlehem Shepherds & the Temple Sheep" 

Christmas story vlog 

with Dianne E. Butts - 5 of 12

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Catch up on this special series of Christmas Advent video posts here:

• Christmas Advent Day 1: And He Shall Be Called the Son of God (Video Post) 
• Christmas Advent Day 2: Jesus is a Descendant of Abraham (Video Post)
• Christmas Advent Day 3: The Virgin Birth (Video Post) 
• Christmas Advent Day 4: Was Jesus Born on the Feast of Tabernacles? (Video Post) 

Please come back on Thursday for the next Christmas Advent video. Invite a friend! Please share this with your social network buddies using the buttons below. See you Thursday.