INTRODUCTION:
The birth of Jesus shook the earth and all kinds of people had to give a response
before His birth.
• Mary “Do not be afraid,……for you have found favor with God.”
• Joseph uninformed of the prophecy wanted to abandon Mary (When the
angel appeared in his dream “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid”
• Elizabeth wife of Zacharias “But why is this granted to me, that the mother
of my Lord should come to me.”
• Zacharias Elizabeth's husband “prophesied about Jesus”
• The shepherds “Do not be afraid”….. “Let us now go to Bethlehem and see
this thing that has come to pass.”
• Multitude of heavenly hosts next to the angel praised God and said “Glory
to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwilltoward men!”
Responses of heavenly beings before the birth.
Responses of common people on earth "a virgin, a carpenter and shepherds of
sheep."
But let's see the response of some "Wise" "Magi" scholars and an earthly "king"
like Herod.