Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.

Luke 2:8-12 NKJV

It’s become more widely told today
that these were specific shepherds,
who’d been watching over their flock
in the outlying fields by night.

They’d been trained in the special care
of those lambs that were destined–
to become sacrificial temple lambs,
which were to be kept pure and free from blight.

To a designated place used for this purpose,
the ewes who were carrying young,
were brought by these guardian shepherds,
as the place for them to give birth.

Once born, a pure lamb was wrapped immediately
in the protective swaddling cloths.
Jesus, God’s sacrificial Lamb, too, was so wrapped,
illustrating His destiny and signifying His great worth.

“Behold the Lamb of God,” John the Baptist, later, said of Him,
“Who takes away the sin of the world.”
Jesus was crucified on a cross, died, and was buried,
but rose up victoriously from the dead.

Son of God and Son of Man…
Jesus, our Messiah, became the fulfillment of God’s redemption plan.
Born to bear the penalty for your sins and mine,
He had become man, to die on the cross in our stead.

P. A. Oltrogge

Whether you have thought of Jesus having been born in a stable or a cave, it was for you that He was born and that His life He gave….

“(The Lamb Of God) The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, ‘Behold! the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!’”
John 1:29 NKJV

“Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world. But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.” Galatians 4:3-5 NKJV

“But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.” John 1:12 KJV

Internet search: Mark Bailey Decision Magazine Migdal Eder or other such articles which refer to the Tower of the Flock (cave-like ground-floor room)