Q of the Day: How do the magi and the shepherds both specifically represent what Jesus will become?

First, open the following link in a new window to get to Matthew 2 - click here, and

Luke 2 - click here.

Second, read Matthew 2:1-12 and Luke 1:1-20.

Third, answer the following question: How do the magi and the shepherds both specifically represent what Jesus will become?

Q of the Day: What the particular value of including the shepherds?

First, open the following link in a new window to get to Luke 2 - click here.

Second, read Luke 2:1-20.

Third, answer the following question: In God's complex scheme of how the Christ child was announced, what's the particular value of including these shepherds?