For most Believers in Yeshua today, a spirit of joy and tenderness is triggered at this time of the year when they remember His birth and His coming to His Jewish people. Among many other Believers, however, the holiday of Christmas is reviled because it is perceived as being a holiday of pagan origin. While those who believe this are, perhaps, viewed with suspicion and in a minority among Gentile Believers, they are in excellent company. Charles Spurgeon, a Strict Baptist preacher, who is revered today as a great theologian condemned Christmas as a pagan holiday. Despite that, he understood that it was a good day to spend time with family (since there are too few times we can do so) and an excellent time to discuss the birth of the Messiah.

Bible prophecy prepares us to think of the Messiah as a Good Shepherd, one who calls His wandering sheep back to Himself.