Much of mankind has been educated to accept the belief that man is a mortal who becomes sick because of such things as weather, diet, age, accident, heredity, contagion, or maybe an unexplained malfunction of the body.
The wise men cherished the Bethlehem babe by bringing him gifts befitting the nobility of his spirituality and mission; the shepherds, by publicly praising God for the prophecy fulfilled in the Saviour's birth.