Nevertheless, it was not right for his advent to go unrecognized. His birth was the most important event in the history of the universe! Somehow it had to be celebrated. It also had to be explained, so that people would understand that God the Son had become a man to save sinners. So God sent angels, of all creatures, to tell people the good news. What is even more surprising than the appearance of angels is that the first people to hear this good news were shepherds: “And in the same region there