We meet Matty as a young Jewish shepherd with a very special opportunity to care for a particular lamb. Every shepherd in his family knows that each special lamb foreshadows a Messiah, and Matty experiences firsthand that reality through the birth of a Baby. It is enough to have him change the name everyone uses for him.
When he grows up, this Jewish shepherd meets One who can change, not his name, but his life and his future. Such love this Man...