Immanuel--God with Us
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him, Immanuel.” Isaiah 7:14 (NIV)
“’The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him, Immanuel.’ (which means ‘God with us.’)” Matthew 1:23 (NIV)
The message of Christmas is very clear. God was announcing that He was coming to live with us in a manner that he hadn’t done since Adam and Eve. Immanuel was to be born in Bethlehem, and he was going to live with us personally on a daily basis. I think that He was excited about it. GOD WITH US, person to person. He became a man that we could see, we could touch, and we could love one-to-one. This was the first step for eternity of GOD WITH US, His heartfelt desire fulfilled.
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