“God With Us”
The Prophet Isaiah wrote concerning the birth of Jesus Christ: “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear son, and shall call his name Immanuel” (Isaiah 7:14). And in Matthew 1:23 the Bible says: “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall his name Immanuel (which means God with us)” “Veiled in flesh the Godhead see; Hail the incarnate Deity, Pleased as man with man to dwell Jesus, our Emmanuel.” —Charles Wesley (1707-1788) There is much more to Christmas than the focus being only on the “baby” Jesus without considering the […]