Matthew 1:23
'God with us.' That is what 'Emmanuel' means. God with us. Just think about that. A holy, just and righteous God dwelling among a sinful and rebellious people. Looking back through the Old Testament, that is exactly what God had always wanted. In Genesis, we read that God used to walk in the Garden and would apparently fellowship with Adam and Eve somewhat regularly. But sin separated man and God.
To bridge the gap, God Himself had to come to earth as a man, in the form of Jesus Christ. During this time of year, and all year round, for that matter, we must realize what love is demonstrated in the fact that God cared enough about man that He would leave Heaven and come down and dwell among us, even become one of us, to make a way that we could dwell with Him for eternity.
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