Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel (Isa. 7:14).
Who is this Son of the "sign," the virgin-born? Isaiah tells us, "Immanuel." Thus nearly seven centuries before the angel announced His birth to the wondering shepherds in the starlit fields of Judea, a gospel prophet announced the coming of the Holy Child.
To Joseph, the espoused husband of the virgin Mary, the angel said: "Take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins. Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us" (Matt. 1:20-23).
All this was done to save us who are alive today and all others who have ever lived or ever will live. "From the days of eternity the Lord Jesus Christ was one with the Father....To this sin-darkened earth He came to reveal the light of God's love" (The Desire of Ages, p. 19).
"He says, 'A body hast thou prepared for me.'...His divinity was veiled with humanity--the invisible glory in the visible human form....So Christ was to come in 'the body of our humiliation' (Phil 3:21, RV), 'in likeness of men.'...Yet He was the incarnate God, the light of heaven and earth....So Christ set up His tabernacle in the midst of our human encampment....'The Word became flesh, and tabernacled among us (and we beheld His glory, glory as of the Only Begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth' (John 1:14, RV, margin)....By His humanity, Christ touched humanity; but His divinity, He lays hold upon the throne of God" (ibid., pp. 23, 24). This is the Incarnation; this is our Savior.
MEDITATION PRAYER: "I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever" (Ps. 145:1).
Who is this Son of the "sign," the virgin-born? Isaiah tells us, "Immanuel." Thus nearly seven centuries before the angel announced His birth to the wondering shepherds in the starlit fields of Judea, a gospel prophet announced the coming of the Holy Child.
To Joseph, the espoused husband of the virgin Mary, the angel said: "Take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins. Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us" (Matt. 1:20-23).
All this was done to save us who are alive today and all others who have ever lived or ever will live. "From the days of eternity the Lord Jesus Christ was one with the Father....To this sin-darkened earth He came to reveal the light of God's love" (The Desire of Ages, p. 19).
"He says, 'A body hast thou prepared for me.'...His divinity was veiled with humanity--the invisible glory in the visible human form....So Christ was to come in 'the body of our humiliation' (Phil 3:21, RV), 'in likeness of men.'...Yet He was the incarnate God, the light of heaven and earth....So Christ set up His tabernacle in the midst of our human encampment....'The Word became flesh, and tabernacled among us (and we beheld His glory, glory as of the Only Begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth' (John 1:14, RV, margin)....By His humanity, Christ touched humanity; but His divinity, He lays hold upon the throne of God" (ibid., pp. 23, 24). This is the Incarnation; this is our Savior.
MEDITATION PRAYER: "I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever" (Ps. 145:1).
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