Unto
Us A Child Is Born!
"For
unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government
will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful,
Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Of the increase of His government and peace there will be
no end upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, to order
it and establish it with judgment and justice from that time
forward, even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will
perform this!" Isaiah 9:6, 7.
This
Child predicted from many references in the Old Testament
was revealed in the New again by many sources; to Mary (Luke
1:26-38) and Joseph (Matthew 1:18-23), to John the Baptist
(John 1:29-34), to Simeon (Luke 2:25-32) and Anna (Luke 2:36-38),
to wise men from the East (Matthew 2:1-12) and to Priests
(Matthew 2:1-6) and to all who will search the Scriptures
for the light of truth. "Sanctify them by Your truth,
Your word is truth" John 17:17.
This
Child's destiny was predicted to Joseph. "An angel of
the Lord appeared to him in a dream saying, 'Joseph, son of
David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for
that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And
she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus,
for He will save His people from their sins.'
"So
all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken
by the Lord through the prophet saying, 'Behold, the virgin
shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His
name Immanuel' which is translated, 'God with us'" Matthew
1:20-23 (Isaiah 7:14).
God is
good! "God gave His only-begotten Son to become one of
the human family, forever to retain His human nature. This
is the pledge that God will fulfill His word. 'Unto us a child
is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall
be upon His shoulder.' God has adopted human nature in the
person of His Son, and has carried the same into the highest
heaven. It is the 'Son of man' who shares the throne of the
universe. It is the 'Son of man' whose name shall be called,
'Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father,
The Prince of Peace.' The I AM is the Daysman between God
and humanity, laying His hand upon both. He who is 'holy,
harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners' Hebrews 7:26,
'He is not ashamed to call them brethren' Hebrews 2:11. In
Christ the family of earth and the family of heaven are bound
together. Christ glorified is our brother. Heaven is enshrined
in humanity, and humanity is enfolded in the bosom of Infinite
Love...
"The
work of redemption will be complete. In the place where sin
abounded, God's grace much more abounds. The earth itself,
the very field that Satan claims as his, is to be not only
ransomed but exalted. Our little world, under the curse of
sin the one dark blot in His glorious creation, will be honored
above all other worlds in the universe of God. Here, where
the Son of God tabernacled in humanity; where the King of
glory lived and suffered and died,--here, when He shall make
all things new, the tabernacle of God shall be with men, 'and
He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and
God Himself shall be with them, and be their God.' And through
endless ages as the redeemed walk in the light of the Lord,
they will praise Him for His unspeakable Gift, -- Immanuel,
'God with us'" Desire of Ages, pp. 25, 26.
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