Day 7- Immanuel—God With Us
There is no greater depiction of Jesus than this verse describing Him as “God With Us!” These words were penned by the prophet Isaiah and were about to be fulfilled in this moment with Christ being born.
He was born of an immaculate conception from the Holy Spirit. That’s right, God became flesh and dwelt among us, and He came in the form of a baby that would be wrapped in swaddling clothes lying in a manger.
The people of God had long awaited for God to come and Isaiah prophesied this in Isaiah 7:14. However, it appears that there were 400 years of silence between the last time a prophet spoke and the time when an Angel came from heaven and spoke to Mary about the birth of Christ.
In today’s passage, Matthew makes mention of this prophetic verse and declares that he is writing this (Matthew 1:22-23) to confirm in fact, that what the prophet had written in Isaiah 7:14, was indeed true— God is with us!
Take Away: God became flesh and revealed Himself to us. He is real and He is near. He is with us and He will never leave us or forsake us.
