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The Incarnation — Part 1
“Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder: and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace” (Isaiah 9:6).
These marvellous statements and names from Isaiah bring before us a beautiful description of our Savior, Jesus Christ. His birth was foreshadowed and foretold centuries before. His sacrifice had been planned from eternity past. The Son of God was willing to leave the glorious presence of God the Father to take on human flesh.
God became man and dwelt among us and we beheld His glory. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God … . And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth” (John 1:1,14).
What if there had never been an incarnation? What if God had not become man? Where would we be and what difference would it make? But, thankfully, He did come. What a blessed truth this is.
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