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There Is Majesty in the Manger

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As you worship Jesus this Christmas, challenge yourself to see Him as He is.
At Christmas, we tend to look upon the Christ child as a helpless babe. But the second title of Jesus in Isaiah 9:6, which God unveiled to us 700 years before Christ was born, reveals something completely different. The baby born and placed in a manger was Mighty God.

The Hebrew word for "God" in "Mighty God," El, is a name for God used throughout the Old Testament to describe God’s supernatural power and might. El is the Creator of heaven and earth — the inventor of the universe and all it contains. Of God’s many names, none express His supernatural power like the name El.

Read Isaiah 7:14. God reiterated this Truth with Isaiah when He shared Jesus’ name, "Immanuel." The word Imm means "with" in Hebrew. Anu means "we" or "us." And El means "God." God was unveiling a wonderful Truth: He Himself was coming to be with us.

"As you worship Jesus this Christmas, challenge yourself to see Him as He is."

Jesus is the one and only God — the God of power and might in human flesh. He stated it plainly: "I and the Father are one" (John 10:30). The baby born in Bethlehem of Judea had forever existed with God the Father in the Godhead.

The same El who said, "Let there be light," stood on the Mount of Olives and proclaimed, "I á´€á´

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