CHRISTMAS
“C” Is For Christ, Our CORNERSTONE
“H” Is For Christ, Our HIGH PRIEST
“R” Is For Christ REACHING For Us
“I” Is For Christ, IMMANUEL
“Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” Isaiah 7:14 KJ
There is a word in the above passage of scripture, that caught my eye as I was reading. Actually, it was the phrase “shall CALL his name Immanuel”. It was the word, call, that I was compelled to grasp the meaning of. The ‘Hebrew word for call is ‘Qara’. The following is the definition for ‘Qara’.
“…to cry out, to call aloud, to roar; to proclaim. The basic meaning of the word is the enunciation of a specific vocable or message. It is usually addressed to a specific recipient and intended to elicit a specific response. Rarely does it refer to a random outcry…God wanted Adam to assert his own authority in this world (Genesis 2:19). Naming a person may specify an individuals primary characteristic (Genesis 27:36), be an evaluation (Isaiah 58:13; 60:14) or recognize an eternal truth (Isaiah 7:14).” Quote from Hebrew-Greek Key Study Bible
The announcement above (Isaiah 7:14), is more than just giving a name to the child who will be born of a virgin. It is the “enunciation (cry out, call aloud, roar, proclaim) of an eternal truth“.
The ANNOUNCEMENT of IMMANUEL (With Us Is God)
The eternal truth? God IS With Us!
Scripture to Ponder: Matthew 1:23
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