Emmanuel.

What and who is…
Emmanuel and what is this name’s significance

also known as: Emmanouél or Immanuel

Greek: Ἐμμανουήλ —transliteration: Emmanuel —derived from the Hebrew…

Hebrew: עִמָּ֫נוּאֵ֫ל —transliteration: Immanuel —meaning: “God with us” / with us is God

“Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which translated means, “God with us.”
—Matthew 1:23 NASB

Unlike any other human baby, the one born in Bethlehem was unique in all of history. He was not created by a human father and mother. He had a heavenly pre-existence (John 1:1-3, 14). He is God, the Son—Creator of the universe.

…Christ Jesus, who, although existing in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, by taking the form of a slave, by being made in the likeness of men. Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

Therefore, God also highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. —Philippians 2:5-11 LSB excerpt

This is why Christmas is called the incarnation, a word which means “in the flesh.” In the birth of Jesus, the eternal, all-powerful and all-knowing Creator came to earth in the flesh.

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Article Version: November 15, 2024