"She will have a son, and she will name him Immanuel."
Isaiah 7:14
God's treatment for insignificance won't lead you to a bar or dating service, a spouse or social club. God's ultimate cure for the common life takes you to a manger. The babe of Bethlehem. Immanuel. Remember the promise of the angel? "'The virgin will be pregnant. She will have a son, an they will name him Immanuel,' which means 'God is with us'" (Mathew 1:23).
Immanuel. The name appears in the same Hebrew form as it did two thousand years ago.
"Immanu" means "with us." "El" refers to Elohim, or God. Not an "above us God" or a "somewhere in the neighborhood God." He came as the "with us God." God is with us.
Not "God is with the rich" or "God is with the religious." But God is with us. All of us. Russians, Germans, Mexicans, Buddhists, Morons, truck drivers and taxi drivers, librarians. God is with us.
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