The Lord himself, therefore,
will give you a sign.
It is this: the maiden is with child
and will soon give birth to a son
whom she will call Immanuel,
a name which means “God-is-with-us."
I was struck, when I read it, with the everyday-ness of the text. The sign from Heaven is a maiden giving birth to a son--a common occurrence every day.
Isaiah says His name will be Immanuel, meaning God is with us.
Jesus proclaimed that The Kingdom of God is within you--the Kingdom of God is at hand. This is the message of the Messiah. No more waiting. No more striving after things that do not satisfy.
Jesus was born of a simple maiden in a feeding trough. He is our food. That is the Good News.
God is with us.
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"The Kingdom of God is within you ..." Imagine if we could keep those words constantly in our heart and in our heads how drastically our actions would change -- both towards ourselves and others.
Exactly. I think this was the central part of Jesus' message.
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