Seven hundred years before it happened, Isaiah prophesied that Christ would be born of a virgin, a miraculous sign.
The first miracle was his birth. Can a virgin get pregnant without marriage and without having a sexual relationship with a man? Of course not! This was only possible when the blessed virgin Mary got pregnant through the power of God's Holy Spirit. God is not limited by time and place, but his plan was to be born as a baby in a physical body. He was in heaven, on earth, and dwelling in the body of Christ all at the same time. God stepped down and became human. He was with people and one of them, "God with us."
To us a child is born. Every human being is born as a baby, but the son God has given us bears the government on his shoulders. He will govern not only a certain people but all the peoples of the world.
He will be called Wonderful Counselor. What can be more wonderful than one person who saves the whole world! Even when he appeared to the parents of Samson, he said his name was "Wonderful" (Judges 13:18). "The stone which the builders rejected as worthless turned out to be the most important of all. This was done by the Lord; what a wonderful sight it is!" (Psalm 118:22-23)
Who is mighty? Is it not God alone, the only one who is able to forgive iniquities? But Jesus, the "child born to us," not only forgave sins but also healed broken and sick bodies as proof of his authority to forgive sins (Matthew 9:2-7).
This promised child is everlasting; he has no beginning and no end. Whoever believes in him has authority to become a child of God and to live forever.
And finally, he gave us his peace in our hearts so that we might live in peace and be at peace with him also. He reconciled us to himself, this prince of peace. "Peace is what I leave with you; it is my own peace that I give you. I do not give it as the world does. Do not be worried and upset; do not be afraid." (John 14:27)
- 15 DECEMBER -