IMMANUEL.......GOD WITH US.

(Mat 1:23)

Lord God, we gather here in cyberspace to be filled with the Holy Spirit as we wash ourselves in the Word of our Creator. Show us Lord, Grow us Lord into that which You will find pleasing to Your will and purpose, Amen.

The opening scripture in the title was recorded in the book of Matthew. It's origin, however, is found in Isaiah chapter seven, verse 14. It reads:

"Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.

This prophetic statement comes 730 years before the birth of our Lord Christ (Immanuel). These biblical pockets of prediction or prophesy extend all the way back to the book of Genesis, and re-enforces the will of Almighty God to provide a way for us to escape the mandatory death sentence because of the sin infected in all mankind's seed from Adam. Christ would be that propitiation [consistent with the character of God to pardon and bless the sinner.]

(Joh 1:14) And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. (Heb 1:1-2) God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world.

Here again, we read and validate that Christ Jesus was with God BEFORE the world was created. We return to the book of John:

(Joh 1:1-4) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men.

The great mystery of all time is revealed in it's simplicity that has confounded the human mind for thousands of years. It unravels verse by verse in the pages of the greatest written document of all time; the most wondrous literary work in human history, THE HOLY BIBLE.

Our Father who art in Heaven, Hallowed be thine name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in Earth as it is in Heaven; Thank-you O God for giving us this written work, this miracle of Your very will and Word. In it's pages are the keys to Your character, Your power, Your mercy and most of all, Lord, Your Love. How very blessed are we who believe and obey, In Christ, Amen.

HAVE YOU READ YOUR BIBLE TODAY?