The Holy Birth

Introduction – Today’s advent topic is the Holy Birth. In the midst of the busyness and the hustle and bustle of the holidays it is easy to overlook the gravity of the holy birth.

Obviously a huge part of advent is focused on the miracle of the Holy Birth – God coming to earth, the birth of Jesus Christ on that starry night in Bethlehem’s manger.
What we are going to look at today is the meaning and significance of the Holy Birth. Specifically the “Sign of Immanuel” found in Isaiah chapter 7.
Before we get into it, I do recognize that there are several hard to believe issues surrounding the holy birth - whether the issue is that Christ was born of a virgin, or that Jesus was God incarnate, or that Mary conceived a child through the Holy Spirit. Defending the legitimacy of those beliefs isn’t what I intend to do today, but I believe that when it comes to issues pertaining to the holy birth God has given us ample reason to trust his word and to believe that what it says is true.