God Our Holy Redeemer
The God Who Is With Us – Isaiah 43:1-7
This is not your typical “Christmas Bible Passage”. In one sense it isn’t a Christmas Bible Passage at all: there’s no mention in it of a virgin birth, there’s no no-room inn, no shepherds, no sheep, no angels, there’s not even a baby Jesus! But, while this story has nothing to do with the Christmas Story itself, it has everything to do with the meaning of that Story. It prepares the way for the meaning of Christmas; and Christmas fulfills the…