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All right, to all you early morning, the Daily Blade listeners, this may be the first one you

hear of the year. So here we are. Welcome back in Merry Christmas. Christ is born. But guys,

let's get down to business here. This week, we're looking at five Christmas carols in the rich

theology and biblical truths they're in. Yesterday, we looked at come that long expected Jesus. And today, we're looking at five Christmas carols and the rich theology and biblical truths they're in. Yesterday we looked at come thou long expected Jesus. And today we're looking at my personal favorite Christmas song of all time, Oh come, O Come, Emanuel. So for the record, my favorite version of this song is from my buddies in the band Skillet. They just released it this year for Christmas season. oh man oh man they killed it they

absolutely killed it it might be one of the best things that they've ever recorded

and released and I'm absolutely serious so go and check that out so this hymn is very

old okay if you're researching it its origins traced back to the eighth or

ninth century so it was drawn from ohantaphones, which is sung by monks

seven days before Christmas Eve or was in that time. In the Latin metrical form of Ocum, Ocum,

Ocum Emanuel was composed in the 12th century. So it was actually a Latin chant called Vini

Emmanuel. Now, the English lyrics to this have changed throughout the year, so you may have

learned a slightly different version than the one I'll be reading. But let's go ahead and dig in,

verse one, O come, O come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel. That mourns in lonely exile here

until the son of God appear. So let's look at Emmanuel. So this means God with us, Isaiah 714.

Therefore, the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son and shall call his name Emmanuel.

So that is the verse that the Apostle Paul quotes as well in Matthew 1.23. And why is this important?

Because it shows that God is a personal God. God is

present. God wants to be in relationship with us. He's not a distant father. He's not a father that just

wants to set things in motion and then just sit back and watch as the deists believe. No, he is

involved relationally. Now back to the song and ransom captive

israel so christ is a redeemer and not only that he is a redeemer that buys back his people

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