What child is this?

In 1865, William Chatterton Dix wrote the words to a Christmas carol. He had been struck with a sudden near fatal illness and been confined to several months of bed rest, during which time he went into a deep depression. The title poses the truth that, when Jesus Christ came to earth, He was no scribes Him as “the King of kings” who “salvation brings” “for sinners here.”  He is described as “the Word made Flesh”, meaning that God humbled Himself, set aside His right to act as God, and became human like us – “Why lies He in such mean estate where ox and ass are feeding?” (See Philippians 2:5-11) Dix revealed why Jesus came (His mission) when he wrote: “nails, spears, shall pierce Him through”. Why would the Creator of the universe allow Himself to go through such trauma. The words of this carol answer, “the cross be borne for me, for you”.  Mankind’s disobedience to God’s commandments,   so he could do his own thing, resulted in men being separated from fellowship with God, losing eternal life and having to die. Also, God said a curse of sickness and disease came upon the earth as the first man and woman, Adam & Eve, allowed God’s arch enemy, the devil, to become “the god of this world” Corinthians 4:4 in the Bible).

One Bible writer, the Apostle Paul calls Jesus Christ the last Adam I Corinthians 15:45,49). There needed to be a rematch between man and Satan, and the God/Man Jesus Christ, also called Emmanuel  (meaning God with us), was the perfect one to do this.  God the Holy Spirit made Jesus’ mother Mary pregnant

hile she was still a virgin (hadn’t had sex with any man).  Since Jesus got His blood type from His heavenly Father, He wasn’t corrupted by Adam’s defiled blood line.

Although tempted like you and me, Jesus never once disobeyed God’s Ten Commandments (Hebrews 4:14-16. Thus, if ever there was a man that could make it to heaven by his own