"Veiled in flesh the Godhead see;
hail th'incarnate Deity
pleased
as man with man to dwell
Jesus,
our Emmanuel."
-- Kevin Baker in Hail
the Heaven Born
#3566
Thursday, December 11, 2014
JESUS, OUR EMMANUEL
The
prophet Isaiah spoke of a shoot coming out from the stump of Jesse and a branch
growing out of his roots (Isaiah 11:1). Here is a tree tradition that reminds
us of Jesus' Jewishness. Jesus did not just drop down out of nowhere. It is
scandalous for some to think that Jesus had parents, grandparents, and
great-grandparents; but the true mystery of the Incarnation can not be grasped
without realizing Christ's full divinity and full humanity, which is so
passionately expressed in the words of the second stanza of Charles Wesley's
hymn "Hark the Herald Angels Sing":
"Veiled in flesh the Godhead see;
hail th'incarnate Deity
"Veiled in flesh the Godhead see;
hail th'incarnate Deity
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