O COME, O COME

EMMANUEL The Songs of Christmas

Therefore the Lord himself will

give you a sign. Behold, the virgin

shall conceive and bear a son, and

shall call his name Immanuel.

– Isaiah 7:14 (ESV)

• the Cry/Longing (“O come!”)

for:

- Deliverance: Emmanuel (ransom

captive Israel),

O Come, O come Emmanuel

…knowing that you were ransomed

from the futile ways inherited from

your forefathers, not with perishable

things such as silver or gold, but with

the precious blood of Christ, like that

of a lamb without blemish or spot.

– 1 Peter 1:18-19 (ESV)

O Come, O come Emmanuel

“We must never allow

anything to blind us to the true

significance of what happened

at Bethlehem so long ago.

Nothing can alter the fact that

we live on a visited planet.”

– J. B. Phillips

O Come, O come Emmanuel

The Cry/longing for

- Freedom: Rod of Jesse (free

from Satan's tyranny)

O Come, O come Emmanuel

The cry/longing for:

- Hope: Day-Spring (disperse the

gloomy clouds)

O Come, O come Emmanuel

The cry/longing for:

- Home: Key of David (open wide our heavenly

home)

O Come, O come Emmanuel

“God became

homeless so that we

could find a home.”

– G. K. Chesterton

O Come, o come Emmanuel

As God said, “I will make my dwelling

among them and walk among them, and

I will be their God, and they shall be

my people. – 2 Corinthians 6:16b

(ESV)

O come, o come Emmanuel

The cry/longing for:

- Belonging: Lord of might (to Thy tribes)

Instead, they were longing for a better country--a heavenly one.

Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has

prepared a city for them. Hebrews 11:16

Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy are

of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and

sisters. Hebrews 2:11

“And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” – Matthew

28:20b

O Come, o come Emmanuel

2. The confidence

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel

Shall come to thee, O Israel