Over the centuries, the prophets of Israel promised a coming saviour—a leader for Israel and a light to all the nations. A virgin with child as a sign of God’s presence, born in the town of Bethlehem. An infant who would bear the government upon His shoulders and be called wonderful counsellor and prince of peace. A child born to be a suffering servant who would bear the sins of many, dying violently only to once again see the light of life. Promises whispered through the centuries, almost like puzzle pieces stretching across time and space not yet arranged into a coherent picture, longings given expression in the pining, praying and lamenting of God’s people, but still left unmet… Until the advent of God’s anointed ruler who would usher in peace.His name is Jesus, Immanuel, God with us. The promised King has come. And the church for 2,000 years has celebrated the arrival of more than God up there, or God out there, but God with us.