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One of the titles given for Jesus in the Christmas story is ‘Emmanuel’, meaning “God with us”.
This was a sign from a prophecy of Isaiah, that Jesus’ birth was the fulfilment of the hopes of Israel for generations; that one day God would return to set his people free.
The video above is one of my favourite reworkings of the carol, ‘O Come, O Come, Emmanuel’, an echo of the yearning of Israel, and their hope that one day God would be among us once again.
(by Phil Maylor)
