He will be Immanuel which means, "God with us."

December is the month in which we celebrate not only the birth of the long awaited messiah, but also the foundational fact of Christianity that the second person of the Trinity became fully human while in no way ceasing to be the eternal Son of God.

We sing “ Joy to the world, the Lord is come,” and who is this Lord, the babe in a manger? The Son of God come down to us in human form.

Jesus, being born a man does not result in his becoming two persons possessing two identities and wills in one body, but one person with two natures. One divine and one human.

Matthew introduced this reality when...