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Question for Christians Only - Where's Emmanuel?
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Question for Christians Only - Where's Emmanuel?
Let's see... it say's in Matthew 1:23 "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means, "God with us."

This is supposed to be referencing Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and you will call him Immanuel.

Notice the word begins with a capital "I." It therefore denotes a name not just a term meaning, "God with us."

So a child is born and they don't give him the name Immanuel. Instead, they give him the name Jesus. And, in fact, no where in the Bible does it indicate that during the life of Jesus did anyone ever call him Immanuel.

And other than what is supposedly implied in Matthew 1:23, nowhere in the New Testament did anyone on any other occasion ever refer to Jesus as "god with us."

And to this day, he's still called Jesus. No one calls him Immanuel.

So, how do you Christians ignore the fact that you're worshipping the wrong guy?
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Question for Christians Only - Where's Emmanuel? - by Secularone - November 3, 2009 at 5:22 pm

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