The Christmas story is a remarkable and solemn event, where God sent His Son, Jesus, born of a woman, Emmanuel, into the world. The Lord of immensity was confined to a body about ten pounds in weight and under two feet in length. The circumstances of Jesus' birth, including the lack of room in the inn and the use of a manger, demonstrate God's condescension to humanity, coming all the way down to the stench of sin to bear our guilt in His own body.
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