The birth of Jesus Christ represents the fulfillment of God's greatest promise to be with His people. The name Emmanuel, meaning God with us, reveals that Jesus came to bridge the gap between divine holiness and human need caused by sin. Isaiah prophesied 700 years before Christ's birth that a virgin would conceive and bear a son who would be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace. Jesus had to be both fully God and fully man to accomplish salvation - as the Son of God, He could live perfectly and die for our sins, and as the Son of Mary, He could represent humanity. God enters our darkness and difficult circumstances, just as Jesus was born in humble conditions, bringing hope to those who feel invisible or forgotten.