the NAMES of JESUS AT CHRISTMAS: Stories Behind Emmanuel, Prince Peace and Titles a Newborn King

Before the manger, before the star, before a single gift was ever given, this child already had a name heaven had chosen for him. Then he received sixteen more.THE NAMES OF JESUS AT CHRISTMAS is not another retelling of the nativity. It is the story behind the titles, Emmanuel, Prince of Peace, Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, the words sung in carols every December without most readers ever learning why they were spoken, who spoke them, or what they actually cost.Walking through seventeen names given to Christ before, during and after his birth, this narrative nonfiction journey takes readers from a terrified king facing an Assyrian army seven centuries before Bethlehem, to a carpenter's dream in Nazareth, to a doubting disciple's hand pressed against a wounded palm. Each chapter opens on a real, dramatized scene grounded in Scripture and history, then traces that title forward into the moment of Christ's adult life where it found its fullest, most astonishing proof.Discover why an angel called him Son of the Most High before he could lift his own head. Why a prophet's four ancient titles, written in a single verse, took seven hundred years to find the child they were written for. Why the same word Rome used for its emperor was spoken instead over a baby in a feeding trough, and what it actually cost the people who believed it.Rich in biblical history and written with the pace of narrative nonfiction rather than a traditional devotional, this book is for readers who love the Christmas story and want to understand it more deeply, students of Scripture and prophecy, fans of Advent reading and Bible study, and anyone who has ever sung a name they never stopped to ask about.Emmanuel. Wonderful Counselor. Lamb of God. Prince of Peace. The names were always there.Seventeen names. One child. >This Christmas, hear the names again and finally know the stories behind them.