The coming of this Christ was prophesied many times in the Old Testament

‘‘Behold a virgin shall be with child, and shall bear a son, and they shall call his name, Emmanuel (which means God),’’ Matthew quoted from the book of Isaiah, which written about 700B.C.

‘‘For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us and the government will rest on his shoulders and his name will be called wonderful counsellor, mighty God, eternal father and prince of peace,’’ Isaiah also wrote.

This ‘‘wonderful counsellor’’ and ‘‘mighty God’’ wants to have a relationship with all of us so we can understand how much he loves each of us. This is truly a good reason to remember the birth of Jesus Christ.