What if the weight fell to you to name the Christ child at his birth? Not only would the boy’s name precede him, and stay with him, wherever he went in life, and follow him all his days, and long after, but this child, of all children, as the angel said to Mary, would be the "Anointed One" - the Messiah in Hebrew, Christ in Greek.
For centuries, the nation had awaited his advent, and for thousands of years to come, millions upon millions would not only speak but sing of this "name as above all names" and "the sweetest name I know." This one name would come to surpass, throughout the world and throughout history, even the covenantal name of God revealed to Moses at the bush (Philippians 2:9–11; Hebrews 1:4).
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