1. What Child is this? What child is this, who, laid to rest,
On Mary's lap is sleeping?
Whom angels greet with anthems sweet,
While shepherds watch are keeping?

2. This, this is Christ the King, Whom shepherds guard and angels sing: Haste, haste to bring Him laud, The babe, the son of Mary.

3. Why lies He in such mean estate, Where ox and donkeys are feeding
Why lies He in such mean estate, Where ox and donkeys are feeding? Good Christians, fear, for sinners here The silent Word is pleading.

4. Nails, spears shall pierce him through, the cross he bore for me, for you. Hail, hail the Word made flesh, the Babe, the Son of Mary. So bring him incense, gold, and myrrh,

5. Come, peasant, king, to own him
Come, peasant, king, to own him. The King of kings salvation brings, Let loving hearts enthrone him. Raise, raise a song on high, The virgin sings her lullaby Joy, joy for Christ is born, The babe, the Son of Mary.

6. This, this is Christ the King, Whom shepherds guard and angels sing: Haste, haste to bring Him laud, The babe, the Son of Mary

7. Genesis 3:14-15 The Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, Cursed are you more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you will go, And dust you will eat All the days of your life;

8. And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel.”

9. The focal point of history
The Bible’s storyline
The narrative of human experience
Plot line of suffering and struggle

10. Born into Enmity and Strife
Enmity – absolute and utter hatred
Hatred for the image of God
Not merely the petty banter between two rivals

11. The focal point of history
Suffering and struggle are the plot lines of the grand drama which will be the continued experience of the creation as well as the means to which victory will be brought to bear.

12. Born the seed of the woman
The virgin birth
A human child
A specific human child

13. He is the Victor
He will suffer
He will crush the enemy

14. What’s in the manger? Answers – Why?
Hope – He fought the battles you fight
Victory – He won the war you couldn’t win
Assurance – it is finished